Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler (2002)

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Next up for Anime Month we're starting to look at the "Dragonball Z" movies. There might not have been as many of them as the "Pokémon" movies, but still a lot. This movie features the return of the villain from the previous movie, Cooler. It's great to see a villain with relatively large importance to the mythology make a return. I really do like his new appearance, given how shiny he is. I do wonder why he didn't model his robots after his most powerful form. Was that supposed to be his third form out of four? I guess he just chose the one he was the most well known for.It's actually kind of a pity, because his final form was the coolest (hey, I made a joke!). This features Vegeta making his first movie appearance. I admit it doesn't make sense how Vegeta got there in the first place, but he's as awesome as ever. I found out how to pronounce Yajirobe's name! This is what I get for reading the manga first. I do love that little robot that talks about how everyone's going to die. We get some fairly good action in with a lot of the side characters too. It is however hard for me to love this given how short it is, but it still got its message across. ***

spoilersThis is one of my favorites, and you know why? Because it stars Goku and Vegeta(who's FINALLY made his debut in the movie series)! The two have to reluctantly team up to defeat Cooler again. That's basically the entire plot, but I think it's awesome finally seeing these two rivals actually have to work together, even if it's in a DBZ movie and not in the mainstream TV series. But like I said, seeing them fight side-by-side is awesome. I won't spoil it, but the battle between the two saiyajins and Cooler takes a few shocking turns. Well, a slight giveaway: in this, Cooler becomes a cyborg, just like Frieza did in the show, but the way it happens keeps him from becoming a complete ripoff of Cyborg Frieza. Plus, some reviewers said this film was really short. I have to disagree on that one. It's actually an hour long(movie seven is the shortest, then movie one). I will also say this: the English dub SUCKS. It ruins the entire film, but at least they took out those stupid songs they were playing for the last two English-dubbed films(this is DBZ, not Spawn!)BOTTOM LINE: One great hour-long fight scene, er, movie!

This movie was possibly the best DBZ dubbed movie ever. It makes sense, no crappy backround music, it's perfect. It wont make any stupid references like "If you wanted to join my army you have to use the side entrance!" "Thanks but no thanks, we're both self employed." This could possibly be the only reason why I liked this movie over all i give it a 9 out 10...since there is no Cha La or the Japanese music.

I loved this DBZ movie! It has hard hitting fast paced fighting and has a simple storyline. The animation is great. Kooler is back and a whole lot tougher than before in his new cyborg body. I love the way Metal Kooler is shiny all the time. The Japanese dialogue is also good. I just love Gokuh's voice. It also has Piccolo kicking some serious butt! Big DBZ or any anime fan will love this movie. If you are able to find the subtitled version of this movie, then I highly recommend that you get it!! I give it a 10 out of 10.