You voted it a 1 though just like I did. I do agree that there are worse movies out there. As a DB film, this is easily a 1/10. As a action film, it's more like a 5/10.
This movie is a 1 because I can find movies ten years ago or even twenty that surpass it in acting, choreography, editing, action, dialogue, and casting.
It failed in every aspect possible. we are in 2009 and according to todays standards it's a 1. Killer Clowns was closer to its era and at the time it wasn't as bad as what Dragon Ball is, budget wise and any other way. According to the times We have asian martial art movies that surpass the norm and even in America we have movies that destroy dragon ball evolution. Speed racer was never known for it's martial arts but it phenominal car chases nor X men, but the action in all the X men movies and Speed Racer surpass DRAGON BALL??!!!! I thought the soul purpose of the show was to show case the styles and the FIGHTS yet this hardly even competes with MORTAL KOMBAT. Even Van Damme Street Fighter had better fights and that movie was a travesty. In 2009 no action movie based on martial arts should have fights that are less impressive than these U.S. titles. Either The Matrix, Equilibrium, Mortal Kombat, Kill Bill, Bourne Ultimatum, Enter The Dragon, Forbidden Kingdom, Unleashed, Blade, Universal Soldier, FAMILY GUY...LOL even that has better fights.
Was it that hard to get at least the fights to be revolutionary???? If they can make Keanu Reeves have some of the best fights in Hollywood history then ANYONE can. Yes Yuen Ping is a phenom in choreography but there are a lot more who can do bad ass fight direction too. The girl fight in crouchng tiger alone owns this entire movie. Johnny Cage vs Sorpian in Mortal Kombat owns this entire movie.
I'm even gonna go and say that Twilight (the chick flick) MURDERS Dragon Ball Evolution. Damn it was BAD!!!!!!
Honestly it is probably in the top ten worst comic book adaptations of ALL TIME. Up there with Barb Wire, Phantom, The straight to DVD Crow movies, Captain America, Blade Trinity, Howard the Duck, Batman and Robin, The Mask 2. Yea BAD!!!!!! I am not exagerating.
Those who say F4 was as bad as this forget that the human torch alone owns all the carisma in this movie combined.
If anyone on Rotten Tomatoes gives this a good review they have been paid by FOX.