Ignorance can at times be a blessing. Knowing absolutely nothing about the comics from which "Dragonball evolution" is adapted, I am spared the disappointment many hard core fans are already bracing themselves for. But that isn't enough to salvage this movie for me.
It is getting more and more difficult for movies in this genre to impress. Compared with the very similar "Forbidden Kingdom" last year, Dragonball is like a pale shadow. The fatal flaw is an extremely weak story line. There is nothing in the banal good-against-evil plot to excite, because the movie makers don't seem to be interested in enriching the story with any amount of detail to give it a life of its own. The action and special effect are barely passable. There are a few feeble laughs, generated mainly by Emmy Rossum and CHOW Yun-fat. There is one missed opportunity, an identity twist that could have been worked to generate good dramatic effects. What finally hit the screen comes almost like an after thought and is tossed away just as quickly.
This movie looks like a half-hearted, half-baked amateurish project. The biggest laugh is unabashed "hook" injected into the ending credit roll, showing you that the villain is apparently not dead. Thank you very much. I pass the sequel. But I very seriously doubts that we'll ever see one.
It is getting more and more difficult for movies in this genre to impress. Compared with the very similar "Forbidden Kingdom" last year, Dragonball is like a pale shadow. The fatal flaw is an extremely weak story line. There is nothing in the banal good-against-evil plot to excite, because the movie makers don't seem to be interested in enriching the story with any amount of detail to give it a life of its own. The action and special effect are barely passable. There are a few feeble laughs, generated mainly by Emmy Rossum and CHOW Yun-fat. There is one missed opportunity, an identity twist that could have been worked to generate good dramatic effects. What finally hit the screen comes almost like an after thought and is tossed away just as quickly.
This movie looks like a half-hearted, half-baked amateurish project. The biggest laugh is unabashed "hook" injected into the ending credit roll, showing you that the villain is apparently not dead. Thank you very much. I pass the sequel. But I very seriously doubts that we'll ever see one.