Dale

Story: The story is actually interesting. A scientist genetically clones a Pokemon named Mewtwo from another Pokemon named Mew. Mewtwo then starts to question its existence and destroys the lab where it was created. For some reason Mewtwo sends invitations to a bunch of trainers to take part in its challenge. Ash, Misty and Brock take part in its challenge where they soon find out about Mewtwo's evil plan.

Animation: The animation is ok. It not good but its not bad. In 1998 I bet the animation was very good for its time. 

Sound: The music in this movie was ok. Really, there's nothing really notable about the music.

Characters: I really enjoyed the characters in this movie. Like in the Anime the characters are Ash, Misty and Brock. But I found Team Rocket (Jessie, James and Meowth) really made the Movie.

Overall:This movie talks about some dark topics for a Pokemon movie such as is it ok to clone Pokemon and force them to fight? For a Pokemon Movie its some what dark and as a kid I just watched it for the cool fight scenes. I don't think kids would really understand any of the messages. The two only major issues I had with this Movie is how much it contradicts itself, Pokemon is all about capturing monster and forcing them to fight each other. This Movie clearly says don't force Pokemon fight each other but in the anime it says its ok to. It ends with Ash and his friends learning a lesson then Mewtwo flys off wiping everyone's memory. By doing that, this makes the whole movie meaningless. Overall I recommend this Movie to any Pokemon fan!