Last movie left me disappointed and this one... well. Beware of SPOILERS because it's impossible to review this movie without them.
Taichi was alive and well all this time but FOR SOME UNEXPLAINED REASON Nishijima, which fell at the same exact time and place as Taichi did, is fatally injured. Yes, a Digimon film features a human death aka irreversible death. How lovely! Actually, it's not the only one because Himekawa also dies!!! And Meicoomon is never seen or heard of again, even after a 3 months time skip!!!!
Don't you just love when an awesome child-friendly anime from 1999 just turns on itself for no reason and betrays everything that it stands for? Whatever happened to "Friendship equals infinite power and that power will make everything okay and happy in the end?". We basically get the usual AlphaDigiBoys wanting to murder Meicoomon and Hikari being all badass "Fluff you guys, I'm going to battle too to make sure we can save her!!!!" only to still end up with Meicoomon's perma-death.
I honestly feel cheated out of this perfect chance to revisit my childhood memories and nostalgia.
The most amusing part of the movie was actually the awesome tag-team action between Togemon and Birdramon. Everything else was kind of lackluster.
And of course the annoying villain whose real identity is never truly revealed escapes safe and sound and with the means to wreak avoc once again.
Right. So why a 7/10? The movie ends with the entire Digimon main cast singing Brave Heart and I'm a sucker for that kind of stuff and we get a some-what resolution to the story. The kids (minus Meiko) are doing okay, the world is doing okay and the Digimon-partners are still a part of the kids' lives. It is a watchable movie but the end will leave you with a bad taste in your mouth afterwards.
