A cosmic martial-arts adventure is squeezed into a school-age chosen-one story with generic lessons and strangely weightless action. It borrows the names and magical objects, then seems embarrassed by most of what made the source material distinctive.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
Acting
6.5/10
Plot
8/10
Effects
7.5/10
Dialogue
6.5/10
Rewatchability
4.5/10
“Seven Dragon Balls, remarkably little Dragon Ball.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 66
Synopsis and movie facts
On his 18th birthday, Goku receives a mystical Dragonball as a gift from his grandfather. There are only six others like it in the whole world, and legend has it that whoever possesses all seven will be granted one perfect wish. When the arrival of a dark force triggers a tragedy, Goku and his companions are propelled into an epic quest to collect the seven Dragonballs and save the Earth from destruction.
