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Dragon Ball Z - Cooler's Revenge - Feature (Edited)

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This is the 5th and best Dragon Ball Z movie I've seen! The animation, once again, is drawn out extremely well and Cooler, who is Frieza's older and stronger brother, looks really cool! The main plot of this is that Cooler thinks Frieza is dead, so he goes to planet Earth and fights Goku. After that, Goku spends nearly half the movie injured, but lots of action occures during that time. I also really enjoyed the music and the sequence involving Piccolo battling Cooler's three men (Sauza, Niez, and Doore). Goku actually goes Super Saiyan in this movie and I really thought that was a good thing because it's about time! Anyway, this DBZ film completely burns the last four, so you should really buy it now before they're gone!

Frieza, in all his foolishness, let the young Goku escape in a Saiyan spacepod during his battle with Bardock. Looking from afar was his brother, Cooler, who let the Saiyan child live stating that he would be Frieza's eventual downfall. He couldn't have been more correct...

Now that the tyrant Frieza has finally fallen, Cooler has arrived on Earth looking for Goku in order to seek revenge. Goku is not able to stand up to Cooler's initial assault, so now it's up to Gohan and all his friends to protect him until he can recover and summon the Super Saiyan strength he needs to finally defeat Cooler.

I thought this was a great Dragonball Z movie, and one of the best ones overall. Goku is injured early on in the film, which takes much of the focus off of him and places it instead on his son, Gohan, and his comrades. This gives the story an opportunity to make use of the supporting cast to a much greater extent, allowing them to become much more than just weaklings that get tossed aside in the early stages of a fight. There is also much more depth to Cooler's character than there is to the villains that came before him in previous movies. An example of this is illustrated in a scene where he admits he doesn't care much for Frieza and that he deserved what he got, but still has an obligation to try and avenge his death. The FUNimation dub is done more decently this time around than it was in Lord Slug, though the soundtrack still needs work and the French accent portrayed by Sauzer's character is quite exaggerated and over the top.

If you're a Dragonball Z fan at all, then you should buy/watch this movie. Keep in mind when viewing it though, that it does conflict with what happens in the series. For example, Goku should not be on Earth until Trunks arrives and kills Frieza and King Cold, so it's not possible that he would be waiting there when Cooler shows up. Aside from continuity issues, it's a great standalone movie and shouldn't be missed!

I wasn't very pleased with the fourth DBZ movie, because of the flat out dry plot and Goku's so-called Super Saiyan transformation. When I heard that the fifth DBZ movie "Cooler's Revenge" is about to come to our shores, I already knew from the start that it would be even better than the four early DBZ movies, because I already seen movie clips of it and read countless reviews about it. Finally, I own one, and believe me, I wasn't disappointed at all. The DVD menus were great ! Better than the ones seen on "The History of Trunks" and "Lord Slug". When I selected the play option, I was introduced to a way better DBZ movie with better animation, deep plot, and amazing fighting scenes. The movie starts off when Bardcok and the rest of Planet Vegeta were destroyed by Frieza's death ball (as seen in Bardock: The Father of Goku). Frieza's older brother, Cooler and his armored squadron were watching Planet Vegeta explode into smitherines. While the ball was slowly falling on the planet, Cooler's squadron spotted a Saiyan pod with a baby Saiyan in it. It was Kakarot, soon to be named Goku ! The squadron was about to shoot it down, but Cooler stopped them and suggested that his brother should take care of it himself. Years after Frieza was killed by Goku's enormous powers, Cooler heard the news by Salza and the rest of his crew. Cooler didn't care about Frieza's death nor does he want to avenge his death, he just wants to get back at the man who stomped all over his family pride. And that man is none other than Goku. When Goku, Gohan, Oolong, Icarus, and Krillin go on a camping trip, they found themselves surrounded by Cooler's armored squadron. It's up to Goku to stop Frieza's brother, Cooler from causing destruction to Earth. Well, I can't spoil any surprises, but I can give you a few pointers on how this movie is like. First off, the plot is much, much, much deeper and much more interesting than that of "Lord Slug". The animation is even slicker and brighter than the other DBZ movies that I've ever seen. No other DBZ movie has ever looked this great. The voice acting still remains the same. Simply put...slightly weird, and pretty cool ! I really liked the English voice actor who played Cooler. It's a good thing they didn't use a woman's voice to play as him. The voice actor who played as Salza, sounds like a wannabe mexican gangster. That's what FUNimation always does. Every weird or cool looking character they see, they will give them a weird accent like a French, British, Scottish, or even a Mexican accent. That's just plain out stupid, but I have no problem with it. It's not really that much of a problem. If it continues to go out of control, I will get sick of it. But as of now, it's okay ! The most amazing aspect to this movie are the transformations. When Cooler goes to his final state of transformation, his body nearly resembles that of a samurai warrior without the swords and gadgets. And finally, Goku transforms into a real Super Saiyan. And no, the fourth movie wasn't the first to ever have the Super Saiyan feature. "Cooler's Revenge" is the first DBZ movie to ever have the Super Saiyan transformation scene, and Goku looks well animated when he transforms into a Super Saiyan. And as always, the action is definently eye catching, especially the part when Salza and Piccolo battle it out inside the tree area of the forest. It's like watching a samurai anime, only with flying techiniques and the use of special abilities. The ending was great. Although appearing to be a bit average, it's perfect. The only thing I hated about the movie was the Spanish version. I'm not saying that I'm racist towards Mexicans, but the opening and closing music they translated, sounded weird. That's pretty much it. So in conclusion of this review, this is the far by, the best DBZ movie ever created. If you're thinking about seeing DBZ in a whole new level, look no further than "Cooler's Revenge".

This is how it started out Goku and the gang were out in the woods camping until they were interupted by some evil aliens their head leader is Cooler the brother of Frezia he came for revenge on the one who killed his brother Cooler is stronger then his brother but in the end Goku transforms into a Super Saiyan and defeated Cooler. I'm giving it four stars cause the fight scenes were a bit slow they were not moving very fast I was disapointed cause thats what DBZ is all about.

The movies have always been to short, and have always followed the same formula. The bad guy appears, they battle the bad-guy henchman, then the final fight. Sadly, this movie follows this formula and is too short. However, that doesn't stop from being one of the best ones out there! The story is that Cooler, Freeza's brother, has come to earth to get revenge on Goku. His henchman try to kill him, and almost do, until Piccolo and Gohan step in to help!

Sadly, I had to see the edited version of this, because my local Blockbuster didn't have the uncut one. It doesn't matter much, but on the uncuts, there is more vilonce and some breif language, which really makes the movies more dramatic. The movies I'd also reccomend would be:

Broly: The Legendary Super Saiyan
Bojack Unbound
Lord Slug
Super Android 13
Dead Zone


(I would say that you should only see Super android 13 if you have already seen everything else, because it has absolutely NO storyline.)

Usually I hate dubbed anime because of how the dubbing companys cut stupid things out and change storylines but Cooler's Revenge was pretty good. They used music that fit with the fight scenes and the voice overs and matching the taling to the mouth movements were great. The plot was good and I realize that it was different somewhat of the orginal japanese version. usually FUNimation (after they moved productions after the Namek Saga, when they got new voices) did a horrible job at making the show interesting but they really did a great job on this one.

The fifth DBZ film, Cooler's Revenge, is very cool and will not disappoint you if you are a true Dragon Ball Z fan! The soundtrack is awesome, but has only one song by Disturbed: The Game. There are also a few songs by Drowning Pool: Told You So, Reminded, and Mute. One by Dust for Life: Poison. Three by Breaking Point: Under and Falling Down. And the rest from American Pearl: Seven Years and Revelation. All those songs fit very well with the movie, especially The Game and Told You So. The voice of Cooler surprised me a bit, since I was half expecting him to sound like a girl, just like his brother, Frieza, but I guess he takes after his father in the voice. Also, I kind of liked the fact that Cooler doesn't really let pride blind him, and he actually admitted to his mistakes, unlike his whimpy brother, Frieza. Cooler's fourth transformation was really cool, it sounded like a cross between the giant Lord Slug and Dabura. This form of Cooler reminds me kind of like Imperfect Cell, because of his lined mask, and of Uber-Jason from Jason X because of the particular shape of his face mask, the musculinity, and the red eyes. The voices were excellent, the same voices from the series, but sadly, Vegeta doesn't appear until the next movie, The Return of Cooler. Yamcha or Tien do not make appearances here either, I don't think they appear in any of the movies, but I could be wrong. The animation was done well, it kind of looks like the animation from the newer episodes of DBZ, clear and well-drawn, not curved and poorly done like the last episode on the third fusion tape: Play for Time, or the first episode on the second Perfect Cell tape: Temptation. I'd definitely recommend the uncut version though, because the edited one cuts out the blood and shortens the fight scenes. The ending was perfect, and it was pretty clever how Cooler was defeated, but that wasn't the last they or we would see of him. But it's kind of the same as all the endings, after the bad guy is defeated, either Piccolo or one of the other good guys disappears for a while and doesn't appear again. But I'm getting so sick of FUNimation recycling the idea of Gohan being in peril and Piccolo all of a sudden appearing to save him, that's just getting really old. The cover is designed rather plainly, just a picture of Cooler's final stage and that's it. I thought the covers fro Lord Slug and Return of Cooler were done better, they stayed true to the original Japanese covers. There's one thing wrong with Lord Slug thru Return of Cooler, the script is well-done, but they are not dubbing the exact words of the Japanese version, what they say is not what the translated Japanese dialogue would be. If the dialogue was dubbed from the exact words of the Japanses version, there would be occasional mild cuss words. But, that's not a huge problem, I'm just fine with what is in the movie now. It really surprised me when Cooler blasted Piccolo through the shoulder, it was like a sudden mini-sonic boom! The fight between Sauza and Piccolo was sort of boring, it just didn't look very good when Piccolo kicked Sauza out of the trees and into the air, but it was really cool when Piccolo grabbed Niez and fried him with his own attack. Doore, however, looks like your typical boring strong-man, and sounds like one too, and his death is pretty original and old-fashioned, just being disintegrated by a heat-seaking energy blast. If you watch the uncut version of Lord Slug, you'll find that FUNimation didn't cut out the F-word in Stupify, weird isn't it? For 47 minutes, Cooler's Revenge delivers amazing fight scenes, booming soundtrack, and [good] animation! So pick it up today, but if you decide to take my advice, then I suggest buying the uncut version. I hope this review has been helpful!

Usually when Funimation dubs a dbz movie it just [stinks], but this one actually wasn't THAT bad. Sure there are a few really corny parts with Goku worrying about animals and innocent people, and the japanese version is WAY better, but still, its not as bad as what they've done with the rest of the series.

One Pro that the English version actually has is the music, but then again, if you're not into deftones and disturbed like me then stick with the japanese.

There are only a few insignificant problems I saw with this and they are: 1. Goku still, like in movie 4, says "I ain't" in the subbed version on the dvd. That just bothers me for some reason. I'm not sounds so much better. 2. They made Salza have a french accent in the dubbed. Why? Just Why? 3. The dvd menu is garbage. The graphics are okay, but they could at least put some more info on it.

Other than those its a must buy. Oh, by the way, the Spanish version is hillarious!

In the early days, Pioneer released three Dragonball movies. Now, FUNimation has tried they're hand at DBZ movies. Lord Slug wasn't that entertaining, but Cooler's Revenge is by far the best DBZ movie ever made.

Content: A
Japanese Version: B+
English Version: A-
Spanish Version: B+
Music: A (dub), B+ (sub)
Animation: A
Fight Scenes: A

The story starts off with when Frieza destroys Planet Vegeta. Cooler watches from a distance and decides to let the fleeing Kakarrot go. Fast forward to the time after Frieza is killed by Goku. Cooler, infuriated by hearing of his brother's death, decides to go to Earth and put an end to Goku. After his boys make quick work of Piccolo, Krillin and Gohan, it is up to Goku to defeat Cooler.

The movie moves at a fairly fast pace. What I enjoyed the most was the explosive fight scenes. There is tons of action here. One of my favorites is when Cooler pushes his way through Goku's Kamehameha wave and then pops out and punches him. Very nice.

The English version features hard rock music by various artists like Disturbed and Deftones. Given the choice between FUNimation TV dub music and the rock music, the choice is obvious. I think it fits the action pretty well. For those of you who dislike the English version, the inclusion of the Japanese dub AND Spanish dub will more than tide you over to buy this title.

Overall, Cooler's Revenge is pretty much the best 45 minutes movie you will ever see. Lots of action and lots of great animation.

This is the first of two movies starring Frieza's brother, Cooler. In Japan, it is called The Best of Strongest vs. Strongest, but, as you can see in America it is called Cooler's Revenge. In this movie, we first see Cooler in his first (or perhaps third) transformation, looking almost exactly like Frieza's final form. Two of Cooler's transformations have never been seen before. So when he transforms in this movie to reveal a stronger and more lean Cooler, this form may also be his final. Cooler has five forms, and, like I said a couple of them have never been seen. I've seen only three of his forms. I strongly believe that the first transformation that we see Cooler in at the beginning is his first form. Well, this form is blue and is wearing a white "helmet" kind of thing. His second form wears a mask covering most of his face, so only his red eyes are seen. This form is purple and white, but with his mask on Cooler looks kind of like Imperfect Cell, only not green with spots. Most of the people have seen the cover to Cooler's Revenge and the guy on the front, as you probably know, is Cooler in his second form (the one I am talking about right now). Cooler's third form looks exactly like his first only it is red. Go to www.pojo.com/dragonball if you want to find out more about what Cooler looks like.