Dragonball Evolution

Dragonball Evolution
(spoilers below)

Turns out that we get certain movies before they come out stateside. Unfortunately, it's usually trash like The Legend of Chun-Li and Dragonball Evolution. I figured that Dragonball was going to be bad, but I didn't quite anticipate it being the worst movie that I'd ever seen. For one reason or another, the plot revolves around a teenage Goku, which means we get to watch him daydream about the most popular girl at school and cope with rich kid bullies. You know, all the things that immediately come to mind when you think Dragonball. We eventually move away from the science classes and the house parties, but the rest of the movie doesn't fare much better, as an out of place (but cute) Emmy Rossum joins the fray as Bulma, and Chow Yun-Fat gives a spirited but painful to watch performance as Muten-Roshi. Even Yamcha makes a completely irrelevant appearance, literally adding nothing to the story. The special effects are as bad as the script, the fight scenes are bland, the villain doesn't get enough screen time, and...well, you get the picture. Avoid like the plague, naturally.