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Dragonball Evolution (2009) -- The young warrior Son Goku sets out on a quest, racing against time and the vengeful King Piccolo, to collect a set of seven magical orbs that will grant their wielder unlimited power.
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Dragonball Evolution (2009) -- The young warrior Son Goku sets out on a quest, racing against time and the vengeful King Piccolo, to collect a set of seven magical orbs that will grant their wielder unlimited power.
Dragonball Evolution (2009) -- A young warrior must save the world from magical villains

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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Ben Ramsey (screenplay)
Akira Toriyama (novel)
Contact:
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Release Date:
10 April 2009 (USA) more
Tagline:
This Easter the legend comes to life. more
Plot:
The young warrior Son Goku sets out on a quest, racing against time and the vengeful King Piccolo, to collect a set of seven magical orbs that will grant their wielder unlimited power. full summary | full synopsis
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User Comments:
For the love of god, if you respect the original series at all, do NOT pay to see this crap! more (393 total)

Cast

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Qi long zhu: Quanxin jinhua (China: Mandarin title) (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Chat lung jyu: Chyunsan jeunfa (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
D.B.E. (USA) (promotional abbreviation)
Dragon Ball (USA) (original script title)
Dragonball (USA) (working title)
Dragonball: Evolution (USA)
Deuraegonbol ebollusyeon (South Korea) [ko]
Dragon Ball Evolución (Mexico) (literal title) [es]
DragonBall: Evolución (Peru) [es]
Dragonball - Évolution (Canada: French title) [fr]
Dragonball - Evolúció (Hungary) [hu]
Dragonball - Evolución (Venezuela) [es]
Dragonball - I exelixi (Greece) [el]
Dragonball Evolución (Argentina) [es]
Dragonball Evolution (Germany) (DVD title) [de]
Dragonball Evolution (Japan) [ja]
Dragonball: Evolução (Portugal) [pt]
Dragonball: Evoluce (Czech Republic) [cs]
Dragonball: Ewolucja (Poland) (literal title) [pl]
Qi long zhu: Quanxin jinhua (Taiwan) [zh]
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MPAA:
Rated PG for intense sequences of action/violence and brief mild language.
Runtime:
85 min | 100 min (uncut version)
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Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
In "Dragon Ball: Doragon bôru" (1986), Goku was a 12-year-old at the beginning of the story and 15 when he fought King Piccolo, but in Dragonball Evolution, he was made 18. He also does not have a tail in the movie. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Goku pulls his grandfather out of the broken house his grandfather is covered in dust, during the next scene the grandfather doesn't have any dust on his jacket or face. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Grandpa Gohan: In a time before many can remember, our planet faced its greatest challenge. A warlord named Piccolo camed from beyond the stars, bringing darkness and chaos to our once peaceful world. Aided by his disciple Oozaru, the evil pair brought the human race to the brink of annihilation. Cities and countries crumbled beneath them. Countless lives were lost. But...
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Movie Connections:
References "Channel 4 News" (1982/I) more
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FAQ

How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
Will Goku turn to his oozaru form?
Will all the major characters from the anime, such as krillin, tien, and chaouzu be in this film?
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26 out of 35 people found the following comment useful.
For the love of god, if you respect the original series at all, do NOT pay to see this crap!, 4 April 2009
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Author: vas_deferens from United States

Let me just start off by saying that there are no redeeming qualities to this movie at all. The multi-million dollar budget has amounted to a teen drama mixed with power rangers. The final product is insulting, to say the least.

The creators of this horrible, horrible adaption should take a good long think about what they have done and why they should have just followed the source material instead of taken it for granted. Do they really think that the entire Dragonball fan-base is this stupid? Akira Toriyama probably has a noose around his neck right about now.

To finish this off: The acting is atrocious, the butt-rock scattered through the soundtrack will make you want to punch the guy running the theater in the face, and the story is basically the manga's, but cut up, put into a blender, stuffed into sausage skins, and stitched back together with an American flag tied around it.

If you want your Dragonball fix, just buy dvds of the show instead, skip the movie, and if you don't skip it, then at least don't pay for this thing. I heard that a sequel is already in the works, and we don't need a trilogy, that would be three of these movies too many.

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