Reviews

As DRAGON BALL Z: BATTLE OF THE GODS proved nostalgic, so too did DRAGON BALL Z: RESURRECTION OF F, and even more so for us that grew up watching Frieza fight Goku and then again another battle including future Trunks. The film does employ comedy and a sense of homeliness like the prequel, as it includes each of the characters we're all so familiar, all cozied up and assimilated into everyday life, right where we left them in Dragon Ball Z. Gohan has grown up and made himself comfortable as a family man and a geek. He's unsure if he can even still turn super saiyan, as has been focusing on being a father and a husband. Master Roshi returns to the platform in his Dragon Ball skin, with skill and a functioning role beyond just being funny, though he is still hilarious. Do you think we can beat them? he asks. When no is the answer, he says, 'good, I just wanted ot be sure I wasn't being a chicken.' He even throws in a kamehame wave. Krillin becomes a cop, and it is funnier than anything, as it is perfect for him. With the Z fighters, he is bottom of the best. As a cop, he is a top dog.
The film has a bit more plot than DRAGON BALL Z: BATTLE OF THE GODS, considering that film was just sort of there to set up a premiss for Dragon Ball Super and this sequel film. Frieza comes back, and he has been reconstructed. Brought back by the dragon balls, and put together again (he was cut into pieces by future Trunks in Dragon Ball Z) with a new machine constructed by the Frieza Force. He's cocky, upset that it took so long, and he had to sit and wait, tormented in Earth's hell. He wants to enact his revenge against Goku, but know that Goku has trained, and he must too train, for his first time even. He had never trained a day in his life, and was still so powerful... imagine what he could become and what would happen to his strength and ability if he were to actually work at it? He trains for a few months and jets himself to Earth, destroying a city as his 'hello.' Bulma calls for Goku and Vegeta to return to Earth after being informed by Jaco, a cute little space cop with a contagious voice. Goku and Vegeta have been training at Beerus' place and do not hear of the Frieza attack until Gohan, Piccalo, Krillin, having shaved his head... wonderful, really! hah, Jaco, Master Roshi, and Tien are deep in battle fighting members of the Frieza force. Once they do hear, Goku has the fighters power up, he locks on, and uses instant transmission, bringing Vegeta along with him.
They fight, and overall, the fighting is great, and it is not sloppy and just 'fighting,' but they actually employ actual martial arts. They use wing chun, and block punches and kicks and blows. The only complain I have here is the obvious CGI. Maybe it was necessary. I don't know. I think though, it wsa quicker, and it was cheaper too, so that is why the CGI was put into place, but it looks bad, and it looks out of place and awkward.
The end of the movie, Goku looks beat. He's turned super saiyan god, like in the first, and so too has Vegeta. The ending is a bit cheap. I don't want to say too much, though you'll probably see it from a m ile away, as did I , and everybody else, but it involve time travel, and everybody ends up A-OK. It is by no means a great movie, but fun and well made for any fan of Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, or maybe even Dragon Ball GT.