“Dead Zone” is the first film in the Dragon Ball Z franchise
and the film is set sometime between the end of “Dragon Ball” and the start of
“Dragon Ball Z.” “Dead Zone” is only
Forty-one minutes long and is the shortest film made for the DBZ universe. The
writers tried to jam far too much action in such a short time frame and the
movie suffered for it. The fight scenes between characters were short and very
underwhelming, with each different fight only lasting mere seconds. Once we get
to the final fight it starts to pick up, but still wasn’t up to par with what
we see in the anime. Going back to before Goku was flying and using powers that
we all wish we had is nice. One thing that I really disliked was that they
didn’t mention that Kami and Piccolo are one, and the fact that if one dies so
will the other. This is important because if ether one dies the Dragon Balls
would disappear. All in all, “Dead Zone” being the first movie had some issues
but is a worthy installment in the Dragon Ball Z universe.
Good:
-Easy to tell where in the DBZ story this takes place
Bad:
-Fights are short and underwhelming
-Plot is unoriginal and has holes in it
-Movie could have been longer
-Didn’t explain the whole Kami Piccolo being one so new
viewers will be lost
Scully Rating: 4 out
of 10
Watch "Dragon
Ball Z: Dead Zone" at: http://www.animefreak.tv/watch/dragon-ball-z-movie-1-dead-zone-english-dubbed-online-free
