Emmy Rossum, James Marsters, Jamie Chung

A young boy named Goku seeks out upon his grandfather's dying request to find the great Master Roshi and gather all seven Dragon Balls (of which he has one) in order to prevent Piccolo from succeeding...( read more  read more... ) in his desire to use the Dragon Balls to take over the world.

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30% liked it

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13% liked it

53 critics

PG, 1 hr. 25 min.

Directed by: James Wong

Release Date: April 10, 2009

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DVD Release Date: July 28, 2009

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  • September 18, 2009
    I have seen a few Dragon ball. But don't consider myself a fan. I sat down a little bit sceptical of a movie based on a cult show. Often animation to cinema isn't easy. I personally enjoyed the movie. I found it fun, silly, with some cool Kung Fu moves. I really do like Chow Yun ...( read more)Fat movies, I enjoyed the characters, how they were introduced how they were acted out and their roles in the storyline. Most die hard DBZ fans expect more, but after all its a cartoon, and if you ask any Japanese person they will tell you DBZ is for kids anyway.
  • August 5, 2009
    So I was told this was a TV show,never seen it myself. I do however have a sall thing for these "mythical" Kunf Fu inspired movies so I had to give it a try. Ths is definetly a kids movie, but still kinda cute. There's the hero, the good friend and the love interest. A little lam...( read more)e, but like I said I never did watch the TV show. Nice Cast, some familiar faces. Chow Yun Fat played a very different role...! Emmy Rossum, I almost didn't reconize her. Then "Spike"...that was just plan funny. Overall it was just ok for me. I should give the show I try...
  • August 4, 2009
    Boring
  • July 18, 2009
    I can't believe that it was only a few weeks ago when I was watching the new Street Fighter movie and thinking that I would never again see another game or anime property ruined so horribly on film. I should have been saving my ire for this piece of fail. Everything about Dragon ...( read more)Ball that anyone has ever loved or enjoyed was hilariously removed for this movie. If it wasn't for the character names and the actual Dragon Balls themselves, would the viewer even know that this was related to the manga/anime in any way?

    Everything about this movie is just bad. Why was it made? Anyone over the age of 9 and with any knowledge of Dragon Ball would know to avoid spending a single cent on this horror. It fails as a simple action/martial arts movie as well, so don't expect to like this even if you don't care about Goku. The only way to fix or improve this mistake would be to go back in time and keep it from ever happening.
  • June 20, 2009
    What a pile of sh**,must be the wrost movie of 2009.Only saving grace is that the actually movie running time is a mere 73 mins long with near 9 mins of credits.How many people could have made this movie and WHY!
    And why is chow yun fat in this movie why!
    If you want to watch a...( read more) better type of movie like this one,go for Mortal Kombat.
  • November 20, 2009
    disappointed.. >.< easy to guess and more to drama than d action.. :( - sort of.
  • November 20, 2009
    This movie was not great at all. It could have been way better done right. I did like the fight scenes but that is about it. A bit disappointed:(
  • November 16, 2009
    this movie suck ass i don t like it
  • November 16, 2009
    Atlast goku in action, though it did fall a lil under expectations, but still worth. hope to see a sequel, with more action n powers blazin everywhere
  • November 14, 2009
    this film is both an asshole and piece of shit....i want my 1.5 hr bal

Critic Reviews


April 9, 2009
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times

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  • jesuschristspirit
    November 6, 2009
    If you are going to bring dragonball to the big screen.Take your time with the storyline please!!!This should have been a lord of the rings meets crouching tiger type feel and with the amount of information that dbz brings with it the movie should reach 2.5 to 3 hours easy. They ruined everything about dbz that made it dbz!!! Where was krillin? Gokus tail? He was a child when his grandpa died! This was horrible! The effects 2nd grade! The fighting cheesy! If you are a dbz fan you will get lost quicker than somebody who has no clue about the magna!! It should have never been made! Or at least let somebody with some talent in writing the storyline handle it! This movie shouldn't have been giving to an ametuer!
  • SkywalkerJones
    September 12, 2009
    I knew it would be a flop.Making a live action Dragon Ball movie is absolutely impossible.I like the cartoons way better.
  • Ghanjaspawn
    August 13, 2009
    What a disaster. I love the Dragonball anime, and this movie has almost no resemblance to the anime. At all. Once again, Hollywood has gone above and beyond to ruin anything that comes from a anime, video game, or comic.
    I'm putting this one right next to Wolverine as one of my biggest letdowns.
  • poitraderek
    July 28, 2009
    umm DBZ used to be my favorite show when i was like eleven but they just kinda fucked up the show for good now like really? they just lost all hope of ever makin it a good show again
  • miciconka
    May 14, 2009
    taka taka decki
    zapletot nekako bez smisla
  • thedoctor2k7
    April 18, 2009
    i really loved it
  • angelhoneywings
    April 17, 2009
    Talk about ummm... please don't do or say that your even embarressingggg.... me... and i'm just watching it... It was really bad bad acting... and talk about feeling ripped off... I felt like i just sat down...
  • ikidan2002
    April 16, 2009
    I was really choked i couldnt they could do such a wack this is makin fun of dragon ball it sucks
  • Jehovany
    April 15, 2009
    this movie sucked. The only thing in common with the anima was the characters and the dragon balls. SUCKED BAD!!!!
  • biridiana
    April 13, 2009
    Damn I love DBZ the anime but this movie was like WTf . They changed everything.... movie sucked i would give it a 5 out of 10.

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