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Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge
Action · Animation · Science Fiction · 1991
After defeating Frieza, Goku returns to Earth and goes on a camping trip with Gohan and Krillin. Everything is normal until Cooler - Frieza's brother - sends three henchmen after Goku. A long fight ensues between our heroes and Cooler, in which he transforms into the fourth stage of his evolution and has the edge in the fight... until Goku transforms into a Super Saiyan.
Movie details
Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge
“Frieza is gone. Vengeance is coming.”
1991 Action · Animation · Science Fiction 48m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
7.0 / 10
Community rating
After defeating Frieza, Goku returns to Earth and goes on a camping trip with Gohan and Krillin. Everything is normal until Cooler - Frieza's brother - sends three henchmen after Goku. A long fight ensues between our heroes and Cooler, in which he transforms into the fourth stage of his evolution and has the edge in the fight... until Goku transforms into a Super Saiyan.
CriticWise case file
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The archetype split
Who fights over Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Mitsuo Hashimoto
Written by
Takao Koyama
Masako Nozawa
Son Gokû / Son Gohan / Bardock (voice)
Toshio Furukawa
Piccolo (voice)
Mayumi Tanaka
Kuririn / Yajirobe (voice)
Naoki Tatsuta
Oolong / Haiya Dragon (voice)
Naoko Watanabe
Chichi (voice)
Kohei Miyauchi
Kame Sen'nin (voice)
Ichiro Nagai
Karin (voice)
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Put Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge on trial.
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The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.