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Dragonball Evolution (2009)
Wow, wow! An episode of Power Rangers circa 1994 is better than this tripe!
Master Roshi, played by the great Chow Yun Fat, is the only one that seems to be competent enough to make this movie work. The other actors, are just, well, way over the top and a little too much when it comes to overacting. I mean, I haven't seen this much overacting since the opening scene of "Mortal Kombat." Anyways, and Justin Chatwin?! What?! Why?! Oh, yeah, that's right, Dreamworks has Shia so Fox has to have their "it" kid at the moment, and I guess that kid is shaping up to be Justin. Well, good luck. But not for a single second will I buy a kid that looks like him having a name like "Goku." *sigh* And the fight scenes -- Are you kidding me?! I mean, they jump up, and while in mid-air they slow down, turn sideways, and spin around and around and around like a screwdriver and launch themselves at each other. And then they land. Yikes. Normally, scenes like this are okay because all they do is require you to suspend your disbelief. However, in this case, it requires you to suspend any and all brain function.
And let's not forget the synchronized explosions. One after another, they all go off in a succession akin to that of a typical Power Ranger episode in which the Rangers stand victorious, facing the camera, while the evil monster cries in agony in the background and explodes setting off a massive fireball along with several other explosions that just happen to come out of literally nowhere.
Yes, we all know that "Transformers," a movie that was based on a line of toys (no, serioulsy) was a massive success. The movie had a basic stock plot that didn't take much brainpower to muster up -- I'm a teenage kid that can't get the girl! I find magic robots! They fight evil robots! I have to help the magic robots get a magic cube! I got the cube! The evil guys are defeated! I got the girl! The end! Exclamation mark! So Fox seeing the success of this decided to tap into their own Japanese treasure chest and bring to life "Dragonball." Sad to say, it seems like they would have had better luck with "Transformers" because, unlike "Dragonball" which has an actual backstory to the characters, a bad "Transformers" movie would have illicited a response of sympathy from those that hated the movie, "Hey, it's based on toys. That's the best they could have done." With "Dragonball" and the gazillion manga volumes of it, along with the anime, there is no excuse if movie's story, characterization, or fights fail. No excuse. I mean, it's all right there in front of them. Hopefully, they did their homework. From the looks of it, no, it seems like they didn't.