Alright, time to tackle the last of the Broly trilogy. After witnessing how terrible Second Coming was, I was hoping this would be better. Thankfully, it is, but not by much. Story: The story is basically the same as Second Coming, except replace Videl with 18 as the female non-super saiyan that is here just to show how weak regular people (or in this case androids) are compared to saiyans and throw in Hercule because the story says so. The story was handled a lot better here since it shows the consequences of their actions during the fights, which is mostly random people getting killed off,but at least it's something. Characters do still have a tendency to come out of nowhere when the writers write themselves into a corner, but that seems to be a staple of the series by this point. Then there's Broly's defeat, which wasn't all that satisfying, but made more sense than Second Coming's defeat of Broly (seriously, when did the Dragon Balls gain the ability to read minds? Do they not need to do the chant anymore? Then why didn't it do that earlier?).
Art: Like pretty much all of the DBZ movies, the art for this one is the exact same as the show. The only difference here when compared to the previous movies are some designs of the bio-warriors and Bio-Broly himself, which are all just generic designs and Bio-Broly is just a big glob with some hair sticking out and eyes.
Sound: Surprisingly, there isn't much of a soundtrack, or at least not a memorable one. The previous DBZ movies had some great rock music that got your blood pumping for the fights. Not so much here. As for the voice acting, it's good enough, although 18 could at least show some emotion. I know she's a robot, but she's become one of the main characters of the show by this point. She could try harder not to sound so robotic.
Character: This is another spot that I think this movie did better than Second Coming. Goten is actually bearable in this film. He's not whining all the time and actually acts like a kid. There's also no piss jokes, except for one at the beginning, which automatically makes this a million times better than Second Coming, which was filled with them (seriously, did Adam Sandler direct that movie?). Everyone else is the same as either the show or previous films, depending on who you're looking at.
Enjoyment: With this being the final Broly movie, unless they really want to do another one based on the ending, it was good. It could have been done a lot worse and was done a lot worse, if my numerous jabs at Second Coming weren't enough of a hint as to how much I can't stand that film. While not as good as other DBZ movies, like the first Broly movie or Cooler's Revenge, it's not the worst one I've seen.
-F-FlameHaze-
February 5, 2008
Not Recommended
[Intro] Before I start reviewing and giving reasons, I'd like to say this is not a spoiler free review. If you're a Dragonball Z superfan, make sure you watch this at least once and give it a chance, you may like it, and may regret not watching it. Now, I'd like to say this really was the worst anime movie I've ever seen, I would never even consider watching this again, now onto my review. [Story] To me, this movie was dragged out, they was desperate for ideas, oh I know, lets create a bio-broly...ooo what a great idea...not! Bad idea. Wtf was they thinking? Lets make abiologically poisoned green broly and make goku kll him AGAIN. I mean cmon guys, Goku has killed him AND gohan? Why do we want 3 story's of the same bad guy? 2 Points for lack of originality.
[Animation]
This really was nothing special so I gave it a 6 the characters don't seem to be thought about much more than the story was, nothing new that impressed me like the animation from other movies tried to add something new and additional. Bio-broly didn't impress me at all for originality.
[Sound]
This wasn't too bad but yet again, nothing special.
[Characters]
Same as Dragonball Z with a super pathetic attempt to re-introduce Broly for the third time? Maybe forth? Since I haven't watched all broly movies I'm not 100 pct sure...but yea, dragged on and on...
[Enjoyment]
I didn't enjoy this at all, and to be honest I wish I could refund the time it took me to watch it.
liliteraturenerd
June 9, 2015
Not Recommended
I saved Bio Broly for last in my trilogy of reviews for the 3 terrible DBZ movies. Why? If you were to ask 100 DBZ fans which is the worst DBZ movie, about 75 of them would say Bio Broly. This is by FAR the most hated film by the DBZ fandom. Today I will be examining whether or not this film is truly deserving of all the hate it gets. Before diving into movie 11, we first have to examine the character of Broly. For those of you who are new to DBZ, Broly is the Legendary Super Saiyan and the most naturally gifted memberof the strongest alien race in the universe. This guy is like the Hulk. He is an unstoppable force of primal rage that everyone thinks is an awesome badass. However, Broly doesn't really have a lot of character depth. Broli's driving motive in all 3 films he appears in is his burning hatred for Goku...because Goku was born on the same day as Broli and annoyed the 1 day old Broly by crying continuously. Yep. That's really why Broly HATES Goku. How does Broly remember what happened when he was 24 hours old? Why does he care that some other baby cried and somewhat annoyed him when they were infants? None of this is ever explained. All we know is that BROLY MAD, BROLY SMASH! When he was first introduced in DBZ movie 8, Broly actually had some menacing dialogue and engaged the Z fighters in one of the most brutal, non-stop fights in the entire series. Movie 8 also used the technique of taking a previously established badass (Vegeta) and making him look like a total BITCH when faced with this new guy. This narrative technique called "jobbing" in Pro-Wrestling makes the newly introduced character look really cool because he just made the guy you previously thought was cool look like a complete pussy! EVERYONE jumped on the Broli train and this shallow Hulk ripoff became one of the most popular characters in DBZ history! DBZ Movie 8 was extremely enjoyable and easily one of the best DBZ movies, but the writers felt they needed to milk more out of Broly and brought him back for a lesser sequel. It wasn't good, but it wasn't THAT bad. Unfortunately, they decided to bring Broly back AGAIN and we got this piece of shit!
Bio Broly is about how some rich dude wants revenge against everyone's favorite buffoon, Mr. Satan. The rich guy tries to kill Mr. Satan by forcing him to fight against his genetically engineered "Bio-warriors", one of whom happens to be a blob monster version of Broli created from a sample of Broli's blood left over from the last movie. Apparently Goku and Vegeta are dead during this movie and it is after Android 18 threw the match to Mr. Satan during the Buu saga. However, none of the movies are canon and all of them have massive continuity problems that make them impossible to logically fit into the timeline, despite the best efforts of some DBZ fanboys. Apparently it is up the comedic duo of Goten and Trunks to take down the blob monster version of Broli. I guess Gohan and Piccolo are busy? This of course means that this movie is going to get VERY silly and have some ludicrously stupid action scenes. The plot and action in this film is shit, but I will now get to the reason I actually don't consider this the very worst DBZ movie.
Most of the DBZ movies follow a very specific formula: Bad guy shows up, Goku fights bad guy, Goku kills bad guy with the Spirit Bomb. Now that Fukkatsu no F has been released, I can say that Goku has killed or otherwise defeated the bad guy in 13 of the 15 DBZ movies! This one of only 2 movies in which SOMETHING different happens. We get to focus on the more comedic characters: Goten, Trunks, Mr. Satan, and my first anime "waifu" Android 18. These aren't characters that we really get to see too often, so it is a refreshing change. This movie fails as an action film, but sort of works as a comedy. By contrast, movies 4 and 6 don't work in any category! Therefore, I would argue that while this movie indeed sucks it is NOT the worst DBZ movie after all! However, don't confuse that statement with a recommendation. Just because this isn't the absolute worst DBZ movie, doesn't mean that you should actually watch it.
AnAnimeViewerJ
December 8, 2011
Recommended
Being the third title featuring the legendary super saiyan Broly, this one did not disappoint. Story - The story takes place during the Buu Saga (but does not in any way, co-exist with the main plot of this particular saga) and shows the aftermath of what happened after the fight between Hercule and Android 18. After some of Hercule's pleading and screaming and Android 18's demanding of what she was promised, Hercule finally comes to an agreement, only if she helps Hercule out with a matter of his own. This is where the actual story happens here. During the trip to this mysterious island, Jaguar (longterm rival of Hercule) introduces Hercule to his bio-warriors but they are quickly defeated due to Android 18, Goten and Trunks (who sneaked in). Anyway, without spoiling anything any further, Goten and Trunks encounter Broly inside a pod and that is when things get really interesting.
Art - Just like what you would expect from any DBZ episode.
Sound - Pretty much what I said above.
Character - This was an interesting move to pull off. The characters are not any of the main characters you would expect to see in a DBZ movie. Except they are the characters that you would most likely see in the sideline. So there are no surprise appearences from Goku, Vegeta, Gohan or Piccolo.
Android 18, Goten and Trunks are the main characters for this film....I guess Hercule can be included as a main character, but I just see him as the comical relief more than anything :P
Enjoyment - I enjoyed my experience watching this film, regardless of what other people might say, this one does not have a bad story, it doesn't suck.
Overall - Adding on from my previous comments. This movie doesn't suck, its good, nothing that will change your whole perspective of the DBZ universe though. All the things you would expect from the DBZ show/movies are all there. Comical relief due to Hercule, great fight scenes and all that.
