Dragon Ball Z:Coolers Revenge

 

 

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This was the first DBZ movie I ever saw. And coming off of the TV anime which was way too drawn out (at least until the Cell Games) this short 45 minute movie was graetly appreciated. It starts off with an explaination of who this Cooler guy is and how he ties into the series (even though he's exclusive to the movies). He is the elder brother of Freiza (yes, that will he just dia and go away? Freiza) and is much stronger than his little bro. He comes to earth to maintain his family's honor (not to avenge his brother) which is a very Japanese concept I guess. The fight really starts off about halfway through the movie and keeps heating up til the very end, especially once Coller powers up to a level surpasing his brother's (heh heh heh). I watched the movie in Japanese and English. I do like the Japanese voices better, but the music is all recycled from the series. The English voices are ok, but the rock music really makes the fights feel more intense. This is the 5th of 13 DBZ movies. FUNimation really needs to get crackin on the rest of the movies (they've released the first 8 so far). Also, the reason that the highest mark I can give to a DBZ movie is 4 stars is that none of them are widescreen in the US releases. These were released in the theaters in Japan, thus they ARE supposed to be widescreen (matted format 1.85:1 ratio I believe, TV screens are 1.33:1). There are scenes in the movies that look chopped off at the sides on the DVDs. This is why. All in all, it's a good bye for a DVD fan. If you're not, but like a good quick fight anime, rent it at least.

The fifth DBZ film, Cooler's Revenge, is very cool and will not disappoint you if you are a true Dragon Ball Z fan! The soundtrack is awesome, but has only one song by Disturbed: The Game. There are also a few songs by Drowning Pool: Told You So, Reminded, and Mute. One by Dust for Life: Poison. Three by Breaking Point: Under and Falling Down. And the rest from American Pearl: Seven Years and Revelation. All those songs fit very well with the movie, especially The Game and Told You So. The voice of Cooler surprised me a bit, since I was half expecting him to sound like a girl, just like his brother, Frieza, but I guess he takes after his father in the voice. Also, I kind of liked the fact that Cooler doesn't really let pride blind him, and he actually admitted to his mistakes, unlike his whimpy brother, Frieza. Cooler's fourth transformation was really cool, it sounded like a cross between the giant Lord Slug and Dabura. This form of Cooler reminds me kind of like Imperfect Cell, because of his lined mask, and of Uber-Jason from Jason X because of the particular shape of his face mask, the musculinity, and the red eyes. The voices were excellent, the same voices from the series, but sadly, Vegeta doesn't appear until the next movie, The Return of Cooler. Yamcha or Tien do not make appearances here either, I don't think they appear in any of the movies, but I could be wrong. The animation was done well, it kind of looks like the animation from the newer episodes of DBZ, clear and well-drawn, not curved and poorly done like the last episode on the third fusion tape: Play for Time, or the first episode on the second Perfect Cell tape: Temptation. I'd definitely recommend the uncut version though, because the edited one cuts out the blood and shortens the fight scenes. The ending was perfect, and it was pretty clever how Cooler was defeated, but that wasn't the last they or we would see of him. But it's kind of the same as all the endings, after the bad guy is defeated, either Piccolo or one of the other good guys disappears for a while and doesn't appear again. But I'm getting so sick of FUNimation recycling the idea of Gohan being in peril and Piccolo all of a sudden appearing to save him, that's just getting really old. The cover is designed rather plainly, just a picture of Cooler's final stage and that's it. I thought the covers fro Lord Slug and Return of Cooler were done better, they stayed true to the original Japanese covers. There's one thing wrong with Lord Slug thru Return of Cooler, the script is well-done, but they are not dubbing the exact words of the Japanese version, what they say is not what the translated Japanese dialogue would be. If the dialogue was dubbed from the exact words of the Japanses version, there would be occasional mild cuss words. But, that's not a huge problem, I'm just fine with what is in the movie now. It really surprised me when Cooler blasted Piccolo through the shoulder, it was like a sudden mini-sonic boom! The fight between Sauza and Piccolo was sort of boring, it just didn't look very good when Piccolo kicked Sauza out of the trees and into the air, but it was really cool when Piccolo grabbed Niez and fried him with his own attack. Doore, however, looks like your typical boring strong-man, and sounds like one too, and his death is pretty original and old-fashioned, just being disintegrated by a heat-seaking energy blast. If you watch the uncut version of Lord Slug, you'll find that FUNimation didn't cut out the F-word in Stupify, weird isn't it? For 47 minutes, Cooler's Revenge delivers amazing fight scenes, booming soundtrack, and [good] animation! So pick it up today, but if you decide to take my advice, then I suggest buying the uncut version. I hope this review has been helpful!

I think this is one of the best DBZ movies ever. Cooler is one of the coolest villians I've ever seen. I hope you all agree. Buy or rent it as soon as you get the chance. I was blown away by the storyline. The fight scene is great.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Tight Movie! Cooler's Revenge Rocks!
First of all this is one of the tighest movies I ever saw for DragonballZ. Well this movie takes place on earth where you see Goku training. Read more

Published on July 31 2002 by rillamaster

1.0 out of 5 stars Could of done much better
This is the worst dbz movie ever. You just can`t push someone into the sun because it is 92,960,000 miles away. Don`t waste your allowance on this piece of JUNK.

Published on July 18 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars FUNimation did something right here.
Usually I hate dubbed anime because of how the dubbing companys cut stupid things out and change storylines but Cooler's Revenge was pretty good. Read more

Published on July 3 2002 by Gohan

4.0 out of 5 stars Battle of the strongest (AKA Cooler's Revenge)
I've seen the fansubbed version of Battle of the Strongest (Cooler's Revenge) It was the best DBZ movie out of the 4 before it. Read more

Published on Jun 17 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars dbz cooler's revenge
this is the best dbz movie released in the U.S by far! because it's the first dbz MOVIE that goku is a super sayin in. Read more

Published on Jun 1 2002 by Kenny yurick

4.0 out of 5 stars Cool Cooler
I have not seen the movie, but I know that if you buy the video
you get 3 cards for the Dragonball Z card game.

Published on April 25 2002 by Spencer Tyson

5.0 out of 5 stars Completely outdoes the last four movies!
This is the 5th and best Dragon Ball Z movie I've seen! The animation, once again, is drawn out extremely well and Cooler, who is Frieza's older and stronger brother, looks... Read more

Published on April 15 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars Good 5th installment in the Dragon Ball Z Movie Series
I think this movie is one of the quality movies that the creator of DBZ made. Even though this is only the 5th movie out of 13 that are to be made, it is still great to watch... Read more

Published on Jan 23 2002 by Joshua Jessmore

4.0 out of 5 stars Edited version of a 5-star movie, for the children.
The Frieza saga was drawn out, emotional, and seems like ages ago compared to the Buu saga, but here you get to meet his brother. Read more

Published on Oct 31 2001 by M. Garza

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