This movie seemed to have so much going for itself at first except for one little thing: "It Was All Too Predictable." It's like being shown a Terintino movie where the ending is shown first, and you move back to the critical moment that started the whole darn thing. Lets also not forget some weird "movie only" elements as well. In the end the terminators factory explodes along with a radioactive element that could nuke the entire zone. All we see is a huge black cloud with the stars of the film leaving. Where's the mushroom cloud? Why aren't they dead? Movie was the worst 8.50 I ever spent.
The character's names are often mis-pronounced like Goku's and Piccolo's. Master Roshi in the film doesn't live on a remote island yet lives in a remote house. Sort of like the Television Series but far from it. The special effects were nothing new from what we've seen in countless films including Mortal Kombat. I was so let down with Goku's KameHameHa, and especially Piccolo's over-all look with the cheesy fake armor and attacks. The director of the film didn't even use Piccolo's signature attacks from the film. You have James Marsters playing Piccolo in this film, and he shows up about maybe 5 or 6 times total in the whole movie.
No more than 15 minutes into the movie and already I was thinking to myself "What the hell is going on? What's the underlying plot of this film?" Finally the movie picks up it's action and mystery, and winds down at the end only to leave an open ending for a possible "Watchmen 2" film to come. I'd say if you were a fan of the comics you'd understand this film better and may like it more, but as someone who's never heard of the comic, never read the comic, and just wanted to watch a good action flick - this movie blows!