This freshly baked and frosted big-screen "Pokemon" goes down with a sweetness that charms without talking down to its audience.

Although the animation is crisp, the story is too apocalyptic to appreciate.

Better than the first, but that's not saying much.

It may not be the kind of explosive movie as its Japanese title suggests or be able to impress people as a film on its own, but as a Pokémon fan, Lugia’s big-screen debut is a fun blast from the past.