Plot: Keldeo is a small horse Pokemon who wishes to become a member of the Swords of Justice alongside the three legendary Pokemon, Virizion, Terrakion, and Cobalion, but is unable to learn the ability Sacred Sword. Unwilling to wait until the as obtained the power, he secretly goes and challenges the mighty legendary dragon Pokemon Kyurem. During the battle, Keldeo's horn is broken and the members of the Swords of Justice are frozen for trying to interfere. Keldeo flees the scene and bumps into Ash, Pikachu, Iris and Cilian who try to heal him while also running away from Kyurem who wants to finish the battle.
So by the time I started writing this review I've already gone ahead and finished watching all the Pokemon movies, and I can easily say that I like Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice the least. There was nothing particularly interesting or even that adventurous about it.
The main problems really focus on the story and the characters. Keldeo is a character that we've seen a hundred times before. He's a cocky, air-headed youth that ignorantly believes that he is good enough to do what he wants when in reality he is far from ready and he ignores his elders and is too stubborn to hear the moral, and believe me, it is as uninteresting as it sounds. And on top of that, the morals that he supposed to learn are things we've heard a million times before. Face your fears, keep an eye on your target, sometimes you learn from your failures, all of them you've probably heard many times already. They may be good morals, but they don't being anything new to the table.
On top of that, the story itself is not interesting. Granted, not everything has to be life-threatening as it has been in most of the Pokemon films. But this feels more like a rehash of an episode from the show were Ash and his companions are trying to help a wild Pokemon earn this specific thing that helps it grow up or complete its goal. Not to say that some of the aspects of past movies aren't in any way similar to stories from the show. Ash and his companions have encountered situations that are life-threatening in the show as well as the films. But when you really think about it, Kyurem is chasing Keldeo just to finish their duel. So this action adventure themed movie is just about a Pokemon battle, and that's just dull. This is a franchise where Pokemon battling each other is a part of life, and the fact that the villain just wants to finish fighting a Pokemon battle makes what Keldeo, Ash and his companions go through not very threatening. It sounds like they're in danger, but at the same time there are no consequences to the events of the story. You could argue that Lucario and the Mystery of Mew would technically be more dull since I criticized how Ash's journey was just a quest of picking up Pikachu from Mew's hideout. But while the quest in that movie wasn't very dramatic on paper, at least it had a sense of danger given the obstacles the main characters encountered at the Tree of Beginning where life threatening. This is just a big beast chasing a little horse just because we wants to have his little fight. Oh Boo-freaking-hoo. I will grant that Kyurem does having an intimidating presence as an extremely powerful Pokemon, but I think that's the most I can do is give any of the characters credit. There isn't even much in the relationship between the Keldeo and Ash and his friends. It kind of shows honestly that this is only 66 minutes long given that these characters barely have moments the bond before they have to start running away from Kyurem some more. I may not really care about Giratina and the Sky Warrior or the movie that comes right after this one, but at least those films for more interesting than this. This was so dull that honestly I started playing on my DS while watching the movie I cared so little.
And that's my review for Pokemon: Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice. It's a dull excuse of a Pokemon film with an annoying main Pokemon character and a story that is not very exciting at the end of the day. As far as I'm concerned, this is without a doubt the worst Pokemon movie ever.
Rating: 10%
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