Cooler can't help but get compared to his more successful series brother. He isn't helping matters by doing a lot of the same stuff Frieza has already done. Starting with the negative, the explanation of how Cooler survived the events of the previous movie makes no sense. The explanation for the ending of this movie makes very little sense.
On the positive side, one of the best attributes Dragon Ball has had as a franchise is its characters, and this movie brings out a lot of them to play. It is strange to think that it takes 6 movies into the DBZ franchise before Vegeta finally shows up. Goku and Vegeta having to work together to fight off Cooler is the big selling point of the movie.
Sadly, the other "Z-Fighters" don't have much to do outside of fight faceless drones and maybe get captured. New Namek is a unique location for the movies, but there is little they can do there to make the fights interesting.
Another middle of the road review, for a middle of the road movie.
On the positive side, one of the best attributes Dragon Ball has had as a franchise is its characters, and this movie brings out a lot of them to play. It is strange to think that it takes 6 movies into the DBZ franchise before Vegeta finally shows up. Goku and Vegeta having to work together to fight off Cooler is the big selling point of the movie.
Sadly, the other "Z-Fighters" don't have much to do outside of fight faceless drones and maybe get captured. New Namek is a unique location for the movies, but there is little they can do there to make the fights interesting.
Another middle of the road review, for a middle of the road movie.