- Release Date: 2009
- Runtime: 85 min
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
- Starring: Justin Chatwin, Yun-Fat Chow, Emmy Rossum, Jamie Chung ... see all
- Director: James Wong
- 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... Read more
User Reviews
I Don't Know What This Was
Apr 10, 2009
testamentsol86 - yahoo.com
Apr 10, 2009testamentsol86 - yahoo.com
I saw the movie and I was disappointed. I am a huge Dragonball and Dragonball Z and I have been waiting for a live action movie for years and I was treated to this huge piece of crap. Dragonball Evolution isn't... Full review
Well...
Apr 08, 2009
blitzenkid - yahoo.com
Apr 08, 2009blitzenkid - yahoo.com
I personally have only an outline of the Dragonball storyline. But, from what I understand, Dragonball was just a title, and explanation of character attributes in this pitiful piece of sensor bar. It was made up of a painful storyline with... Full review
A beyond Sub-par interpretation of Dragon Ball onto the big screens.
Mar 24, 2009
Robin Dhanju - imdb.com
Mar 24, 2009Robin Dhanju - imdb.com
This is a total butchering of what I had held great hopes of seeing. The movies attempts to follow the dragon ball story line, meanwhile adding a "modern" spin on it (ie. chi chi's castle, and Master Roshi lives in a... Full review
Overall F grade or 0/10, Save your money! wait until you can watch it online for free!
Mar 20, 2009
scorpionlgr - imdb.com
Mar 20, 2009scorpionlgr - imdb.com
This Movie plain and simple insults our intelligence, I mean I'm no Geek, but tham they were way off!, this should not even be called dragonball, because of stupid 20th Century Fox, now dragonball is ruined, if someone wanted to make... Full review
Even the 7 Dragonballs Can't Save This Movie
Mar 20, 2009
classiccase-1 - imdb.com
Mar 20, 2009classiccase-1 - imdb.com
For manga and anime fans around the world, the story of Dragonball has to be at the top, or at least in the top 3 of their most beloved manga/anime stories ever written. There is already an existing live action Dragonball... Full review
I hope the producers lose their money.
Mar 20, 2009
acouplequestions - imdb.com
Mar 20, 2009acouplequestions - imdb.com
This movie raped the Dragonball franchise beyond repair. The people who made this movie should go to jail for this. It is really that bad, I am NOT exaggerating. I have been waiting for years for someone to make a film... Full review
This movie had potential . The Director never had any.
Mar 19, 2009
xploratio - imdb.com
Mar 19, 2009xploratio - imdb.com
I saw the movie with not too much expectations.. I am one of the skeptics but for a moment there i kept a certain positivism toward the movie. The movie Is an embarrassment to the manga , the anime , the... Full review
What a joke.....
Mar 18, 2009
arvshi007 - imdb.com
Mar 18, 2009arvshi007 - imdb.com
If you haven't had enough with "The day the earth stood still" then make way for DRAGONBALL: Cheap EVOLUTION into a joke. I mean seriously what was the whole cast and crew thinking while making a movie out of legendary Dragonball... Full review
Hollywood is ruining my childhood memories!
Mar 18, 2009
mikely115 - imdb.com
Mar 18, 2009mikely115 - imdb.com
This movie is just plain disappointing to say the least. I don't care if this is an adaptation of Dragonball. The only reason why I gave it a 3 out of 10 rating was for the special effects and production value... Full review
This is just what you expect.
Mar 17, 2009
NotDRix - imdb.com
Mar 17, 2009NotDRix - imdb.com
Now, all I can say first off is this is exactly what you thought it would be. Hollywood took a popular Japanese anime, and turned it into an American teenager popcorn flick. If you are upset when a movie does not... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Aug 07, 2009Screen India
animated series for a live action movie is the burden of reality..... ... Full Review
| Jul 28, 2009Film.com
Dragonball Evolution is a film so bad....The film is hollow, strange, and ultimately a failure on all counts.....the dialogue is painfully dreadful.....Only the film's romance carries any weight at all, fueled by the efforts and charisma of actors Justin Chatwin and Jamie Chung ;.... ... Full Review
| Jul 02, 2009DVD Talk
Too bad the movie's also really stupid.....It's honestly like someone at Fox watched a YouTube video making fun of Dragonball....the movie seems confused and unsure of the details.....is a bad movie....stuck in theaters with a fresh coating of awful CGI..... ... Full Review
| May 01, 2009associatedcontent.com
It's really just an excuse for impressive visual effects and intriguing costume designs....altogether overlooked, which essentially leaves us with a fairly bland action adventure story that throws in a little self-discovery for good measure..... ... Full Review
| May 01, 2009associatedcontent.com
It's really just an excuse for impressive visual effects and intriguing costume designs....altogether overlooked, which essentially leaves us with a fairly bland action adventure story that throws in a little self-discovery for good measure..... ... Full Review
News
DRAGONBALL EVOLUTION
urbancinefile.com.au –
2009-07-19
We've been fans of up-and-coming artist Alexandre Tuis for a while, so we jumped at the chance to speak with him about his work and share exclusive concept art from his latest project, the live-action manga adaptation Blood: The Last... ... Full Article
Live-Action Akira Movie Cancelled
cinemablend.com –
2009-06-14
It's been a while since we learned that Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way production company was planning to produce a live-action adaptation of Akira , the post-apocalyptic manga that was also made into an animated film. ... Full Article
ScoreKeeper Goes One on One With EAGLE EYE, DRAGONBALL EVOLUTION, and FAST & FURIOUS Composer Brian Tyler!
aintitcool.com –
2009-06-10
Greetings! ScoreKeeper here presenting a super-casual conversation with one of cinema's most sought after film scorers. From Harvard to Hollywood, composer Brian Tyler's ivy-league roots are sprouting musical branches through an eclectic array of genres from modestly budgeted independent films... ... Full Article
Even though here in the United States, Dragonball Evolution was a massive flop hated by everyone but the most self-loathing of Dragonball fans... it's getting a sequel. ... Full Article

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