Dragonball Evolution (2009)

User Rating:

3.3/10   

Director:

James Wong

Writers (WGA):

Ben Ramsey (screenplay)
Akira Toriyama (novel)

Release Date:

10 April 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

This Easter the legend comes to life.

Plot:

The young warrior Son Goku sets out on a quest, racing against time and the vengeful King Piccolo, to collect a set of seven magical orbs that will grant their wielder unlimited power.

Plot Keywords:

Dragon | Grandfather | Warrior | Teacher Student Relationship | Alien Race

Cast

Justin Chatwin	...	Goku
Yun-Fat Chow	...	Master Roshi
Emmy Rossum	...	Bulma
Jamie Chung	...	Chi Chi
James Marsters	...	Lord Piccolo
Joon Park	...	Yamcha
Eriko Tamura	...	Mai
Randall Duk Kim	...	Grandpa Gohan
Ernie Hudson	...	Sifu Norris
Texas Battle	...	Carey Fuller
Megumi Seki	...	Seki
Ian Whyte	...	Oozaru
Richard Blake	...	Agundes
Jon Valera	...	Moreno
Rafael Valdez	...	Butler
Mike Wilson	...	Hildenbrand
Freddy Bouciegues	...	Palmer
Shavon Kirksey	...	Emi
Julian Sedgwick	...	Mr. Kingery
Luis Arrieta	...	Weaver
Gabriela de la Garza	...	Avatar
Rich E. Cordobes	...	Referee
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hisao Egawa	...	Yamcha (voice: Japanese version)
Aya Hirano	...	Bulma (voice: Japanese version)
Hiroya Ishimaru	...	Son Gohan (voice: Japanese version)
Tsutomu Isobe	...	Kamesennin (voice: Japanese version)
Yûko Kaida	...	Mai (voice: Japanese version)
Ami Koshimizu	...	Chi-Chi (voice: Japanese version)
Mami Koyama	...	Narrator (voice: Japanese version)
Hôchû Ôtsuka	...	Piccolo (voice: Japanese version)
Kappei Yamaguchi	...	Son Goku (voice: Japanese version)

Directed by
James Wong

Writing credits (WGA)
Ben Ramsey		(screenplay)
Akira Toriyama		(novel series "Dragonball")

Produced by
Stephen Chow	....	producer
Rodney Liber	....	co-producer
Jose Ludlow	....	line producer: Mexico
Rich Thorne	....	co-producer
Tim Van Rellim	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Brian Tyler

Cinematography by
Robert McLachlan

Film Editing by
Matt Friedman
Chris G. Willingham

Casting by
Carla Hool
John Papsidera

Production Design by
Bruton Jones

Art Direction by
Bruce Crone
Patricio M. Farrell
Marco Niro

Set Decoration by
Roberto Bonelli

Costume Design by
Mayes C. Rubeo

Makeup Department
Gerardo Perez Arreola	....	hair stylist
David A. Brooke	....	special makeup effects artist: mold maker
Lourdes Delgado	....	hair department head
Rob Hinderstein	....	special makeup effects artist
Akihito Ikeda	....	special effects makeup artist: Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc.
Steve Koch	....	prosthetic designer and sculptor: Amalgamated Dynamics Inc.
Vanessa Mendoza	....	shop manager
Bart Mixon	....	special makeup effects artist
Tom Woodruff Jr.	....	creature and makeup effects co-designer

Production Management
Adriana Aimo	....	unit production manager
Philip A. Chavez	....	production supervisor
Iram Collantes	....	unit manager
Ernesto Garabito	....	unit manager
Joceline Hernandez	....	unit chief manager
Arturo Núñez	....	unit production manager: second unit

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Renan Bendersky	....	second assistant director
Paul F. Bernard	....	first assistant director
Gary Capo	....	second unit director
Barbara Jane Cole	....	second assistant director: second unit
Mimi Crowe	....	second second assistant director
Hiromi Kamata	....	second second assistant director
Jaime Rivas	....	assistant director
Joaquin Silva	....	co-second assistant director
Joaquin Silva	....	first assistant director: second unit
Rich Thorne	....	second unit director

Art Department
Alejandro Ayala	....	construction coordinator
David Baker	....	sword maker
Francisco Blanc	....	set designer
Devorah Galván Caballero	....	props
Jesus Carrera	....	construction foreman
Daren Dochterman	....	concept artist
Hana Espinoza	....	set dressing coordinator
Dan Fraga	....	storyboard artist
Carlos Gamboa	....	assistant art director
Rick Gamez	....	propmaker
Adriana Garduño	....	art coordinator
Laura González	....	construction auditor
Collin Grant	....	storyboard artist
Michael Kocurek	....	supervising construction coordinator
Arturo Lazcano	....	head scenic painter
James Lima	....	concept artist
Armando Lopez	....	set designer
Hana Matsumoto	....	set dressing coordinator
Armando Patino	....	graphic designer
Hugo Santiago	....	set designer
Steven M. Saylor	....	set designer
Jordu Schell	....	conceptual creature designer
Abigail Sheiner	....	art coordinator
Joseph Strachan	....	storyboard artist
Colin Thurston	....	property master
Marco Apolo Torres	....	set designer
Alexandre Tuis	....	concept artist
Sandro Valdez	....	set designer

Sound Department
Ricardo Cabrera	....	sound boom man
Derek Casari	....	stage engineer
Smokey Cloud	....	first assistant sound editor
Tim Gomillion	....	sound recordist
David Grimaldi	....	sound effects editor
R.J. Kizer	....	supervising adr editor
Gregg Landaker	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael Magill	....	dialogue editor
Steve Maslow	....	sound re-recording mixer
Chuck Michael	....	additional re-recording mixer
Chuck Michael	....	sound designer
Chuck Michael	....	supervising sound editor
John Morris	....	sound designer
John Morris	....	supervising sound editor
William Stein	....	re-recording engineer

Special Effects by
H. Barclay Aaris	....	special effects
Jason Barnett	....	prosthetic technician: Amalgamated Dynamics Inc.
Michael Broom	....	conceptual artist: Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc.
John Cluff	....	special effects technician
Damian Fisher	....	mold maker
Damian Fisher	....	special effects technician
Anthony Grow	....	special effects technician
Eric Hayden	....	creature supervisor
Michael Heintzelman	....	project office coordinator: Amalgamated Dynamics
Hiroshi Katagiri	....	designer/sculptor: Amalgamated Dynamics Inc.
Morgan Muta	....	special effects technician
Casey D. Noel	....	special effects technician
Mark Noel	....	special effects foreman
Michael O'Brien	....	sculptor: Amalgamated Dynamics Inc.
Joe Pancake	....	special effects supervisor
Jason Pinsker	....	foam latex technician: ADI Inc.
Mike Rotella	....	design assistant: Amalgamated Dynamics Inc.
Michael Heintzelman	....	graphic layout: Amalgamated Dynamics (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Ivy Agregan	....	visual effects coordinator
Rex Ahn	....	pre-visualization lead: Image Engine
Rex Alerta	....	rotoscoping artist
Fahed Alhabib	....	visual effects coordinator
Neishaw Ali	....	visual effects executive producer: SPIN
Melissa Almeida	....	textures & lighting: Hybride
Alp Altiner	....	Visual FX Art Director: CAFE FX
Russel Ang	....	pre-visualization artist: Image Engine
Mandy Arnold	....	digital restoration artist
Marc Aubry	....	animator: Hybride
Priyanka Balasubramanian	....	visual effects producer
James Baldanzi	....	visual effects coordinator
Berj Bannayan	....	software engineer: Soho VFX
Ian T. Barbella	....	visual effects
Patrice-Alain Barrette	....	technical support: Hybride
Michel Barrière	....	compositing supervisor: Hybride
Olivier Beaulieu	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Daniel Belair	....	technical director: Hybride
Caroline Bélisle	....	administration: Hybride
Michaël Bentitou	....	digital artist
Louise Bertrand	....	bidding producer: Hybride
Melissa Best	....	digital compositor
Pierre Blain	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Raphaele Blanchard	....	tracking artist: Hybride
Chris Bloomer	....	digital effects artist
Cédric Bonnaffoux	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Guillermo Dupinet Bours	....	junior pre-visualization animator: Ollin
Danny Braet	....	visual effects supervisor: CafeFx
Kristen Branan	....	head of production: Zoic Studios
Caroline Brien	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Wayne Brinton	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Joel Burch	....	pre-visualization artist: Image Engine
Jonathan Butchard	....	visual effects production coordinator: Frantic Films VFX
Jeff Campbell	....	visual effects supervisor: SPIN VFX
Alex Carney	....	visual effects artist: Frantic Films
Cynthia Rodriguez del Castillo	....	digital compositor
François Chancrin	....	lead animator: Hybride
David Urresti Chiu	....	animation supervisor: pre-visualization, Ollin Studio
Jill Christensen	....	assistant coordinator
Tim Christensen	....	digital compositor: Frantic Films
David Cole	....	supervising digital colourist
Patrick Conaty	....	compositor
Rosmary Conte	....	visual effects coordinator
Matt Conway	....	matte painter
Mélanie Cotton	....	technical support: Hybride
Donnie Creighton	....	digital intermediate producer
Joanie Croteau	....	production assistant: Hybride
Rif Dagher	....	research & development
Phil Dakin	....	tracking lead: SPIN VFX
Christophe Damiano	....	textures & lighting: Hybride
Robin L. D'Arcy	....	visual effects producer: previz
Shane Davidson	....	lead compositor
Amy Daye	....	digital compositor: SPIN VFX
Dave Dean	....	digital compositor
Thierry Delattre	....	compositing supervisor: Hybride
Thierry Delattre	....	visual effects supervisor: Hybride
Fernando del Campo	....	visual effects coordinator
Steve Dellerson	....	visual effects
Chris Derochie	....	creature animator
Yves Désilets	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Philippe Desiront	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Luc Desmarais	....	technical support: Hybride
Anouk Deveault-Moreau	....	visual effects coordinator: Hybride
Ashish Dewan	....	digital compositor: SPIN VFX
Mike Diltz	....	digital compositor
Eric Doiron	....	compositing supervisor: Spin VFX
Conrad Dueck	....	visual effects artist
Lafleche Dumais	....	computer graphics supervisor: Hybride
Nicholas Dunlevy	....	visual effects coordinator: second unit
Mathieu Dupuis	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Charlene Eberle Douglas	....	visual effects: plate supervisor (as Charlene Eberle)
David Feinsilber	....	visual effects assistant
Brian Fisher	....	senior compositor
Jean-Pierre Flayeux	....	compositing supervisor: Hybride
Frederic Fortin	....	digital sequence supervisor
Xavier Fourmond	....	digital compositor
Fortunato Frattasio	....	digital effects supervisor: Wildfire VFX
Jordan Freda	....	rotoscope artist: CafeFX
Anthony Fung	....	visual effects artist
Patti Gannon	....	visual effects supervisor: Zoic Studios
Sigurjón F. Gardarsson	....	digital compositor
Yanick Gaudreau	....	textures & lighting: Hybride
F. Gendron	....	textures & lighting: Hybride
Stephan Gervais	....	technical support: Hybride
Safeer Ghaznavi	....	digital compositor
Mathew Giampa	....	compositor
Veronique Guay	....	production assistant: Hybride
Myléne Guérin	....	visual effects coordinator: Hybride
Dean Gula	....	visual effects line producer: Frantic Films
Jason Michael Hall	....	pre-visualization artist: Persistence of Vision
Ryan Helsley	....	digital intermediate producer
Pierre-Simon Henri	....	textures & lighting: Hybride
Martin Hesselink	....	digital artist
Nadine Homier	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Holly Gregory Horter	....	digital painter
Jean-Francois Houde	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Brian Howald	....	digital compositor: frantic films
Bryan Howard	....	rigger: Soho VFX
Charlie Iturriaga	....	visual effects supervisor: previz
Joni Jacobson	....	visual effects executive producer: Cafe FX
Sadie D. Johnson	....	digital intermediate assistant producer
Dana Jurcic	....	visual effects coordinator: Frantic Films
Brandon Kachel	....	matte painter: Cafe FX
Joseph Kasparian	....	lead textures & lighting: Hybride
Ara Khanikian	....	digital compositor: Hybride (uncredited)
Tom Kimberley	....	digital compositor: Machine FX
Jiwoon Kim	....	digital compositor
Dan Knight	....	compositor
Athena Kouverianos	....	production manager: Soho VFX
Michael Kowalski	....	visual effects producer: soho vfx
Anthony Kramer	....	lead compositor: CafeFX
Mathew Krentz	....	digital compositor: Frantic Films
Kelly Jean Kurowski	....	visual effects production assistant
Alain Lacroix	....	lead layout artist: Hybride
Mathieu Lalonde	....	modeler: Hybride
Vassilios Lanaris	....	textures & lighting: Hybride
Vincent Lavares	....	data manager: Laser Pacific
Mike Leben	....	motion control operator
Emanuele Lecchi	....	pipeline developement and RnD
Mathieu Leclaire	....	technical director: Hybride
Daniel Leduc	....	visual effects executive producer: Hybride
Francois Leduc	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Dongho Lee	....	visual effects supervisor
Benoit Lefebvre	....	tracking artist: Hybride
Benoit Lefebvre	....	visual effects
Joel LeLièvre	....	digital effects supervisor
Paul Lemeshko	....	visual effects
Danny Levesque	....	textures & lighting: Hybride
Anouk L'Heureux	....	visual effects coordinator: Hybride
Erwin Lievre	....	digital compositor
Darren Locke	....	roto artist: Keyframe Digital Productions
Derick Loo	....	digital artist: Soho VFX
Martine Losier	....	visual effects coordinator: Hybride
David Louis	....	textures & lighting: Hybride
Daniel Lowenberg	....	lead tracking artist: Frantic Films
Daniel Lu	....	lead character rigger: Soho VFX
Allan Magled	....	visual effects supervisor: Soho VFX
Jocelyn Maher	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Stephane Mailet	....	technical support: Hybride
Alex Manita	....	visual effects
Arturo Martin Camargo	....	previsualization animator
Morgan McLachlan	....	visual effects set assistant
Brett McLaughlin	....	visual effects artist: Frantic Films
Fiona McLean	....	visual effects producer: Spin
Tracey McLean	....	matte painter
Patrick McNabb	....	pre-visualization artist: Image Engine
Frederic Medioni	....	tracking artist: Hybride
Vinay Mehta	....	digital compositor
Francois Metivier	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Lori C. Miller	....	compositor: Frantic Films
Jonathan Mitchell	....	visual effects artist
Benoit Morin	....	tracking artist: Hybride
Christian Morin	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Martin Mousseau	....	animator: Hybride
Patrick Paul Mullane	....	matte painter: CAFE FX
Michel Murdock	....	visual effect financial controller: Hybride
Janet Muswell	....	visual effects producer
Ben Myers	....	digital compositor: Frantic Films
Kenneth Nakada	....	visual effects designer: Frantic VFX
Mike Nakamura	....	visual effects production assistant
Will Nicholson	....	CG supervisor: CafeFX
Nicolas-Alexandre Noel	....	computer graphics supervisor: Hybride
Sean O'Connor	....	production assistant: Hybride
Dave Olivares	....	visual effects technical director
Desi Ortiz	....	visual effects managing editor: CafeFX
Mihaela Orzea	....	lead compositor: vfx
Olivier Painchaud	....	technical support: Hybride
Claudio Jimenez Palomar	....	pre-visualisation artist: Image Engine
Michael Pecchia	....	digital compositor: wildfirevfx
Steve Pelchat	....	layout artist: Hybride
Stephan Perreault	....	digital effects artist
Patrick Piche	....	lead technical director: Hybride
Sonia Pronovost	....	animator: Hybride
Janet Quen	....	senior flame artist
Pierre Raymond	....	visual effects producer: Hybride
Pierre Raymond	....	visual effects supervisor: Hybride
Jonathan Reynolds	....	visual effects artist
Laura Rindner	....	visual effects assistant editor
Sébastien Rioux	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Brian Ritz	....	visual effects artist: Frantic Films
Andy Roberts	....	visual effects: Frantic Films
David Rose	....	digital compositor: Soho VFX
Scott Wesley Ross	....	visual effects assistant editor
Guillaume Ruegg	....	texture & shading artist: Hybride
Harrison Rutherford	....	digital compositor
Eduardo Sallas	....	digital compositor
George Samilski	....	pre-visualization supervisor: Image Engine
Katy Savoie	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Richard Schipper	....	simulation artist: Frantic Films
Andy Schwab	....	visual effects coordinator
Andrew Schwartz	....	compositor
Anselm Seherr-Thoss	....	visual effects artist
Keith Sellers	....	digital effects supervisor: Soho VFX
Randal Shore	....	visual effects producer: Frantic Films
Tim Sibley	....	lead effects artist: SPIN VFX
Jorge Siller	....	creature fabrication: head of textura creature shop, fabricating creature suits, Amalgamated Dynamics
Bobby Silman	....	digital compositor: Frantic Films
Karl Sisson	....	digital artist
Joao Sita	....	digital compositor
Joao Sita	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Bryan Smeall	....	lead compositor: Soho VFX
Eddie Soria	....	senior roto/paint artist
Nathan Srigley	....	textures & lighting: Hybride
Guillaume St-Aubin-Seers	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Frankie Stellato	....	animator: SohoVFX
Jubinville Steve	....	modeler: Hybride
Jeremy Stewart	....	animator
Susan Stewart	....	digital matte painter: Frantic Films
Tammy Sutton	....	compositor: Frantic Films
Joseph Sy	....	animator: Hybride
Sylvie Talbot	....	communications: Hybride
Marcus Taormina	....	visual effects data wrangler
Anna Terekhova	....	compositor
Jeff Tetzlaff	....	lead modeler: Frantic Films
Philippe Theroux	....	computer graphics supervisor: Hybride
Gaetan Thiffault	....	lead effects animator: Hybride
Joel Thompson	....	visual effects editor
Peter Toufidis	....	matte painter: Hybride
Allen Tracy	....	visual effects editor: Frantic Films Los Angeles
Anne Tremblay	....	administration: Hybride
Marco Tremblay	....	lead modeler: Hybride
Véronique Tremblay	....	production assistant: Hybride
Martijn van Herk	....	technical director
Martijn van Herk	....	visual effects artist
Mathieu Veillette	....	textures & lighting: Hybride
Celine Velasco	....	texture-lighting artist: Hybride
Ariel Velasco-Shaw	....	visual effects supervisor
Caleb Wagner	....	visual effects
Andre Waller	....	digital compositor
Conal Wenn	....	layout artist: Hybride
Jeremy West	....	layout / vfx artist: Frantic Films
Bob White	....	visual effects: Zoic Studios
Chad Wiebe	....	visual effects supervisor: Frantic Films
Geoff Wigmore	....	compositor
Joey Wilson	....	pre-visualisation artist: Image Engine
Andrew Winters	....	visual effects
Nicki Wong	....	pre-visualization artist: Image Engine
Aaron D. Wright	....	visual effects assistant coordinator
David Yabu	....	animator: Hybride
Travis Yohnke	....	visual effects artist
Carson Yuen	....	pre-visualisation artist: Image Engine
Hubert Zapalowicz	....	tracking artist: Hybride
Kai Zhang	....	digital compositor: Soho VFX
Christian Zurcher	....	visual effects
Briana Aeby	....	visual effects coordinator: Frantic Films (uncredited)
Karin Eunson-Ross	....	visual effects production manager: Frantic Films (uncredited)
Carlo Hume	....	visual effects (uncredited)

Stunts
Freddy Bouciegues	....	stunts
Janene Carleton	....	stunt double: Emmy Rossum
Lateef Crowder	....	stunts
Jared S. Eddo	....	stunt coordinator
Jonathan Eusebio	....	martial arts stunt coordinator
Daniel Hernandez	....	stunt double
Dusan Hyska	....	utility stunts
Yoshio Iizuka	....	stunt double: Gohan
Ralf Koch	....	stunt rigger
Ming Liu	....	stunt double
Sam Looc	....	utility stunts
Cameron J. Mooney	....	stunts (as Cameron Mooney)
Joe Pancake	....	utility stunts
Hernan Raygoza	....	stunts
Jackson Spidell	....	stunt double: Justin Chatwin
Don Tai	....	stunt double: Yun-Fat Chow
Jon Valera	....	stunts
César René Vigné	....	stunt double: Justin Chatwin
Ryan Watson	....	stunts
Mike Wilson	....	stunts
Guillermo Grispo	....	utility stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Tony Cutrono	....	director of photography: second unit
Carlos Doerr	....	first assistant camera
Wilma Gómez Luengo	....	focus puller: "a" camera
Stephen Henderson	....	lighting technician
Casey Hotchkiss	....	camera operator
Juan Pablo Ojeda	....	assistant camera: second unit

Animation Department
Nick Fredin	....	animator
Mike Jahnke	....	lead animator
Jason Labbe	....	character rigging
Louis Leung	....	animator
Marco Menco	....	previs artist
Mario Pochat	....	animation supervisor
Agustin Robles Villegas	....	previsualization artist

Casting Department
PoPing AuYeung	....	casting: Asia
Jennifer Cram	....	casting associate
Genaro Hernandez	....	casting assistant
Ricardo Hernandez	....	casting associate
Dylan Jury	....	casting associate
Lina Todd	....	additional casting
Rodrigo Urbano	....	casting associate
Dan Velez	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Paul D. Alarcon	....	costume shop coordinator
Donna Casey	....	costumer
Hannah Jacobs	....	costume assistant
Valerie Manahan	....	costume supervisor
Emanuel Mecholuam	....	set costumer
Mariana Mechoulam	....	set costumer
Silvia Pelleschi	....	set costumer (as Silvia Pelleschi)
Hector Alejandro Pineda	....	costume graphics
Africa Zayas	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Angela Gerardo	....	post-production coordinator
Dale E. Grahn	....	color timer
Justin C. Green	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Kyle Clausen	....	assistant music editor
Robert Elhai	....	orchestrator
Bruce Faulconer	....	orchestrator
Robert Fernandez	....	scoring mixer (as Bobby Fernandez)
Pakk Hui	....	orchestrator
Gary Krause	....	score preparation supervisor
T.J. Lindgren	....	additional music arranger
Joe Lisanti	....	music editor
Matthew Margeson	....	additional music arranger
Thomas Milano	....	temp music editor
Dana Niu	....	orchestrator
Steven A. Saltzman	....	music editor: temp
Brian Tyler	....	conductor

Transportation Department
Ricardo Díaz	....	transportation coordinator
Ricardo Gallarzo Jr.	....	transportation captain: second unit
Alfonso Paredes	....	driver
Edmundo Pérez	....	dispatcher
Hector Salomon	....	picture car coordinator

Other crew
Juan Aguirre	....	first assistant accountant: Mexico
Deborah J. Chesebro	....	post-production accountant
Deborah J. Chesebro	....	production accountant: second unit
Martin Corkidi	....	location manager
Kathleen S. Dunn	....	dialogue coach: adr: Yun-Fat Chow
D.R. Farquharson	....	project manager: Deluxe Digital Cinema
Marina Filippelli	....	production coordinator: second unit
Michael Hendrickson	....	production executive: Fox
Richard Holland	....	visual consultant
Carlos Larios	....	production assistant
Agustin Munoz	....	location manager: mexico
Kazumi Nakamura	....	adr voice
Norberto Nava	....	security coordinator
Julie Ng	....	epk producer
John Parker	....	production accountant
Tony Patterson	....	assistant to executive producer
Walter Vega Puig	....	production assistant
Arturo Romero	....	production accountant
Arturo Saldivar	....	production contact
Horacio Sandoval	....	assistant location manager
Mark Shultz	....	production coordinator
Yesica Soto Pérez	....	production liaison
Helga Ungurait	....	script supervisor
Efrén Valladares	....	assistant office production coordinator

Production Companies

• Dune Entertainment
• Star Overseas
• Twentieth Century Fox

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2009) (Malaysia) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2009) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Chile (2009) (Chile) (theatrical)
• Bontonfilm (2009) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Imperial - Cinepix (2009) (Poland) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• FS Film Oy (2009) (Finland) (DVD)
• Odeon (2009) (Greece) (all media)
• Twentieth Century Fox C.I.S. (2009) (Russia) (all media)

Special Effects

• Amalgamated Dynamics
• CafeFX (visual effects)
• Gradient Effects (lidar scanning)
• Hybride Technologies (visual effects)
• Image Engine Design (pre-visualization)
• Ollin Studio (digital animatics)
• SPIN VFX
• Soho VFX (visual effects)

Other Companies

• 87Eleven  stunts
• Durango Film Commission  film commission
• Inter Video  video playback services
• Prologue Films  titles
• Revolution 435 D&C  grip and lighting equipment
• Rockbottom Rentals  tel cel Mexico cellphone rentals
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script services
• Scarlet Letters  end titles
• Shueisha  publisher
• Soundtrack  adr facility
• Spin Productions  visual effects
• Star Waggons  production trailers
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack

Also Known As:

Qi long zhu: Quanxin jinhua (China: Mandarin title) (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Chat lung jyu: Chyunsan jeunfa (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
D.B.E. (USA) (promotional abbreviation)
Dragon Ball (USA) (original script title)
Dragonball (USA) (working title)
Dragonball: Evolution (USA)

MPAA:

Rated PG for intense sequences of action/violence and brief mild language.

Runtime:

85 min | 100 min (uncut version)

Country:

USA | Hong Kong

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | DTS

Certification:

Australia:PG | South Korea:All | USA:PG (certificate #44706) | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-11 | UK:PG | Ireland:PG | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Netherlands:9 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Hong Kong:IIA | Chile:Y7 | Mexico:A | Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | Sweden:11

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Dune Entertainment

Trivia:

During the early days of filming pictures were released to a Mexican newspaper called "Record". In that paper a full run down of what Dragonball was to be about as well as information on its director James Wong were given. However the pictures labeled as "the Director" and "actors" were nothing more than simple extras, in fact the picture of the supposed director was that of a chubby, white, blond haired extra, a huge contrast to James Wong who is of course a slim, Asian man.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Goku pulls his grandfather out of the broken house his grandfather is covered in dust, during the next scene the grandfather doesn't have any dust on his jacket or face.

Quotes:

[Goku is fighting with Master Roshi]
Bulma: STOP! You both need to stop!

Movie Connections:

References The Right Stuff (1983)

Soundtrack:

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Even the 7 Dragonballs Can't Save This Movie

For manga and anime fans around the world, the story of Dragonball has to be at the top, or at least in the top 3 of their most beloved manga/anime stories ever written. There is already an existing live action Dragonball movie called Dragonball: The Magic Begins (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122050/) made in Taiwan back in 1989. That movie tried really hard to stay as close as possible to the original story of Dragonball as written by Akira Toriyama, but it ended up being more of a comedy. The entire story also only went up to the Pilaf storyline, which was way before the first Piccolo appearance. This movie, although aged and not exactly a direct interpretation of the Dragonball story, was still appreciated by most fans due to the comedic entertainment value.

Now, another live action Dragonball movie has come, called Dragonball: Evolution. When the first few pictures of this movie appeared on the internet, a lot of the fans already predicted that the movie would turn out horrible because the characters don't look like themselves. The characters were heavily changed and westernized too much, especially Piccolo, the main villain, who didn't look like the one from the manga and anime. Fast forward to a few weeks before the latest Dragonball movie was released, a trailer was leaked on the internet. That trailer spelled the certain doom of the movie to the fans of the show. Most of the comments described the movie as "Not Dragonball, but another action movie".

This writer was fortunate enough to be invited to a private screening of the movie, and boy was I surprised! I was already expecting the movie to be bad and not a "real" Dragonball, but what I witnessed was something much more horrible! Granted that the movie was really different, but the way the movie progressed, the introduction of characters, the fight scenes, oh wow, you'd think it was a movie created by elementary kids who had no idea what Dragonball was about, except for the "Kamehameha" move and the 7 dragon balls, just with the financial backing of a millionaire.

Everything seemed rushed in the movie and characters would just pop out of nowhere and decide to join together to beat Piccolo. The love angle in the story seemed forced as well, everybody was simply out of character. Goku's a powerful but lame school boy, Chi Chi's a martial art school girl who can't even open her own locker, Master Roshi's some crazy dude living in the city (at least he still wears a Hawaiian shirt and seems a little perverted), Bulma became Lara Croft and Rambo combined in another body with a bizarre voice, Mai (originally one of Pilaf's hilarious henchmen in the manga) became a cold blooded, shape-shifting killer, Yamcha became a weird cross between a desert bandit who can't fight and a hobo with unwashed hair, and Piccolo became a weird vampire whose outfit seems to be inspired by the Matrix. I think only Grandpa Gohan was close enough to the original character, except for the way he exits the movie early on.

The fight scenes were lame. Dragonball was about epic sized battles that could not be contained in one location. Characters would get punched through mountains, cities would be destroyed, the earth would rumble and split up due to the massive forces of the fighters. In this movie, everything seemed so lame. Even the Kamehameha attack was used to light some candles! Talk about total weakening!

The only "good" things about the movie were the special effects, although the energy blasts seemed very weak.

My advise is, if you're going to pay to watch this movie, DON'T DO IT. Listen to what almost everybody has been saying because they're right, the movie is worse than what you currently have in mind!