Pokemon Detective Pikachu

Making box-office hit adaptations out of successful video games is something Hollywood has always struggled at. If you leave out last year's reboot of Tomb Raider, no recent adaptation of a video game has been very successful (and even Tomb Raider itself was not that great, come to think of it). Pokémon Detective Pikachu tries to fix that by focusing on the target audience, making sure those who are already involved in the Pokémon franchise have an enjoyable experience.

Pokémon Detective Pikachu sees director Rob Letterman make an honest attempt at explaining the vast world o....