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Jan 17, 2014
Mixed Feelings
Alright, time to tackle the last of the Broly trilogy. After witnessing how terrible Second Coming was, I was hoping this would be better. Thankfully, it is, but not by much.

Story: The story is basically the same as Second Coming, except replace Videl with 18 as the female non-super saiyan that is here just to show how weak regular people (or in this case androids) are compared to saiyans and throw in Hercule because the story says so. The story was handled a lot better here since it shows the consequences of their actions during the fights, which is mostly random people getting killed off, but at least it's something. Characters do still have a tendency to come out of nowhere when the writers write themselves into a corner, but that seems to be a staple of the series by this point. Then there's Broly's defeat, which wasn't all that satisfying, but made more sense than Second Coming's defeat of Broly (seriously, when did the Dragon Balls gain the ability to read minds? Do they not need to do the chant anymore? Then why didn't it do that earlier?).

Art: Like pretty much all of the DBZ movies, the art for this one is the exact same as the show. The only difference here when compared to the previous movies are some designs of the bio-warriors and Bio-Broly himself, which are all just generic designs and Bio-Broly is just a big glob with some hair sticking out and eyes.

Sound: Surprisingly, there isn't much of a soundtrack, or at least not a memorable one. The previous DBZ movies had some great rock music that got your blood pumping for the fights. Not so much here. As for the voice acting, it's good enough, although 18 could at least show some emotion. I know she's a robot, but she's become one of the main characters of the show by this point. She could try harder not to sound so robotic.

Character: This is another spot that I think this movie did better than Second Coming. Goten is actually bearable in this film. He's not whining all the time and actually acts like a kid. There's also no piss jokes, except for one at the beginning, which automatically makes this a million times better than Second Coming, which was filled with them (seriously, did Adam Sandler direct that movie?). Everyone else is the same as either the show or previous films, depending on who you're looking at.

Enjoyment: With this being the final Broly movie, unless they really want to do another one based on the ending, it was good. It could have been done a lot worse and was done a lot worse, if my numerous jabs at Second Coming weren't enough of a hint as to how much I can't stand that film. While not as good as other DBZ movies, like the first Broly movie or Cooler's Revenge, it's not the worst one I've seen.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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