A group
of evil power hungry warriors led by the Saiyan Turles, have come to Earth to
plant the Tree of Might. King Kai has warns Goku about the danger that Earth
faces if the tree is left standing. Fearing the worst Goku and the rest of the
Z-Fighters go out to destroy the tree. While doing so they face an even bigger
danger Turles and his band of warriors are strong, and Goku and the Z-Fighters
will need to pull all out all their tricks to defeat this evil.
(The characters of the film)
The
Tree of Might is the third installment to the Dragon Ball Z movies. No one is
sure when exactly this film takes place in the anime. Most believe that it is
set during the Trunks saga, but there are a lot of inconsistences in that
belief; most of which is in time of trouble Goku didn’t turn Super Saiyan, but
was able to during the Trunks saga. The fight scenes are a lot shorter than
most other Dragon Ball Z fight scenes are, and only one fight is worthwhile.
The soundtrack is from the show nothing spectacular at that. The character of
Turles strikes an unmistakable resemblance to Goku and it is believed that he
is a metaphor to Goku that he is what Goku would have become if he never bumped
his head as a child. The movie is ok not the greatest Dragon Ball Z movie ever
made but it holds its own. The plot is like all DBZ movies of old; the earth is
in trouble, and Goku seems to be the only one who can save it. All in all, The
Tree of Might is a movie that all DBZ fans should own and will enjoy to watch,
but the non-DBZ fan may want to stay away.
Good:
-The metaphoric
battle between Good Goku and the Evil Goku
Bad:
-Not a lot of action
-Plot is the same as
almost every other DBZ movie
-The inability to
tell where in the story line this movie takes place
Scully Rating: 3 out
of 10