Part 6
Movie 11-Bio
Brolly (Super Warrior Defeat!! I'll Be the Winner)
What looks to be a fight for easy money turns deadly
quick. A scientist seeking revenge of
the Z-Fighters has recreated Brolly, the Legendary Super Saiyan, from DNA cells
left over from his previous fight on Earth.
But this isn’t the Brolly from before. He is now a bio morphic mess, insane, and
incapable of stopping his destruction.
On their own with no back up, Trunks, Goten, 18 and Krillin are all that
stands in Brolly’s way. Can they put the
Legendary Super Saiyan down for good?
Dear God in heaven…DID ANYONE WHO EVER WATCHED DRAGON
BALL Z EVER WISH FOR GOTEN AND TRUNKS TO TAKE OVER THIS FRANCHISE???!!!!! I swear, between this movie and Brolly:
Second Coming, the anger levels this “Next Generation of Z” produces are enough
to make me go Super Saiyan. But possibly
the worst of this monstrosity is how far Brolly has fallen himself. He was once one of the most dangerous and
terrifying Dragon Ball Z villains ever.
Now? He’s just…a joke. Yep, that’s what he is, that’s what these
last couple of movies have been. They’re
a far cry from the Dragon Ball Z I knew.
And if I didn’t know things were going to get better, I’d say Dragon
Ball Z was dead to me. Crappy story, a
waste of Android 18 (that’s two films now that squander good female protagonist
potential infavor of tweedle dumb and tweedle dumb ass (seriously the fact that
Goten probably cant read infuriates me)), and the lowest of the low points for
any good villain…yeah this might be worse than Second Coming and I didn’t think
I could rate any movie lower than that…but I have. Dragon Ball Z: The Movie-Bio Brolly is now
the proud holder of a place here in Anime Corner history. The recipient of the very first…
0/10
Movie 12-Fusion
Reborn (The Rebirth of Fusion!! Goku and Vegeta)
An act of negligence leads to a mass takeover of other
world. The demon Janemba emerges in the
chaos and frees many of Earth’s old evils.
While Gohan, Trunks and Goten try to keep things under control on Earth,
Goku goes to fight Janemba. Outmatched,
even as a Super Saiyan 3, Goku finds help in an unlikely ally, Vegeta. The long time rivals realize that if they are
going to win this time, they’ll need to fight as one…literally. When the fusion dance ends, will Gogeta, the
fusion of two of the universe’s mightiest warriors, be enough to restore peace
to the afterlife?
Talk about a bounce back.
This is my absolute favorite of the Dragon Ball Z movie series. Even some of the things I despise about this
era of Z somehow manage to work. That
could be because I think Hitler is the only enemy Goten and Trunks are capable
of fighting and not messing things up.
Maybe it could be because it was cool to see Frieza and Cell back…and
dispatched just as quickly. Maybe it’s
because the animation looks better than ever, especially the CG
teleportation. In the end, it’s my big
two. Goku and Vegeta teaming up to stop
a foe they can’t beat on their own…though Super Saiyan 3 Goku does get some
nice hits in. Their fusion, Goteta, is
the epitome of cool. Sure Janemba isn’t
totally fleshed out. But like the
Inuyasha movies, the villains aren’t meant to be memorable. They’re there to give the good guys an enemy
to fight, that’s it, all basics. Still,
as far as these movies go, this is a step in the direction of how good, how
REALLY good, a full length Z film could be.
8/10
Movie 13-Wrath of
the Dragon (Dragon Fist Explosion!! If Goku Can't Do It, Who Will?)
The saving of an old man may end up meaning the downfall
of the Z-Fighters. At his request, the Dragon
Balls are gathered to open a mystical music box. Within is Tapion, an ancient warrior who
takes a shine to Trunks. But more was
unleashed as well: a monster called Harudegan.
With Tapion unable to face his long time foe, it falls to Goku and the others
to save the day. And Goku’s got a brand
new technique in store that he’s been saving for just such an occasion.
Wrath of the Dragon addresses some of the most
interesting issues with Dragon Ball Z as a whole. For starters, there’s a lot of untapped
potential in the individual storylines.
Also, the group fights that all end the same way. This is Trunks’ movie. His bond with Tapion produces some of the
best character beats he has gotten since I first saw his annoying younger
self. He grows and it’s great to
watch. Plus we actually get an origin
for his famous sword wielded by his Future self (the timeline taking on it’s
own version of events I suppose). Trunks
could have easily taken down Harudegan if he had the chance to go Super Saiyan
and use his sword. But here’s where we
get to the other problem…to quote Team Four Star, “Goku is a kill stealing
M**********r.” Now the movie is named
after Goku’s bad ass Dragon Fist Technique so it had to pop up somehow. But still, this was a win Trunks needed more
than anyone, why did Goku have to come in and take it? Ugh, it just bugs me. Ok time to wrap this up. Wrath of the Dragon looks great. It would be a fun double feature to watch
Dead Zone then this one just to see how far the animation has come for these
movies. Otherwise, if this was to be the
last Dragon Ball Z movie ever, I think it should have gone out with a higher
note on things. Leave things for the
next generation Goku and quit hogging all the kills or at least share them like
you did in Fusion Reborn.
6/10
Luckily for us, this would turn out to NOT be the last
Dragon Ball Z film. And we’ll get to
those two next.
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