Dragonball Evolution - Movie Review and Synopsis

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Category: Movies. Tags: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, James Marsters, James Wong, Justin Chatwin, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, Yun-Fat Chow.

Dragonball Evolution Upon discovering he was sent to Earth to carrying out a sinister plan, a humanoid alien named Goku (Chatwin) looks to fulfill his dying grandfather’s wish: Prevent the evil Piccolo (Marsters) and his alien forces from collecting seven mystical artifacts which would allow him to take over our planet. In order to fend off the attackers, Goku must find Master Roshi (Chow), who is the one person who can set him on the right path.

Speed Racer’ misfortunes have not stopped Hollywood from aggressively pursuing anime/manga titles to turn into feature films; Dragonball is only the first in a series of movies, which includes Ninja Scroll, The Last Airbender, and Akira (James Cameron has plans for Battle Angel Alita, too). Genre fans wrinkled their noses at just about every Dragonball announcement, save the casting of Yun-Fat Chow as Master Roshi and James “Spike” Marsters as Lord Piccolo, but the any publicity is good publicity cliché applies here, since anime purists have dissected everything from a leaked trailer to a 16-second clip that aired on Japanese TV in an attempt to get a definitive look at the direction in which Final Destination creator James Wong is taking the story. Many indicators tell me that movie fans at large won’t be pulling a Watchmen here and running out to the comic-book shop in order to brush up on this story.

Rated PG for intense sequences of action/violence and brief mild language.

Director: James Wong
Stars: Justin Chatwin, James Marsters, Yun-Fat Chow
Studio: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Release Date: 25 March 2009 (Indonesia), 10 April 2009 (USA)
Genre: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller