More than anything, though, the movie is fun. We had a great time watching Monarch race around the globe trying to contain the Titan outbreak, and it felt like every time we needed a little breather to reset, the film was right there to oblige. It was a blast.
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There are also some mind-boggling decisions made that, even in the context of a horror movie, are just absurd. Without getting into spoiler territory, one involves a stuffed animal and another comes shortly thereafter. It’s worth noting that a better-explained version of the second sequence can be found in the deleted scenes. It all adds up to a film that seems created purely to scare rather than present anything coherent or unsettling.
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It’s an okay set of extras, though the absence of a true history of Pokemon feature feels odd as it seems like a slam dunk to help introduce a new audience to the extended lore. There is a “detective mode” that you can activate when playing the film, which will offer snippets of info about various Pokemon that appear and the like, but it requires re-watching the film. An alternate opening is the only “deleted scene.”
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When the group proves impossible to dissuade, Lou sends some dolls to Uglyville to bring back Ox and explain to them that they don’t belong there because they were rejected by the factory, which is how they ended up down there. The news temporarily destroys morale in the town, but Moxy soon decides that she doesn’t believe that they don’t belong, and she returns with her friends to run the gauntlet even as Lou attempts to stop them.
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With Billy seemingly content to use his powers in dubious ways, such as charging phones and performing tricks for cash tips, Freddy becomes frustrated, and during one of Billy’s shows he inadvertently damages a bus that he then saves. The coverage draws out Sivana, who attacks a woefully unprepared Shazam and forces him to flee. When Sivana manages to track down his foster family, however, Billy has to stand up and become the hero he was meant to be.
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Jud, having grown fond of Ellie, leads Louis to a burial ground beyond the barrier, telling him to bury the cat there. The next morning when he and his wife go to inform Ellie that Church ran away they find he has returned. Church looks disheveled now, however, and isn’t the sweet, loving cat he’d been before. Knowing the power that dwells in the woods, Louis is soon faced with a difficult decision when his child is struck and killed by a truck.
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With her mother gone away in an attempt to recover, June’s dad sends her off to math camp in an effort to reintegrate her with her peers. A farewell note convinces June that her dad can’t make it without her and sneaks off the bus to return home. In the forest she discovers Wonderland as a physical place, but it’s not the version from her imagination. Instead, the park has fallen into disrepair and is being dismantled by rogue plushies (Chimpanzombies) and a gathering storm known as “the darkness.”
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