Detective Conan: L'isola mortale

The plot of the movie opens, as all Conan movies do, with the whole gang (Conan, Ran, the Detective Boys, Agasa, Sonoko, and Kogoro) traveling to an island that is rumored to contain the cutlass and pistol of renowned female pirates Anne Bonnie and Mary Read, as well as a treasure that they are said to have left behind. This implies that before the mystery of where and what the buried treasure is finally revealed, our heroes become caught in a treasure hunt, treasure hunters, and the typical ridiculous antics.

The mystery itself can be solved really quickly, and the plot itself is really not that strong. It's funny how quickly an English-speaking audience can solve most of the clues compared to the primary cast. The 'twist' involving the riches is also rather obvious. Particularly for a Conan movie where the enemies are supposed to be exciting, the majority of the newly introduced characters are from OK to obnoxious, and the villains are weak.

The animation in the movies is sufficiently improved for the action sequences, even though the art is essentially the same as in the show. Nonetheless, the island's background is somewhat uninteresting. Though the movie does have some fairly amazing diving moments, when I heard the title, I was more likely to picture ocean scenes and underwater scenes than tourist islands. Everything appears fine else.