C.K. Chan, T. Kim

Evil alien King Horn has come to earth in search of the seven so-called Dragonballs, which, when combined, hold the key to a wish-granting dragon and immeasurable power. But one of the Dragonballs is ...( read more  read more... )in the possession of a young martial artist named Monkey Boy Goku, who must team with his band of friends to stop King Horn and save the planet. This quirky, live-action martial arts adventure is based on the popular anime series.

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45% liked it

6,383 ratings

Unrated, 95 min.

Directed by: C.K. Chan, Ho Chi Keung, T. Kim

Release Date: January 1, 1993

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DVD Release Date: June 27, 2000

Stats: 198 reviews

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  • December 28, 2006
    you mean there's a cartoon with the same name?!
  • May 5, 2009
    Really cheezy but kinda funny
  • April 14, 2009
    dis is what am talking of
  • December 13, 2008
    ehh. . . . no thanks
  • December 8, 2008
    I loved it it was a great Live Action remake of the old cartoon Dragonball everything was great but only one this I didn't like was they changed the names of the charicters but still I gave the movie 5 stars.
  • April 27, 2008
    Only with original language. i refuse to see the dubbed version.
  • April 16, 2008
    I actually seen this movie sooooo corny
  • April 6, 2008
    A really bad spinn-off of a GREAT Anime.
  • March 5, 2008
    OMG!!!! I'll have nightmares with this one for the rest of my life. I know this is a low budget thailandese action/comedy movie and so I wasn't expecting to much of this but I would never guess that this could such a terrible movie. If you, like myself, are a fan of the best anim...( read more)e show ever made (Dragon Ball of course), please staw away from this pice of crap. I tryed to watch it all but I had to stop when I had passed only 12-13 minutes of movie. Seriously, I couldn't stand it anymore and belive me, I had my share of terrible movies but this one beats them all.

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  • roboteater
    April 1, 2007
    i saw this in suncoast once, but it was more than i wanted to pay for it. but it looks so terrible, i just have to see it
  • FriezaRULES
    February 20, 2007
    so, does this star actual people, or what?
  • MadaboutHatters
    September 26, 2006
    I don't really want to "see" it but I had heard that they are making a new one here in the states but I guess it was a rumer, because I had heard that Jet Li was to play Goku and Jackie Chan was to play master Roshi, but now I know it's not true because Jet Li had his final movie with fearless...

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