Dragon Ball Z - The Return of Cooler (Uncut Feature)

Dragon Ball Z - The Return of Cooler (Uncut Feature)

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Summary: 1 Stars

The movie is suppose to be a sequel to the first feature with Cooler in it. The Revenge of Cooler. But the two are totally unreleated outside of the fact that Cooler is in both of them. Cooler was beaten badly by Goku in the previous film, now he's back, one with a super computer that found his scattered body floating in space. Together they become the Big Getti Star, and they travel to Namek for reasons undisclosed. They attach themselves to the planet of Namek in a parasitic fashion and enslave it's inhabitants. This is were the Z fighters come in. They're apparently on vacation and they were visiting Namek anyway, so everything works out. The fighters arrive, they fight a bunch of giant robots which obviously aren't going to be a factor, the Cooler makes his apperance as the new and improved T2 Cooler. Dipped in mercury, the new Cooler is far more powerful and while the rest of the Z fighters duke it out with weak robots they should be able to defeat handily, Goku and Cooler begin their rematch.

Some of the action sequences are very cool, I will admit. The one thing the Dragon Ball Z series will not let you down on is some good ol' fashion punching and kicking. But not even the apperance of Vegita can save this steaming pile of nonsense. The story is stupid, plain and simple, there's nothing else to call it. If your a fan of even mediocre story telling, it's stupid. The plot is forced, rushed(hence the 40 minute running time), and unrelated to any thing DB or DBZ except for the use of the characters. It makes no sense even in the fantasy world of DragonBall Z where power levels are kept secret, time lines don't exist, and a female android can give birth to a human child. The animation is average. It's not bad, but it's nothing to write home about. That goes with most all things DBZ, so that's no surprise. Maybe the production company and creators behind DBZ will finally get enough money from merchandising to spend some real cash on some good animation.

The end of the movie is the worst part. Once again DBZ movies rewrite the book on how to make a totally anti-climatic ending to a Saga or a feature. It takes the combined forces of Vegita and Goku to destroy just one Metal Cooler. When it's revealed to you that there are like a million Metal Coolers all at the same power level you begin to wonder. What are the robots the Z fighters face at the begining for? Why does Cooler attempt to use Goku and Vegita to power the Star when he has a million other fighters far more powerful? And were the hell does Vegita come from. How would he know about this as it's happening? Why can Cooler not stop Goku and Vegita from overloading the ship at the end? Questions that can't be answered. Why, because that's what bad story telling does to an already weak story. Do not rent this movie. Don't purchase this movie unless they promise you Jennifer Love Hewitt will come with it and make love to you while you watch it. Even if your over a friends house and he has it, and decides to pop it in, stop him, warn him of the risks. Just like friends don't let friends drive drunk.

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