Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug (1991) User Reviews

Just alright

[ericstevenson · 6/10 · 6 March 2018]

As a huge "Dragonball Z" fan, I thought this wasn't that good. It was just typical of the movies. It did seem like just a long episode of the show, albeit not that long. I'll never understand how these movies got released in theaters with such short running times. Anyway, this movie features a villain named Lord Slug coming to Earth and...that's about it. It's not bad.

It's just that there's nothing unique about it. Villains like Cooler and Broly were much more interesting. Cooler was uh, cooler, hee hee. Still, there are some twists and storytelling and it's a completely harmless movie. If you want a better DBZ movie, you probably are better off watching the other films. Of course, it's no "Dragonball: Evolution"... **1/2

Highly Underrated

[nightdawndaylandofthedea · 8/10 · 4 August 2006]

I really don't see why people don't like this movie. I did like it and it was finally a Dragon Ball Z movie that I liked every aspect of. Lord Slug was a pretty cool villain and beat Goku pretty bad. Actually I liked the beating. My favorite part was when Goku became a sort of Super Sayian. I call it that cause all that happened was his hair went up like a SS and his eye color left, almost Kaioken, not the blonde hair like the regular one. The animation was cool, going into the much better animation that came into the show at the time of this movie. The voices were great too. These were the voices that made the characters who they are. Goku and Gohan especially.

Fast paced DBZ adventure.

[Aaron1375 · 8/10 · 27 July 2010]

I enjoyed this Dragonball Z film, it did not have quite the story or length as the first film featuring Broly, but it makes up for this fact by being fast paced. It is especially fast paced when compared to "The World's Strongest" and "Tree of Might". The English version I got of this one also did a pretty good job of syncing a rather good rock soundtrack to this one. The film has a mysterious alien force has descended upon Earth. Its goal, to turn the Earth into a spaceship, the villain a being known as Lord Slug. Enough with the introductions let the fighting begin. There are your typical fights with characters such as Krillin and Gohan. Piccolo also shows up to lend a hand. Still, most of the others do not do so well and then Goku shows and proceeds to wipe the floor with all the baddies. That is until he faces Lord Slug who gives him one heck of a nice fight. I am guessing this took place right before Goku turned Super Saiyan for the first time in the series as they sort of have a brief transformation of Goku to a state that is not quite Super Saiyan. All in all it is a rather good movie, the action is fast and the rock music soundtrack in the English version is just so perfect for this one. They would try again to do that in the Cooler movie, but it doesn't quite work in that one.

Arguably one of the worst Dragon Ball Z movies ever made

[AnthonyRS1983 · 2 July 2002]

This is the fourth Dragon Ball Z movie released during the series Japanese TV run. A planetoid is averted by Goku and Krillin and later explodes and descending upon it is a band of sun-sensitive alien nomads led by an aging Super Namek named Slug, who uses the Dragon Balls to regain his youth and plans to terrafreeze Earth into a starship. Defending the planet are Goku, Krillin, Piccolo, and Gohan. This movie suffers from an extremely shallow and ill-conceived plot. It seems that this movie's screenwriter did this movie's story in a very hurried and half-hearted effort (which made a lot of sense, considering that by this point, Toei Animation called for 2 Dragon Ball Z movies to be released annually in March and July to be screened at Toei's annual anime fairs and in theaters). Nearly ever aspect of this movie looked like it was put together without much thought, including the villains, the plot, the animation (from time to time), and in many of the scenes such as how Slug is stopped. The plot often repeats elements found in the previous DBZ movie, Earth's Ultimate Deciding Battle a.k.a. The Tree Of Might. This DBZ movie, purely seen as a regular movie, is one of the worst. If you are a hardcore Dragon Ball Z fan, I'm sure you will find it at least watchable.

GRADE: 1 out of 5 stars

It's not that bad

[Navzar · 6/10 · 26 July 2006]

This is one of the worst DB Z movies but non of them sucked so this is a pretty good movie. I liked the storyline , a namek (like Picolo)wants to turn Earth in a spaceship and he starts by clouding the sky. After the intro they start fighting and fighting and fighting and fighting and when they finish fighting they fight some more. What sucked in this movie was the final battle. That was the most boring part of the movie. Goku fights the namek, who is not a namek but a super namek which means that he's as big as the statue of liberty, turns into a Super Sayan beats the crap out of the huge super namek and clears the sky. Thats about it. If it wasn't for that ending the movie would have got a 8.5 but because of the huge super namek sh*t i say 7.7

Mediocre but highly entertaining DBZ flick.

[emasterslake · 7/10 · 17 July 2008]

While meditating near a waterfall, Piccolo senses great danger coming to Earth. And that's another alien invasion lead by Lord Slug. The last decedent of the extinct Super Nameks. A more powerful type of Nameks that were once living on Planet Namek. Lord Slug intends to collect the Dragon Balls to gain eternal youth and freeze the entire planet to claim his own after being exiled for so long from his old planet. The Z Warriors try with all their might, but all hope seems lost after seeing what a Super Namek can do. But that's not the case when Goku finds a way to defeat this green menace.

The story is average and with the movie only being 46 minutes long. It could of been awesome if it were longer than that. If that happened then it would include a whole lot more to the story. But instead it feels like watching a episode like the previous few movies of DBZ.

It's another alternate storyline of the TV series, and it mostly takes place after the "Tree of Might film" cause this one doesn't fit anywhere in the any of the TV series sagas.

Overrall it's a good flick, but not the best Dragon Ball movie compared to the others. Only recommended to the fans only while it'll be turn done by the non-fans.

Enjoy this more than DBZ Kai

[www-afzala1 · 7/10 · 10 March 2013]

I actually like this more than the recently Remake of the series (Kai) which released on the channel "Kix", so anyways this film was what I always wanted, my favourite rock band "Disturbed" composed some songs in it and the voice cast from Kai in it (except for Gohan and Bulma I think), don't know why people don't like the English ver, I just think that the rock music fits in with all the action and I couldn't be bothered watching it in Japanese because I couldn't understand it, I can't be bothered reading the subtitles, Goku has a stupid chipmunk voice and the cr*p music. It's just my opinion so if you want to watch it in Japanese thats fine, but the English offers more if your into rock and anime.

Just Another DBZ Movie

[JayWolfgramm · 6/10 · 16 March 2023]

"Lord Slug" is a very middle of the road DBZ movie. This one doesn't hold the same nostalgia for me that the first three movies do. Those were all aired on Toonami and that is where I watched and recorded them. This one I didn't get around to watching until much later.

On the plus side, where most DBZ movies are just rehashes of DBZ storylines, this one is a rehash of an original DB storyline. Lord Slug makes the same wish as King Piccolo did back in the original Dragon Ball.

On the positive side, the villain is able to transform and give us a new varied fight set up. The villain has a unique weakness to be exploited.

Other than that, all the other positives are mainly just beats that happen in a lot of DBZ movies. Piccolo and Goku teaming up, a spirit bomb, Gohan and other Z fighters helping at first but then being useless towards the end. All stuff that we have seen in the other DBZ movies.

On its own, the movie is pretty good. But because it falls in the middle of a film/anime franchise that does so much of the same thing, this one comes across as just that, middling.

The Best at the Point

[nightdawndaylandofthedea · 8/10 · 4 August 2006]

This was the best DBZ movie that was ever made at the time of it's release. While the first three weren't that great and the fourth was the in my opinion the awakening of the films, the fifth was when the movies came into their own. Cooler is a really cool villain and much better then Frieza in a lot of ways, (1 way is he doesn't sound like an old woman who smoke for 50 years)Cooler is also the first really awesome villain in the films. Probably one of the best in the whole DB franchise. He's everything that Frieza should have been. Also I like how Goku still couldn't go Super Sayian whenever he pleased and still needed anger to do it. All in all I really enjoyed this movie and recommend it.

Heavily recycled and boring

[Daviddavecavemave · 1/10 · 3 August 2022]

In yet another unoriginal, uninspired DBZ movie - A villain (Lord Slug) arrives on Earth, Uses the dragon balls to wish for eternal youth, and attempts to take over the planet. Gohan tries to play hero but is ultimately bailed out by Piccolo and then Goku, who saves the day by defeating the villain with yet another spirit bomb (for the second time in a row).

Honestly, I don't get how anyone can rate this highly as it just recycles what we have already seen before. It's an utter waste of time.

My first review.

[llynnkp · 10/10 · 20 November 2003]

SPOILERS AHOY, MATEYS! ------------------------------------------------------------------------



Welcome to my first review. Well, let's cut to the chase. I am a Dragonball/Z/Gt fan. I was skeptic about buying this on DVD, when I was told it was a sucky movie. I decided to buy the uncut version on DVD, and I'm glad I did! It is about when an asteroid is about to strike earth. No problemo, Goku can just blast it to bits, right? WRONG!!!! It is inhabited with life forms, and Goku doesn't want to hurt the extraterrestrials, yet if he doesn't, everyone on earth will die. Rather thorny situation..... Until the rock changes course, and explodes, but not before a spaceship speeds out of it. Then emerges LORD SLUG and his minions! He is the ultimate enemy, and is tearing Goku and hes friends apart! Will earth fall at the hands of this villian? Not before slug and Goku turnb to their uuber-cool super forms for one final deathmatch in the ruined city! Don't miss this one if you're a DBZ fan! If you buy it, be sure you get the uncut PG-13 version, the edited for tv one is just plain sorry.

10/10

terrible Namekian

[erminahotmail · 4/10 · 26 January 2024]

So this is the fourth Dragon Ball Z movie So this one talks about beings that make us call demons But it's a little strange because demons arrive on earth and not on another planet so a person called Lord Slug who wants Not only conquer the land but also thejug that is part But when he lands on earth he discovers that there are dragon balls there so he retrieves them all To fulfill wishes or that becoming young is as always ours have to stop him then I'll tell you one thing I always feel that this film that is one of the best films ofDragon Ball but for me not for me this film is one of the worst because this time Unlike the previous ones this is really negative for me in fact I didn't like this film I'll tell him why So the bad guys being demons is something that I've never been able to understand and then onething since demons hate the light because when I see the light they blind our eyes but they keep something that makes them put a lot of clouds to cover the light But this makes the earth freeze And yet Here there is another continuity error This movie takes place when they went to theplanet Namek but in this film they are still on earth and we don't even understand at what point it is set and we move on to a worse thing in the film i.e. Villains. Then the followers are not interesting but a follower who didn't do the action because old Slug was already killedsaid word elderly person killed But the others are not at all interested or even important but now let's move on to Slug for me he was truly one of the worst villains of Dragon Ball because he has a terrible personality so I don't like him I wanted to know one thing Thisfor me it is equal to maliquis in thor the dark world because they are the same thing it is then a race which is completely useless Or that mission when Goku transforms and they don't explain what it is and he says that this is the strength of the Super Saiyan but to me it seems like a modified version of kaioken èthen this version is completely useless since he uses it to beat him and then that twist Slug was not a Namekian demon who comes from the planet Namek but he was sent away when he was a newborn because he is the complete opposite of the inhabitants of Namek and then he transformsin Super Namekian or that he becomes a giant and here there is also a Power error because they say that this version they say that not even someone like Frieza can do it not even a Super Saiyan can beat him But if this was defeated by a normal Goku this detail is ready an errorvery serious That is, for me it was completely useless to make this film which is one of the worst to conclude the rating 4.

Pretty nice, but the dubbed version sucks!

[toshguy · 13 April 2007]

I watched the dubbed version of this movie first, so I'll begin with it. First of all I would like to state that the music in the American version was simply atrocious and even a bit insulting for DBZ. The dub voices are slightly better than the ones from Ocean Group but still aren't very good. At least none of them are as annoying as most of the Ocean voices were.

The thing I most liked about the original version was the music. Superb, as always. The Japanese voices are really cool (also as always), although Goku's voice is quite annoying and too feminine. I think they should have replaced Masako Nozawa with a male actor for DBZ.

Anyway, on to the plot - certainly not as nice as the ones of the previous movies, but still better than the plots of most animes and since it's DBZ it's pretty good. But they used an almost totally different definition for the term "Super Namekian" than they did in the series.

I recommend the previous three movies more than this one - not only because they have better plots, also because the dubbed versions have the original music score in them, because of which I'm willing to put up with the annoying voices.

The 1st too had badass soundtrack

[adamgranz · 8/10 · 7 June 2022]

This movie is underrated movie but there reason you watch this movie here one badass soundtrack it has disturbed and any song here another one goku half super saiyan scene it just a badass scene I give b.

10 stars

[DaMirrorLink · 21 July 2002]

(Warning Spoilers)

this a great dragon ball z movie, lord slug comes to terra freeze earth and make it a satilite, this is an awesome movie and i recommend it for true dragon ball z fans

stars(1-10)**********

Not very good

[HoustonRH7 · 17 April 2002]

Well, this is the fourth of the DragonBall Z movies, and its a stinker. The fight scenes are great, and the new music used in the US release adds an edge, but overall, the plot is childish. I mean, look at it: The indestructible Namekian is brought down by one boys ability to whistle. What the heck?! I'd give it a 3 out of 10, at most. You want something good, go see Coolers Revenge.

The subtitled version is the best

[MovieCriticMarvelfan · 22 January 2002]

I have watched the kiddy American version of Dbz and I have to say that the original Japanese versions are much better (of course the Japanese created Dbz).

Not only that, the one American writer should have pointed out that the dubbed version of Dbz and their movies cut out several scenes, and insert their own corny and kiddy dialouge instead of the original Japanese language.

Goku, Kuririn , Mr. Piccolo are at the super best when you watch them subtitled.

The movie rocks.

Oh yeah, I have all dbz from 1-13 all uncut. Eat your heart out all English dbz fans, because Cartoon Network has still showed the same mediocre English for 5 years now.

Great Hidden Dragonball Gem not yet seen by US DBZ Viewers

[LovesDragonballzandMovies · 25 May 2001]

I am very surprised that none of the so-called Dragonballz experts have commented on this movie.

This is the 4th Dragonballz movie after the Tree Of Might in 1990. A great new DBZ movie focusing on a Namek Alien called Lord Slug who wants the 7 dragonballs for everlasting youth, so he will never die and cannot die.

The DBZ Anime has incredible effects that would make US Animators fall flat on their behinds. I like the way they made a big Getta Star Spaceship descend on the earth, illuminating the threat that has struck the earth.

Gohan, Oolong, and Bulma head off to see this new ship and are shocked to see that the Space Men by Lord Slugh have captured many people on Earth and made their slaves.

Gohan still maturing after his battle with Vegita in the Dragonballz series and Raddittsu, tries to interfere from the Space Men conquering the earth, and even manages to catch the eye of Lord Slug who is watching everything from his hologramic computer.

Goku, Piccolo, Kuririn, are all in this movies and it has many great battle scenes.

One of them is when a henchman who is part leech tries to kill Goku and Piccollo but is defeated.

The great effects are when Lord Slug becomes 50 feet tall and tries to kill Goku.

I am such a fan of Dragonballz that I have uploaded a site reviewing all the episodes and movies including the originall Dragonball series.

10 stars,way better than American depictions of Dragonballz.