Dragonball Evolution
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Film · TMDB
2.9On 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.
Released: 2009-03-1285 minDir: James WongAction, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Thriller
Cast
- Justin Chatwin as Goku
- Chow Yun-Fat as Master Roshi
- Joon Park as Yamcha
- Jamie Chung as Chi Chi
- Emmy Rossum as Bulma
- James Marsters as Lord Piccolo
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Ratings · OMDb
IMDb
2.5/10
84,513 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
14%
Metacritic
45/100
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- James Wong
- Screenplay by
- Ben Ramsey
- Based on
- Dragon Ball , by Akira Toriyama
- Produced by
- Stephen Chow
- Starring
- Justin Chatwin Emmy Rossum Jamie Chung Chow Yun-fat
- Cinematography
- Robert McLachlan
- Edited by
- Matthew Friedman Chris Willingham
- Music by
- Brian Tyler
- Production companies
- Dune Entertainment III Star Overseas
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox
- Release dates
- March 10, 2009 ( 2009-03-10 ) (Japan, Hong Kong) April 10, 2009 ( 2009-04-10 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 85 minutes
- Countries
Key dates
- Published
- 13 March 2009
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- adventure film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- Japanese
- Based on
- Dragon Ball
- Director
- James Wong
- Screenwriter
- Akira Toriyama
- Cast member
- Luis Arrieta
- Composer
- Brian Tyler
- Producer
- Stephen Chow
Article
Dragonball Evolution is a 2009 superhero film loosely based on the 1984–95 manga series Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama. Directed by James Wong from a screenplay by Ben Ramsey, and produced by Stephen Chow, it stars Justin Chatwin, Emmy Rossum, James Marsters, Jamie Chung, Chow Yun-fat, Joon Park, and Eriko Tamura. In the film, the teenager Goku reveals his past and sets out to fight the evil alien warlord Demon King Piccolo who wishes to gain the powerful Dragon Balls and use them to take over Earth.
Dragonball Evolution was released in Japan and several other Asian countries on March 13, 2009, and in the United States on April 10. It grossed $56.5 million worldwide against a production budget of $30 million and was considered a commercial failure. The film received generally negative reviews from critics. Dragonball Evolution was intended to be the first of a series, though its reception caused Fox to cancel all subsequent films. The film has been accused of whitewashing and has had a negative effect on future anime-to-cinema adaptations, due to its casting, lack of loyalty to the source material, and failure at the box office.