Dragon Ball Z : La Revanche de Cooler

It might sound a bit blasphemous to purist manga fans, but there are some Dragon Ball Z characters created by Toei whom I personally prefer to their canon counterparts. Cooler is one of them. A way cooler villain than Frieza and his useless daddy (Amazing how Dragon Ball Super did not try to resurrect him too, considering how the writers from that godawful series seem to love that overrated lizard so much) Anyway, a pretty good movie. Shame Cooler only appeared in another movie and then just made a couple of cameos in the Janemba movie and Dragon Ball movie. But then again, maybe it's for the best. The overuse of recurring villains is the last thing Dragon Ball needs. I personally consider the "eternal" rogue galleries one of the worst aspects from western comics (Since they can never be defeated for good in the name of status quo) and the overuse of Frieza is one of the most terrible aspects of the terrible Dragon Ball Super.

Thus far the most tolerable DBZ film I've seen but that isn't really saying much. Oddly shorter than the previous entries in the series as well, Cooler's Revenge introduces Cooler, the older brother of Frieza, who arrives on Earth in order to seek out the person who killed his brother. What follows is yet another recycle of the other films - Main villain and his henchmen arrive. Krillin, Gohan, and Piccolo have minor success holding them off (Piccolo more so than the rest). Goku saves the day by defeating the villain. It's predictable but the reason I like it more than the other films is that you establish early on Cooler isn't playing around. He takes charge and criticizes his henchmen for playing games when they could so easily win. I also liked that we see Goku take on the SS form rather than spirit bombing his way to victory. Sadly, It is also yet another non-canon entry but if you are going to watch any out of the first volume of the DBZ films, This should be the only one you watch.

There is a lot of good going for this movie. Piccolo gets to have some interesting action scenes. Injuring Goku so early in the story makes it so the rest of the crew has to be on stealth mode for a good stretch of the runtime. Having the heroes on the back foot and relying on sneaking around foes with scouters leads to more suspenseful sequences. Cooler's second form, where he looks like Super Shredder, is also pretty cool. There are some memorable moments and visuals for the final fight and with Piccolo's fights. But the villain's motivation is lazy, the characterization is dull, and the conclusion of the movie is pretty anti-climactic. Overall, a pretty average Dragon Ball Z movie. Random fanboy rant: why didn't Gohan use the flying Nimbus instead of Icarus to fly him to Korin's tower? Was it just an unwritten rule that Icarus had to appear in this era of DBZ movies? Or was Gohan not pure of heart enough to ride the Nimbus? Think about it.

This is is a classic I see this movie so many times the music is awesome you got drowning pool disturbed and much more cooler is badass he my favorite part in the movie I did you this now do not watch the remastered version just by the movie on dvd the final battle is great too I give the movie a +

I'm a big fan of dragonball and dragonball Z and this is the 5th of 12 DBZ movie spin-offs. And it's also one of the best! This and any DBZ movie is strictly for fans. All the dbz movies are very similar, a powerful villain and his henchmen, the villain's super transformation, and their all about 45minutes long. Also the confusing continuity that's in the dbz movies. It's hard to say if this movie is cannon to the TV series, the continuity between the movies and TV series is very confusing, because in some ways the continuity fits, other ways not. Well in this story Freiza was killed on Namek, he was not yet or never was brought back to life by his dad,King Cold. Goku came back to earth soon after wards, before the arrival of Garlic Jr. and the androids. But what makes this movie better then other dbz movies is that it has a great villain, Cooler. The plot is simple and predictable but it was a good idea by dbz creator Akyria Toiyami of making Freiza have a brother and making him a cool(pun intended) character. First I like his name, Cooler aka Coola. I like his look, he looks like both Freiza and his dad but he's kind of handsome in a alien kind of way. His English voice is perfect with his look. I like his personality, he's evil and arrogant like his dad & brother but he seems to have a more no nonsense attitude while Freiza prolonged a lot stuff. Also Cooler seems to be more hands on while Freiza let his henchman do his work. But I think it dosen't make sense that Cooler has only three henchmen while Freiza had an entire army but it's possible he has an army we don't see and they only briefly explain his role in the evil family business, apparently Cooler & Freiza have their own domains in the galaxy, made clear by Cooler saying "Freiza's the one in charge of this quadrant" & "I got seven planets to destroy by the end of the day" but since he's only in this one movie they don't explain him more then they need to. Cooler's special forces, Armored Squardan, are pretty cool. I like the leader Saiza. I like Cooler's relationship with Freiza, the two were rivals and Cooler's so cold hearted he dosen't even care about his brother's death just how it disgraced his family name. The fights in this movie are really good. Cooler's 4th transformation is great, he looks like a football player from hell and Goku's transformation to super saiyan works well into the story. How Goku defeats Cooler is great. My favorite part is the opening,where Cooler makes a pit stop to see Freiza destroy planet Vegeta, great way to introduce him and it comes full circle at the end. The English dubbed version might be better then the original Japanese version with better dialog and I love the heavy metal music that plays through out the story. Cooler is my favorite dbz movie villain and I'm glad they brought him back for a sequel. A dbz classic!

This is the fifth Dragon Ball Z movie to be released during the series' Japanese TV run. When Cooler finds out that his brother Frieza was defeated by a Saiyan, he and his three henchmen go to Earth to seek revenge and destroy the planet as Piccolo, Gohan, and Krillin attempt to help an injured Goku get his strength back and defend the Earth. This movie was an improvement over the lasr DBZ movie as the plot centered around a villain closely related to a major villain in the DBZ TV series. This DBZ movie attempts to try some new things, such as putting more of a focus on Piccolo, Krillin, and Gohan in the battles and spicing the battle sequences with samurai-film-like elements. As DBZ fans will enjoy the battles and the villain, this DBZ movie's plot suffers from being a bit shallow as it only focuses on the villain's plan to destroy Earth. Also, DBZ fans may be a bit disappointed by the movie's short running time of 47 minutes. GRADE: 2.5 out of 5