Reading the reviews, it's possible to think that this is regarded as bad purely because of a vocal fan-base for the original. For instance, Star Wars: The Last Jedi is a good film, but thanks to a small group of noisy 'fans' a lot of the reviews online are negative. This is not the case here. I have never seen/read the original, and I still found this to be a bad film. The CG effects look like something from a SyFy original, the acting at times is reminiscent of Neil Breen, and the whole thing comes across as a goofy mess trying desperately to look like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. If you enjoy bad films like I do, it's worth a watch as it will make you laugh at how bad it is. 2/10

Imagine a completely Mediterranean-winning genetic high school drama movie before the second half wizard introduces. And this movie is called Harry Potter Evolution: that would not be the worst movie in the world but the biggest disappointment in the world. The people who know the book feel kicked and sad because they do not get what they expected. And the people who just wanted to watch a cool movie feel betrayed and bored because they did not get what they expected. This movie is by far the worst thing Americans have done to Japanese culture in this century.

Dragonball has been around for 30 years now,it has become a cultural icon and one of the popular things just like Pokemon,Power Rangers,Yu- Gi-Oh!,etc.People who love Dragonball can make a better movie than the terrible movie Dragonball Evolution.The guy who plays as Goku Justin Chatwin seems like a miscast because his acting as Goku seems nothing like him.Th movie seems like it was trying to make a movie franchise out of the movie and change a lot from Dragonball. Like how Goku does not have a tail,Krillin is not the best friend of Goku because the movie made him an outcast,Bulma has one small streak of hair to confirm she is Bulma,Goku is madly in love with Chi-Chi even though in the show he doesn't know what being in love is like,and most of the characters and history in the movie is nothing like Dragonball.This movie is definitely on the list for worst movies ever and worst adaptions ever.

It is a complete disgrace, It is a steaming pile. I'm ashamed to introduce this movie to my friends who haven't watch the original series. How dare the director make our childhood series become a twilight. I'm so insulted by this, even the original DBZ creator was so angered he started making DBS which is not as good as DBZ but its still worth watching compared to 'dragon ball evolution'. I have a better name for this movie, I'll call it "Disgraceful balls of Emostuff". This is my 1st time writing a review, which I don't ever do other than rate movies but this movie angered me to the point I can't take it anymore that's why I'm writing this review. I got news, they even made some merchandise to milk out more money as if this movie isn't bad enough.