Pokémon: Detective Pikachu(2019)

1h 44m

Release Date: May 10, 2019 | Wide

In a world where people collect Pokémon to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent talking Pikachu who seeks to be a detective.

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Director & Top Cast

Rob Letterman
Director

Ryan Reynolds
Detective Pikachu

Justice Smith
Tim Goodman

Kathryn Newton
Lucy Stevens

Bill Nighy
Howard Clifford

Ken Watanabe
Lieutenant Hide Yoshida

Chris Geere

Roger Clifford

Suki Waterhouse

Ms. Norman

Josette Simon

Grams

Alejandro De Mesa

Bartender

Rita Ora

Dr. Ann Laurent

Karan Soni

Jack

Max Fincham

Young Tim Goodman

Simone Ashley

Girlfriend

Edward Davis

Boyfriend

Diplo

Omar Chaparro

Sebastian

Ben Fox

Lead Cop

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Dolby Surround 7.1,Dolby Atmos,SDDS,12-Track Digital Sound,D-Cinema 96kHz 7.1,DTS:X,Auro 11.1,Dolby Digital

Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States,Japan,United Kingdom,Canada

Language: English,Japanese

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Plot Summary

In the Pokémon universe, Tim Goodman (Justice Smith) (a former Pokémon trainer looking for his missing father; he is also Detective Pikachu's partner) is a 21-year-old insurance salesman who has given up Pokémon training due to the death of his mother and the absence of his father, Harry (Ryan Reynolds) (Tim's missing father and a veteran Ryme City police detective). While hanging out with his friend Jack (Karan Soni) (Pokemon Trainer), Tim learns that Harry has died in a car crash while investigating a case.He travels to Ryme City, a metropolis that outlaws Pokémon fighting and pushes the bonds of humans and Pokémon alike, to collect Harry's assets. Tim also meets Lucy Stevens (Kathryn Newton), a fluff columnist who wants to be a reporter and is suspicious of Harry's death, and her Psyduck. While reminiscing in his apartment, Tim encounters a deerstalker-clad Pikachu (Ryan Reynolds) (a world-class detective and exceptionally smart Pikachu whom only Tim can understand) that can speak and only he can somehow understand. They are attacked by a party of Aipom under the influence of a purple gas that Tim accidentally released (He found the tiny gas container in Harry's apartment), but they both escape.They take shelter at a cafe where Pikachu reveals that he is an amnesiac detective who was Harry's police partner and that they were investigating a case together when Harry disappeared; the only clue to Pikachu's identity and Harry's whereabouts being the deerstalker hat labeled with Harry's name. They look for Lucy, who reveals that while investigating she discovered that Harry was once at Ryme Wharf and set out to find clues. Lucy is also investigating claims that Pokemons are attacking humans in Ryme city, but can't get the story verified. She found similar gas containers like what Tim found in Harry's apartment, at every site of the attack).Tim and Pikachu interrogate a Mr. Mime (who used to be Harry's informant) who directs them to an illegal underground fighting arena owned by Sebastian (Omar Chaparro) (a Pokémon trainer who runs a battle arena for Pokémon and is accompanied by a Charizard), whose Charizard previously lost a battle to Pikachu. Sebastian demands a rematch, but Pikachu cannot remember his own moves and Sebastian gives Charizard the same mysterious gas labeled "R". While Tim attempts to save Pikachu, Sebastian accidentally releases R, causing the entire stadium to get affected alerting the authorities, but not before revealing to Tim that he got R from "the doctor."Tim argues with police lieutenant Hideo Yoshida (Ken Watanabe) (a veteran Ryme City police lieutenant and friend of Harry who is accompanied by a Snubbull) that Harry may be alive, but Yoshida shows him the video of Harry's crash, explaining that it would have been impossible. Soon, Tim and Pikachu are met by Ms. Norman (Suki Waterhouse) (a disguise used by a modified shape-shifting Ditto that is Howard's accomplice) who takes them to see Ryme City's benefactor Howard Clifford (Bill Nighy), who had once tried to cure his ailing condition and instead created the humanitarian city. He shows him more revealing footage of Harry surviving the attack, apparently caused by the recently escaped Mewtwo (a human created powerful Pokemon built using the DNA of an ancient Mew), but that he was taken away by the Pokémon, leaving Pikachu with amnesia. Howard tells them to watch out for his son, Roger (Chris Geere), who he claims is in control of his company and the city. With this new information, Tim and Pikachu recruit Lucy and Psyduck.The group breaks into the lab facility Harry were investigating and learn that Dr. Ann Laurent (Rita Ora), the doctor Sebastian mentioned, was experimenting on Mewtwo, who had been recaptured after escaping 20 years earlier, and had apparently hired Harry to aid them. They are soon attacked by several Greninja who chase them out of the building but are fended off by Psyduck. They then escape a field of colossal Torterra, but Pikachu is gravely injured. Tim manages to communicate to a Bulbasaur and takes Pikachu to a clearing in the forest where they are greeted by Mewtwo, who heals Pikachu. Mewtwo attempts to reveal its intent but is captured by Roger. Thinking that he betrayed Harry to a vengeful Mewtwo, Pikachu leaves Tim while the others return to Ryme City to warn Howard.Pikachu comes across the area where Harry crashed his car and finds proof that it was not Mewtwo who attacked, but the Greninja. Tim reaches Howard but learns too late that he intends to transfer his consciousnesses into Mewtwo and use R so that the Pokémon can become docile enough for him to fuse them with their owners, thus allowing humans to evolve within their Pokémon. As Howard in Mewtwo's body releases the gas into the world, Pikachu arrives and finally summons his electricity powers to battle Mewtwo. Meanwhile, Tim finds out that "Roger", and in-turn Ms. Norman, was really a shape-shifting Ditto who was modified to transform into humans, with the real Roger having been tied up and hidden. Tim subdues and kills Ditto with R while Pikachu fends off Mewtwo long enough for Tim to free Mewtwo from Howard's control.Mewtwo restores everyone to normal while Howard is arrested by the police. Roger is impressed with Lucy and hires her as a full-time reporter. Mewtwo then reveals that Harry was in fact fused with Pikachu to heal him. The fuse erased Harry's memory while keeping his consciousness within Pikachu. After Mewtwo separates them with the help of Tim, a fully revived Harry offers Tim the chance to return home, but Tim decides to stay to learn how to become a detective and spend time with him and Pikachu.

Storyline

The story begins when ace detective Harry Goodman goes mysteriously missing, prompting his 21-year-old son Tim to find out what happened. Aiding in the investigation is Harry's former Pokémon partner, Detective Pikachu: a hilariously wise-cracking, adorable super-sleuth who is a puzzlement even to himself. Finding that they are uniquely equipped to communicate with one another, Tim and Pikachu join forces on a thrilling adventure to unravel the tangled mystery. Chasing clues together through the neon-lit streets of Ryme City--a sprawling, modern metropolis where humans and Pokémon live side by side in a hyper-realistic live-action world--they encounter a diverse cast of Pokémon characters and uncover a shocking plot that could destroy this peaceful co-existence and threaten the whole Pokémon universe. The Pokémon World is an amazing place filled with hundreds of unique creatures - Pokémon. In Ryme City, Kanto, one of the few English speaking Pokémon in the world, Detective Pikachu, teams up with the son of a missing detective (Tim) to find Tim's dad. — BeninjaXYZ In a world where people and pokemon live in harmony. But what happens to the people who cannot become pokemon trainers? Meet Tim Goodman who has a normal life without pokemon. He seeks to find his missing father and unravel the mystery behind the adorable and snarky Pikachu which Tim can understand but others cannot. who seems to be a detective! Join Tim and Pikachu as they try to solve this tricky case and discover what really is going on! — reecetackley Tim lives in Ryme city where humans and Pokémon live together. Tim and his friend catches Pokémon to battle with other Pokémon trainers. Tim's father Harry died in a car accident. Tim meets 'Pikachu' a talking Pokémon who wants to become a detective. Tim joins with Pikachu and meets Howard who was Harry partner to study Harry's car accident mystery. Howard reveals that Mewtwo was responsible for Harry's car accident. But at the scene of the car crash and finds out that it was the Greninja (A water type Pokemon), not Mewtwo, who was responsible. Tim finds out that Howard was the true mastermind who took control of Mewtwo's body using a mind helmet. Howard while controlling Mewtwo's body release R gas in air to convert humans into Pokémon. Pikachu battles with Mewtwo with his electrical powers. Tim manages to remove Howard's helmet freeing Mewtwo from mind control. Mewtwo restores the city control and converted Pokémon's back to humans. Mewtwo reveals that Harry was trying to save Mewtwo from Howard's control but was attacked by Greninja resulting in Harry's car accident. So in order to save Harry, Mewtwo has to fuse Harry's body with Pikachu. Mewtwo separates Harry's and Pikachu's body and reunite Tim with his father. Tim becomes a detective and stays back in Ryme City with his father and Pikachu. — Aryan Aware