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Executed with little panache or invention, Dragonball Evolution lacks the magic that made the books upon which it was based a cult sensation.
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A rather tame live-action sci-fi flick. Apr 17, 2009 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
A rather tame live-action sci-fi flick.
Anthony Quinn
The producer, Stephen Chow, made the funny and original Kung Fu Hustle, but here he and director James Wong get into a terrible mess. Apr 17, 2009 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
The producer, Stephen Chow, made the funny and original Kung Fu Hustle, but here he and director James Wong get into a terrible mess.
Evolution is far more entertaining than it deserves to be, unless you're a 10-year-old boy, in which case it's only the greatest movie ever made. Apr 13, 2009 | Full Review…
Evolution is far more entertaining than it deserves to be, unless you're a 10-year-old boy, in which case it's only the greatest movie ever made.
Aaron Hillis
There are a few entertaining fight scenes. But there is also uneven CGI, bad dialogue and a host of clichéd moments that make Dragonball Evolution just another disappointing matinee movie. Apr 13, 2009 | Rating: 1/4
There are a few entertaining fight scenes. But there is also uneven CGI, bad dialogue and a host of clichéd moments that make Dragonball Evolution just another disappointing matinee movie.
Jennie Punter
The film is crammed with treats for old-school Dragonball fans. For everyone else, this amounts to another seen-it-before, probably-willing-to-see-it-again distraction, a passable collection of 'splosions and special effects for a slow film weekend. Apr 13, 2009 | Rating: C- | Full Review…
The film is crammed with treats for old-school Dragonball fans. For everyone else, this amounts to another seen-it-before, probably-willing-to-see-it-again distraction, a passable collection of 'splosions and special effects for a slow film weekend.
Tasha Robinson
Fans of the best-selling Dragonball comics (and cartoons, and videogames...) might have a shot at untangling the knotty dream-logic that strangles Dragonball: Evolution's live-action adaptation. Apr 13, 2009 | Rating: C | Full Review…
Fans of the best-selling Dragonball comics (and cartoons, and videogames...) might have a shot at untangling the knotty dream-logic that strangles Dragonball: Evolution's live-action adaptation.
Adam Markovitz
There are balls of lint smarter than Dragonball Evolution. May 21, 2018 | Full Review…
There are balls of lint smarter than Dragonball Evolution.
Charlie Jane Anders
Dragonball: Evolution is my least-favorite film of all time. I hate it with every fiber of my being. If you were ever curious about the show Dragon Ball or the manga... please, avoid this cinematic disaster at all costs. Feb 3, 2016 | Full Review…
Dragonball: Evolution is my least-favorite film of all time. I hate it with every fiber of my being. If you were ever curious about the show Dragon Ball or the manga... please, avoid this cinematic disaster at all costs.
Chris Stuckmann
There are fewer depressing sights than Chow Yun-Fat performing stilted wire-fu in a Hawaiian shirt. Oct 21, 2014 | Rating: 1.5/5 | Full Review…
There are fewer depressing sights than Chow Yun-Fat performing stilted wire-fu in a Hawaiian shirt.
Simon Miraudo
This film offers further proof, as if any were needed, that Western filmmakers cannot do justice to their Eastern counterparts when it comes to retooling anime and/or Fant-Asia for Occidental consumption. Sep 24, 2009 | Full Review…
This film offers further proof, as if any were needed, that Western filmmakers cannot do justice to their Eastern counterparts when it comes to retooling anime and/or Fant-Asia for Occidental consumption.
Steve Biodrowski
More concerned with recruiting the testosterone troubled boys of today than it is rewarding fans of yesteryear. Aug 2, 2009 | Rating: 2.5/5
More concerned with recruiting the testosterone troubled boys of today than it is rewarding fans of yesteryear.
Anders Wotzke
As far as 2009 flops will go, [this] could have been much worse to sit through... Apr 30, 2009 | Full Review…
As far as 2009 flops will go, [this] could have been much worse to sit through...
Felix Vasquez Jr.
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