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Dragonball Evolution Now Playing in Asia

March 12th, 2009 Leave a comment Go to comments

Dragonball Evolution is now playing in theaters across Asia, including Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, and China. While early reviews are mixed, we’ll just have to wait and see for ourselves when it hits North America on April 8th. We’ll have our review up then, so stay tuned.

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  1. cj thong
    March 16th, 2009 at 01:19 | #1

    You guys are all bogus.I never have called anyone! person bad namesand stuff and still just because i don;t agree with how the movie looks You;s all call me countless herrendous things.Is this really fair.Who is the Real hater now.I just said what i really think is true.They have really made a half assed attempt at making this movie.It is really selfish how they have done it.Oh yeah btw, Maybe i have based my opinions off clips.But is;nt that part of the footage shown in the movie.I have watched 20minutes of this movie already and i;m not impressed at all.What makes you think that i will like any other footage.? I have seent he fckn ending it was bullshit.Well what eles is left to show if not the ANTI climax.I don;t appreciate peopel swearing at me when i have not done so back.C mon i don;’t deserve the treatment i;m getting.How sad this is how you act if someon does not like the how the movie is turning out. :?

  2. nappa
    March 16th, 2009 at 05:29 | #2

    dragonball : magic begins its great!!!

    i wonder if they make a sequel lol

  3. MaRtIn
    March 16th, 2009 at 12:13 | #3

    Hold on hold on, Theres a Corey Wilson impersonator? Haha (btw why can’t I spell that? Higher English my ass :L)

    Hehe it’s funny, but theres only one corey, and we all know when its him :P

  4. dlo2010
    March 16th, 2009 at 13:24 | #4

    wow
    a corey wilson impersonator?!
    what a loser

  5. jimboukis
    March 16th, 2009 at 21:27 | #5

    Guys omg!

    It obvious that dragonball evolution tried to target a very large range of the population. This film was not made for adults, as much we do love it, it was made for the kids, so their parents could take them to see it.

    Im surprised that fox let this old school marketing mentality happen, as every1 knows that its the story that makes a great box office hit nowadays, not the rating/special effects/huge marketing!

    However, this could work for them at the same time, maybe they want to ease this movie into the market, set it up for a more hardcore/darker sequel jsut like the reboot of batman.

    What we can definately be sure about is that too many people had influenced/controlled this movie, which most likely ended up with a finshed product that wasnt quite so finished. they should have just given total control to chow or something, but who knows, lets not hate until we see it

  6. 2002
    March 17th, 2009 at 09:41 | #6

    I watched the moovie, i think it is better than i expected. HC fans will hate it, bate it is quite good, so go and watch it

  7. dbfan847
    March 17th, 2009 at 16:03 | #7

    I saw the whole movie. This movie is short but the kamehameha was the bomb. Piccollo has a signature move which is the Spirit Bomb which I was surprised. Every actor did a great job on their character. The only thing that got me disappointed was Oozaru was not 30 feet tall he was like 8 or 7 feet tall ape, so get use to it and Chow-Yun-Fat did a excellent job on Master Roshi. Master Roshi was perveted. I wish this was rated PG-13 because Chi-Chi said “Damn” and Master Roshi was touching Bulma’s ass like in 2 scenes in the movie. Goku almost said “Oh Shit”.
    ***Spoiler Alert***
    When they fell in Yamcha’s trap, Master Roshi saved Bulma before she fell, Master Roshi with his glasses was holding her ass and then Master Roshi dropped her and he said “Sorry”. This movie was great. So people decide if you want to see it or not because some people in this website are called “Haters”. I found with a part of the movie missing but can’t tell you because Fox might blocked the video like they did to Youtube two weeks ago.

  8. Noel
    March 17th, 2009 at 22:41 | #8

    :evil: omfg i cant wait for the movie to come out why couldnt it come out right here first im jealouse now :evil:

  9. rhein
    March 18th, 2009 at 02:14 | #9

    Soon play dragon ball in Indonesia please……

  10. Pleioblastus
    March 18th, 2009 at 06:37 | #10

    @Arcangel

    YOU MAKE SICK MAN!!!!
    NOW.. YOU THINK THAT A REAL FAN WOULD SUPPORT ANYTHING THAT HAS “DRAGONBALL” ON IT?????

    OH YEAH.. SO IF YOUR MAILMAN MADE A DRAGONBALL MOVIE… YOU WOULD GO SEE IT IN THEATRES, RIGHT?
    HEI, LET ME DO A DRAGONBALL MOVIE!! GIVE ME 100.000$ AND I´LL SHOW WHAT I CAN DO!!!! YEAH!! .. with stupid little lovers like you.. maybe i have a chance to make a sequel!! STOP BEING SO BLIND!!! I WAS BLIND TOO… I WAS AGAINTS ANY HATER!!!! BLINDED

  11. Pleioblastus
    March 18th, 2009 at 06:37 | #11

    @Arcangel

    YOU MAKE SICK MAN!!!!
    NOW.. YOU THINK THAT A REAL FAN WOULD SUPPORT ANYTHING THAT HAS “DRAGONBALL” ON IT?????

    OH YEAH.. SO IF YOUR MAILMAN MADE A DRAGONBALL MOVIE… YOU WOULD GO SEE IT IN THEATRES, RIGHT?
    HEI, LET ME DO A DRAGONBALL MOVIE!! GIVE ME 100.000$ AND I´LL SHOW WHAT I CAN DO!!!! YEAH!! .. with stupid little lovers like you.. maybe i have a chance to make a sequel!! STOP BEING SO BLIND!!! I WAS BLIND TOO… I WAS AGAINTS ANY HATER!!!! BLINDED

  12. dbzfan2990
    March 18th, 2009 at 06:57 | #12

    i jus watch the movie and i thought it was horrible from the acting to the story to the special effects first i have no problem with a white goku only becuse the anime never told his race and if they did he so wut he’s not even human jus because the anime was made in japan doesnt mean all the caracters are asain look at ubb hes black mr. popo is indian i think. the story line was awful how could an ozouroo or how ever you spell it be on earth 2000 years ago when goku was the first sayin to go to earth there are a lot of dragon ball caracters missing whers krillin, ox king ,puar, that huge turtle,tein,chouzu,yajarobi,kami that kat man, mr.popo. it would have been nice to see a few more signature moves like the wolf fang fist,or the special beam cannon or have : piccolo regenerate one of his limbs . it would have been nice if goku would have had a tail and he transformed to a bigger monkey when theres an full moon not when theres an eclipse i can go all day i kno its an adaptation but u can have some things other than the name of the caracters and the kamehameha from the story i give it a 2/10 stars

  13. Pleioblastus
    March 18th, 2009 at 07:03 | #13

    @Arcangel

    YOU MAKE SICK MAN!!!!
    NOW.. YOU THINK THAT A REAL FAN WOULD SUPPORT ANYTHING THAT HAS “DRAGONBALL” ON IT?????

    OH YEAH.. SO IF YOUR MAILMAN MADE A DRAGONBALL MOVIE… YOU WOULD GO SEE IT IN THEATRES, RIGHT?!
    HEI, LET ME DO A DRAGONBALL MOVIE!! GIVE ME 100.000$ AND I´LL SHOW WHAT I CAN DO!!!! YEAH!! .. with stupid little lovers like you.. maybe i have a chance to make a sequel!! STOP BEING SO BLIND!!! I WAS BLIND TOO… I WAS AGAINST ANY HATER!!!! BLINDED
    WITH THE IDEA OF A LIVE-ACTION, EPIC DRAGONBALL… EPIC FAIL I MUST SAY! I AM COMPELLED TO SAY THIS BECAUSE I WAS ONE OF THE “LOVERS”… what a shaaammeeee…. a shame i say!!

    =\ and you call me a hater.. i´m not saying this movie is bad because i hate james wong or chatwin or fox, or because the characters are not similar to the manga (i never had problems with the changes anyway)… i had faith in them! they could´ve changed the whole story! THAT´S NOT THE POINT!!! THE MOVIE IS BAD!! THE STORY IS BAD, THE ACTING IS BAD, SHEN-RON IS BAD, ROSHI ATTACKED GOKU WITH A KAMEHAMEHA TO REVIVE HIM??! WTF!!! OOZARU THE DESTROYER ATTACKED YAMCHA AND HE SURVIVES LIKE HE WAS A SUPERSAYAN??? GOKU IS 18 AND ACTS LIKE HE WAS 8… HE LOVES HIS GRANDPA BUT LEAVES HIM ALONE WITHOUT SAYING NOTHING!!! AND WHEN THE OLD MAN DIES IN HIS ARMS, INSTEAD OF SCREAMING IN PAIN.. HE BURRIES THE GUY IN HIS BACKYARD AND CRIES IN SILENCE?????! WTF!!! GOKU IS IN HIGHSCHOOL.. 18 YEARS OLD.. AND HE NEVER GIVES HIS GRANDFATHER A PROPER FUNERAL???!! GOKU WANTS TO BE “NORMAL” ???!! HE MUST HAVE FAITH IN HIMSELF?? ALTERNATIVE FUTURE MY ASS… PICCOLO IS ALL POWERFULL BUT ISN´T!!!
    MAI IS IN THE MOVIE JUST TO GET HER ASS KICKED.. AND LIKE A GOOD MARTIAL ARTS MOVIE.. SHE DIES WITH A GUN!! FROM A GUY THAT SHOULD BE A FIGHTER BUT USES GUNS! NNNNIIIICEEEEE ADAPTATION!! EXCELLENT DB MOVIE!!!…..

  14. Pleioblastus
    March 18th, 2009 at 08:30 | #14

    Yamcha isn´t a fighter and kills a girl from behind with a gun… oozaru the destroyer can´t kill yamcha! piccolo is so powerfull but with gokus first real kamehameha he goes down.. and he doesn´t even seem like his hurt at all…
    goku fights with two girls.. he kills the fulums cold blooded! he cheats in his training.. whatever! you guys are right.. this is an excellent, eeeeexcellent db movie! james wong is a great director and as you can see.. he saw all the db episodes and he knows all about the characters and stories… yeah right! ..

    moneymoneymoneymoneymoneymoneymoneymoneymoneymoney!

    Would you like to see a transformers movie where optimus prime is a porshe? or a spiderman movie where peter parker is from kripton and superman was bitten by a radioactive doomsday?… no way!

    i´m gonna read my DB manga now.. i have to forget this horrible movie!!

  15. ~~
    March 18th, 2009 at 08:55 | #15

    @Pleioblastus:

    u find so many bad things in the movie because u want to…
    if u tried to see the movie looking for the good things i am sure u would find much more them the bad ones…

  16. ~~
    March 18th, 2009 at 08:56 | #16

    @Pleioblastus:
    u find so many bad things in the movie because u want to…
    if u tried to see the movie looking for the good things i am sure u would find much more them the bad ones…

  17. COrnacopia
    March 18th, 2009 at 10:30 | #17

    The movie is awesome! (seen it)

    Oh… this isn’t Dragonball or Dragonball Z btw. So of course its not going to be similar to them. Its like a new show… it’s Dragonball E!

    Keep an open mind when watching the movie. Don’t compare characters from two different ’shows.’

    I LOVE this movie!

  18. DBZ Fan 4 Life
    March 18th, 2009 at 14:44 | #18

    Well, I watched the movie and I’m really sad. First of all I’m sure you guys know this isn’t really DB, they changed so many things that it’s really just an adaptation that was turned into this cookie cutter what you could expect hero adventure movie. First of all, I do video editing and I could of done a better job, the editing was just plain horrible. I couldn’t believe the way the editing was done, it made the scenes feel choppy, nothing really flowed well together. I did laugh at parts, but didn’t like the way most of the charictors were portrayed. I was wishing for so much more of the end fight. It seemed so damn short and didn’t give me enough to satisfy me. I didn’t like the way it ended either, and I cringed at a few scenes just because the dialog was bad and the acting was so so. I wanted the Goku we all know and love, not some weak kid who uses Chi Chi as a motivator to get stronger, I mean, Goku never cared about women, didn’t even know who they were, but anyways. I had fun watching it, just was dissapointed by those things. Hopefully DBZ is better or they just remake this film and make it better like the did The Hulk.

  19. DBZ Fan 4 Life
    March 18th, 2009 at 14:50 | #19

    Pleioblastus, DUDE! You are so right. That basically summed it up. For any DB fan this will disappoint. The music made it seem like this epic movie, but didn’t feel that epic. It was like soulless. I love DBZ so of course I tried my hardest to like it, it’s just the editing and the weird decisions they made for the movie killed it for me. Hated yamcha, I really don’t know what the fuss is about him, he sounded like he’s some surfer dude, a lot of the stuff didn’t really make sense why it happened the way it did. There were some cool things to the movie I guess, I just can’t get over the things that killed it for me.. sorry guys, you can like it just for having the name DB, but really, as far as movies go, they didn’t put it together that well. Needs new director, should be pg-13 at least with good hardcore fight sense and maybe get real martial artists this time around so it doesn’t look like cheese wire dancing being swung around.

  20. March 18th, 2009 at 19:35 | #20

    At first, this movie looked like trash. Now, it looks amazing. I can’t wait!!!! :D

  21. police
    March 19th, 2009 at 08:02 | #21

    The only thing epic about this movie was the music. Bryan tyler was the only guy doing his job properly. It looks to me like all the supporters are being converted to haterz.But seriously can you blame us?

  22. police
    March 19th, 2009 at 08:04 | #22

    Honestly i didnt know hollywood could make a movie so bad. What is up with the lame special effects.

  23. police
    March 19th, 2009 at 08:06 | #23

    This is fucking 2008 ”’Its not 1971 or 1995. I thought the technology was good enough for this movie. NO effort from james wong or fox.

  24. ssjgoku
    March 19th, 2009 at 11:11 | #24

    im a hardcore fan and i was a hatter at the beggining especially after the leaked expo trailer :cry: but sometime after that i became a supporter, i’ve seen the leaked bootleg version and thought it was good and the full version will be better in HD, and i blanked out the anime which is what you have to do or you’ll despise this movie. Don’t forget, this is all for dbz so try to suck it up coz dbz movie has potential to go f**king large:D

  25. miguel
    March 19th, 2009 at 19:55 | #25

    im so jealous im the # 1 fan
    !!!! :x :( im going to see that movie
    because nobody knows more dragon ball z
    than me

  26. ssjfrank
    March 19th, 2009 at 22:44 | #26

    I’m so glad so many people are watching this movie Online, the pirated version. Everyone who has seen this flick says it sucks.
    The exact same criticisms of true fans became true:
    1) No DB like atmosphere, Goku is a human teenager with high school mentality and insecurities.
    2) The movie itself (the original james wong aspect) sucked, it was an ok generic film with B rated acting.
    3) There was a serious lack of location, character association, signatures moves and just that essence was missing from DB.
    4) the Kamehameha sucked. it was short, sci-fi channel quality, not used like in the series.
    5) the Dragon was too generic, and bared no resemblance to the real one [no connection to the dragonballs, no red eyes, not a sentient being (does not speak, he's a monster, but grants wishes)]
    6) The story itself is a corny love teen story, and it’s a big focus of the movie.

    Trust me people. Watch a 15 minute clip online. Save yourself some money. OR watch the whole thing online. You’ll be glad you didn’t pay.

    Clearly the best move is to release it worldwide with a massive ad campaign.
    Guys seriously, this movie might be the worse ever movie adaptation I have EVER seen. There was no Adaptation. Only name brand stealing and quick cash cow. People will talk about this movie as an example of cashing in for years to come…

    To those who suck Optimistic cock…….the movie itself sucks, forget the dragonball tureness factor (which is 0) ….the movie itself sucks and its a bad adaptation.

  27. ssjfrank
    March 19th, 2009 at 22:59 | #27

    Oh and for all the kiddies, teenies and well less informed people.

    Not supporting a FOX movie about DB does not hurt the cause of a Decent DB or DBZ film being made……..ITS ACTUALLY THE ONLY WAY THE LICENSE RIGHT WILL GO TO ANOTHER STUDIO…….so please just watch the movie online…….i know for sure that if i get any ”db movie fan” to watch it online first, they will not want to see it, no matter how eager an gay they were during the early days defending FOX cock.

  28. samson
    March 22nd, 2009 at 23:40 | #28

    i just saw the movie.
    just don’t expect anything big, like as if you were
    watching the anime. This movie couldve been so much better.

    The only thing I gotta say is every SCENE seem like they RUSHED IT. Thats the only thing I hate about it. And Chatwin doesnt have GOKU’s characteristics. Everyone’s so serious. No explanation for what theyre doing. I would be confused if I never saw DB before. SHORT FREAKIN FILM.

    Overall it was okay. Definitely a family, and for new audience type of movie.

  29. Smokey
    March 23rd, 2009 at 02:30 | #29

    if only marvel had the rights to the film.. can u guys imagine what marvel could do with street fighter and Dragonball? i think they would blow the pants off us. too bad though.

  30. March 23rd, 2009 at 06:17 | #30

    well i hope dat the movie DB will be great cause thats my fav anime but from wat i seen in the previews it dont seems good but im going 2 stick by my DB i just hope that the movie iz great plz fox dont let me down :wink: :D

  31. Israel Joseph
    March 24th, 2009 at 20:09 | #31

    Good For You, Guys!
    Japan Is Really Lucky To See The Japanese Anime Movie : Dragonball!
    the Dragonball Evolution movie Is Going To Blast It’s Way Into Theaters ”April, 8th, 2009”. :D

  32. blank
    March 29th, 2009 at 13:39 | #32

    I watched it earlier today and boy was it bad. Honestly the only parts I really enjoyed were a few jokes here and there. The acting was mediocre and the dialogue was bad and horrendous at a few parts. At the beginning of the movie the film has a decent pace but near the end it just feels like everything is rushed. The fight between Goku was way too short. It lasted maybe total 2 and a half minutes including the Kamehameha scene. Another thing that caught my attention was when they beat this “Huge threat to the world who will bring impending doom” aka Piccolo they just leave him there like if he lives he wouldn’t try anything again right? I especially loved the part where they’re like “BTW you’re an alien sent to earth to destroy it thought you should know” and then its never mentioned again. I’d give this movie a 1.5 out of 5 its a bad B movie at best.

  33. Adik
    March 30th, 2009 at 21:38 | #33

    I’m from Asia and I’ve already watched the movie. Great! I liked it! But for some reason there is no Vegeta in the movie and characters didn’t transform into Sjuper Saiyans…. :(

  34. rhein
    April 1st, 2009 at 02:12 | #34

    I’m from Indonesia and I’ve watched the movie :D
    alhough it’s different with the manga ( some character on manga dont exist ),,I really really like it…..
    thel fight scenes are really really cool
    but i’ll be more satisfied if the duration of this movie is longer coz i wanna watch Goku more
    I wait for the sequel and Goku must be much stronger on the next movie… :lol:

  35. Ven
    April 3rd, 2009 at 09:24 | #35

    eeemmm…sorry for asking…but..
    howmany movies they will make???
    cuz there are …
    Frieza,Cooler,cell,broly,borjack,Buu,Androids,general tao…pilaf…,janempa and many others….

    and one more quest…are there…gonna be super sayans??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! i hope so :S

  36. Paaji
    April 3rd, 2009 at 13:07 | #36

    Hi Guyz this website is amazing i just found it :)

    1 request – PLEASE DO NOT use torrents or pirated video please
    Thanks

    2) I went to Malaysia to watch the movie

    Awesome alas my dream has come true :) . From soo many months i had been waiting for a DBGT extension or DBAF, that i read about much :)

    Thanks DUDE! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

  37. ss5gogeta
    April 4th, 2009 at 17:52 | #37

    i just hope to see the sequeal wen it gets to dragonball z with supersayans before 2012 when we all die

  38. April 4th, 2009 at 20:17 | #38

    dude i gust found this website also :D this is going to be the most awsomiest movie ever :-) next to dragon ball is the new fast and the furis i saw it today today

  39. genx
    April 6th, 2009 at 04:31 | #39

    I seen this movie and yes it is bad and though I’m from the U.S., all I can say is spare the DB saga and dont make sequel to this movie hollywood has butchered enough anime, game, and comic movie enough :x

  40. Dee
    April 8th, 2009 at 02:08 | #40

    WTF its a good movie i seen it today :twisted: SO DONT BAGG IT FUCK

  41. Dee
    April 8th, 2009 at 02:10 | #41

    But that other guy has a point its way diferent man ide do a better job looking like goku but i done cloud cosplay i looked just like him

  42. pro goku basher
    April 8th, 2009 at 02:39 | #42

    This movie is gonna be MAD! :D I can’t wait to watch it
    :lol: :lol: Hurry up and release it :x

  43. ShadowCat
    July 26th, 2009 at 14:59 | #43

    this ain’t dragonball evolution,it can be aptly called dragon ball retardation n the crew were definetly retards tats sure.

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