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If you are a fan of the Dragonball TV cartoons then that is more than enough to entice you to go watch the film. For those that don’t know about the cartoon franchise, well, you might want to stay away.

The film is basicly a very flat storyline of what goes on in the cartoons. Lord Piccolo who is played by James Marsters is a rather boring character who has no dimension. He seems very angry with life and as the bad guy it seems as if he wasn’t directed at all. James Marsters is a good actor and he looked the part, but I would have to blame the director James Wong for failing to get the part right.

The lead character and hero Goku played by Justin Chatwin seems very lame and lacking. I don’t think I laughed once during the whole movie and for a character that is suppose to be full of life and laughs was very disappointing. In fact I would have to say this part is just bad casting.

The rest of the cast was okay and the storyline was simplified and destroyed in one. The animation mixed in with the filming didn’t blend too well and at times it didn’t look right on screen.

One of the worse things to do in a martial arts film is not too use it. This is the biggest problem with the whole film and one that stands out above all else. There seemed a lack of it along with style, grace and skill.

In the end I was disappointed with the whole film and thought their effort on the dragon was terrible. The dragon Shen Long turned up looking small and shiny, nothing like what I wanted to see.

1 out of 5.