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Once again Earth is in danger of destruction, this time due to a large asteroid that is on a crash course for the planet.
To the rescue comes Goku and Kuririn, but all too quickly they realize the asteroid is not truly an asteroid but a
spaceship carrying onboard Lord Slug and his evil henchmen, who have selected Earth to be the next planet to be
terra-frozen for his crew to inhabit. Can the Z-Warriors win or is Earth truly doomed this time?
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Earth is in danger again! God save us all, the madness has just begun. Yes folks, this is Dragon Ball Z Movie 4,
fourth movie of thirteen. After leaving my interest in DBZ, I found a copy of DBZ Movie 4 and figured
“what the hell, I used to like this stuff a lot, maybe I'll enjoy this.” Problem was, back then I was really into the
flashy lights and repetitive types of fighting. Now I look back and wonder why no one ever bothered to tell me off
about my former obsession.
You must be wondering why the sudden change of heart. Well let's just say one gets tired of the same old routine of:
some new evil threatens the world, Goku's friends arrive, get beaten into a pulp, then Goku arrives, pummeling ensues,
the two sides struggle to attain a higher power level than each other, and eventually the “greatest action hero of all time”
wins… an hour and thirty real minutes later and it’s all over. Then there are the characters from the series, which
never once do I see any change in maturity or personality or anything for that matter, these characters stayed
the same through out. Not only did these characters not develop in the movie but also did very little contribution to
help move the story along unless you count whistling and giving Goku moral support.
Leaving the static plot and characters alone for the moment, lets move on to animation, one of the only redeeming
qualities of this movie. The fight scenes improved a lot from the previous movies and the sagas that had played in
Japan at that point in time. The smooth animation combined with some decently choreographed fight scenes made the movie
somewhat interesting.
Overall, this movie was horrible. The amount of fans addicted to this anime and all its glorious yet repetitive
fighting make me wonder about the sanity of the world. In all honestly you're better off just not watching it. However,
if you feel an urge to see repetitive fight scenes, then by all means watch it, but just be warned.
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