DRAGON BALL Z: RESURRECTION F:
A DOUBLE DOSE OF SUPER SAIYAN
ACTION AND THRILLS ON THE BIG SCREEN FOR DBZ FANS!
By Nico Beland
Movie Review: *** 1/2 out of 4
FUNIMATION
ENTERTAINMENT, TOEI ANIMATION, AND 20TH CENTURY FOX
(From
left to right) Goku, Frieza, and Vegeta ready to battle for the fate of the
planet in Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F
Looks like I got my wish back when I reviewed Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods last year,
another theatrical Dragon Ball Z film
was right around the corner, Dragon Ball
Z: Resurrection F, the fifteenth film based on the incredibly popular Dragon Ball Z anime. Like Battle of Gods, Resurrection F did not get a wide theatrical release, but instead a
limited release through Fathom Events,
and it still angers me that the 2009 live-action film, Dragonball: Evolution got a wide release and I’m still suffering
from it.
But fortunately, Dragon Ball
Z: Battle of Gods and Dragon Ball Z:
Resurrection F are here to save the day. Packing the same animation and
English voice cast we know and love from the series, over the top action, and a
decent sense of humor, everything the original series was known for.
Some time after the events of Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, we find the villainous Frieza being
resurrected by the remnants of his army who used the seven Dragonballs to
summon the dragon, Shenlong to bring the pieces of his obliterated corpse from
his defeat by Vegeta and Bulma’s teenage son, Trunks and use their newly
acquired resurrection machine to bring the evil overlord back to life to exact
revenge on the Super Saiyans that have destroyed him and sent him to the most
vile and despicable hell imaginable for any villain, with a new army and a
brand new form.
And that’s where our favorite doofus with a big heart and
aggressive Super Saiyans, Goku and Vegeta come in, training with Lord Beerus’
right hand man with a severe Earth food addiction, Whis to enhance their
fighting capabilities and powers. While that’s going on, Goku’s first son,
Gohan is now a family man with his wife, Videl and their newborn baby daughter,
Pan, Krillin is now a policeman, sporting some hair, and married to Android 18
(Did I miss something?), and Master Roshi is exactly the same as he ever was,
but they are soon called upon by Jaco the Galactic Patrolman, Vegeta’s wife,
Bulma, and Piccolo who warn them that Frieza has been resurrected and is coming
to Earth to destroy them.
When Goku and Vegeta hear about Frieza’s return, they
must master their Super Saiyan God forms, make it back to Earth, and stop
Frieza once more, before the entire planet is destroyed, with the seven
Dragon Balls along with it.
Overall, Dragon Ball
Z: Resurrection F delivers the same amount of excitement and humor that Battle of Gods delivered last year, however I actually this film to be a little funnier than Battle of Gods, there were so many moments in the film where myself and the
audience burst into laughter, cheering and applauding to go along. One
extremely positive thing I can say about this film is that they finally turned
Frieza into one badass villain, I swear every time I watched him on the series,
I couldn’t help but burst into laughter because of how silly he looks, but once
his Gold Frieza form appeared in the film, it became much easier to take him seriously.
And like Battle of
Gods, it makes me hate Dragonball:
Evolution even more, because of how much it didn’t live up to the source
material and made die-hard Dragon Ball
fans vomit with disgust, me included. Both Battle
of Gods and Resurrection F are perfect
examples of what everything Dragonball:
Evolution isn’t, that movie can suck my Dragon Balls. (PS if you weren’t
expecting a Dragonball: Evolution
rant in here, I owe you all a Coke!)
If you’re a long time fan of Dragon Ball Z or a newcomer and loves the anime and Battle of Gods movie, you’ll have a ball
with Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F,
and I’m hoping to see another Dragon Ball
Z theatrical movie next year, with two great full length Dragon Ball Z movies released back to
back, one more should pretty much eradicate my memory of Dragonball: Evolution with a Kamehameha Spirit Bomb on Steroids.
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