Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Dragon Ball Z: ROCK THE DRAGON Marathon Part 5

(Welcome, one and all, to the Dragon Ball Z: ROCK THE DRAGON Movie Marathon, here at the Anime Corner. For the next couple of weeks, I’ll be posting reviews for all 15 Dragon Ball Z movies, from Dead Zone to Resurrection F.  A couple of notes to remember about these movies: For the most part, these are not series cannon (those that are, I will point out when I get to them).  They don’t fit into the series at all.  There isn’t even a need for backstory.  Everyone’s favorite fighting warriors club is thrown into a life or death situation with a villain of the flick.  That’s all the basics there.  You may see some familiar faces that may confuse where they fit into any timeline.  But just treat them all as what they are, stand alone, mini universe tales.  Everyone good?  Ok, let’s summon the Eternal Dragon and get these thoughts shared.)


Part 5

Movie 9-Bojack Unbound (The Galaxy at the Brink!! The Super Incredible Guy)
When Cell destroyed the King Kai planet during the Cell Games, a seal was broken.  This seal held in a prison, The Space Pirate Bojack and his crew.  Now free, Bojack heads to Earth to destroy the planet Kai holds most valued.  The Z-Fighters are already participating in a World Tournament when the threat arrives and leap into action.  But this is a strong crew of buccaneers and Gohan has not fully mastered his new Super Saiyan 2 abilities.  With Goku now dead and unable to help, how can the Z-Fighters get out of this one?

This wasn’t bad at all.  While Bojack is more of a one note, try to take over the world villain, it’s still a treat to see everyone in the Z line up participating in this one.  And how cool was it to see Tien and Trunks fight each other in a tournament?  Sure Trunks won but Tien was a great sport about it.  Not to mention, we get one of the best versions of Gohan from this era of Z: at his prime with his Super Saiyan 2 powers.  Sure he and the others get knocked around (Krillin’s taken out wayyyy to early on and why were Tien and Yamcha even around).  But that’s kind of to be expected at this point.  What is interesting is how little time Goku has.  For once the saving of the day isn’t left to just him.  Hell even Trunks manages to get a kill in.  This was a good direction to take the Z Film franchise in.  Leave in to the next generation, THIS GENERATION.  Even the humor with Mr. Satan wasn’t too bad…ok it did drag on a little longer than it needed to but it never distracted too badly.  This was the last time we’d see this group in this time period.  So while the villain may have been utterly forgettable, a step back from the terrifying Brolly, this was still a fun Z-Fighting fest and one of the best watches in this marathon.

8/10

 

Movie 10-Brolly: Second Coming (The Dangerous Duo! Super Warriors Never Rest)
It seemed impossible.  But the impossible has happened.  Brolly, the Legendary Super Saiyan, has survived his battle with Goku and the Z-Fighters.  And now he’s coming to Earth to finish off the Saiyans once and for all.  With Goku dead, Brolly seeks the next best thing: his sons Gohan and Goten.  The sons of Goku, along with Trunks and Videl, leap into action.  And just this once, it looks like Goku might have to break a few afterlife rules to help his family survive Brolly’s revenge.

So…this was where Dragon Ball Z was starting to become bad in my eyes.  Making Gohan a grown up ended up being one of the worst executed decisions ever.  The appearance of Goten and Trunks only served to aggravate me to no end, especially since Trunks as a kid was the most annoying brat ever, a far cry from his more bad ass Future Predecessor.  What makes this all relevant?  This is a Goten and Trunks movie and it is downright horrible.  From the stupid piss jokes to the fact that Brolly is even here to begin with, this is one Dragon Ball movies across all generations that never needed to exist.  The action is tiresome, the characters don’t do much except piss me off and nothing happens for the first half until Brolly shows up.  We get a Dragon Ball hunt with Goten, Trunks, and poor Videl (who was one of the best but most underutilized female characters this show could have done a lot with)…NO ONE WANTS TO SEE THAT!!!!  Is there anything good Brolly: Second Coming?  Only credit I can give it besides giving Videl some movie screen time is seeing the triple Kamehameha courtesy of Goku, Gohan and Goten…that’s a cool image.  Otherwise, pass this one up or kill it with fire…the choice is yours just don’t watch it.

3/10

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