Lord Slug has landed on Earth and is planning on
terraforming it into a new space station. Gohan plans to stop this from
happening. But before Gohan can stop him, Lord Slug calls upon the eternal
dragon and wishes for eternal youth. Now faced with odds beyond his capability;
it is up to Gohan to hold off Lord Slug, with the help of Piccolo, until Goku
can show up.
“Lord Slug” is the fourth installment into the Dragon Ball Z movie list. It is set a year after “The Tree of Might,” but it is unclear when it takes place during the anime timeline. Most people assume that it takes place sometime during the 3 years that they are training to fight the androids. This makes some sense with Gohan having short hair, and Piccolo being alive. The one thing that is fighting against this timeline placement is the fact that Goku turns into a false super saiyan, which is a shock to king ki; who not only thinks he turned into a full blown super saiyan, but stated that this is a new power of Goku. If it happened during the three years of training Goku would have no issue turning to a super saiyan. The movie itself is one of the better written Dragon Ball Z movies, but not one of the best either. The soundtrack is lackluster: no big names and mostly music that they used in the actual anime. The main fight scene between Lord Slug and Goku is good, but not great. The fights with Gohan and Piccolo fighting the henchmen of Lord Slug are great: lots of explosions, which make us all happy. My biggest gripe about this movie is how they are able to beat Lord Slug. Without ruining it for anyone that sees it, it is not in the usual DBZ way.
Good:
-Good Plot
-Good fight scenes
Bad:
-Finding out where in the timeline this takes place is hard
-The defeat of Lord Slug is upsetting
Scully Rating: 6 out of 10
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