Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins
(1991)
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Monkey Boy
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Tu Chin | ... | |
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Ying Hung Chiu | ... |
Jen-Jen's father
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This live-action version of the popular Japanese animated series Dragon Ball. A villainous king known as Emperor Horn has stolen the mystical power of the "Dragon Pearls" in an attempt to possess them all and rule the world! When all but one of the pearls has been stolen, the former rag-tag group of guardian heroes (led by Goku) of the mysterious magic jewels decides to band together and take some big action! Led by a pig-headed wizard and a half-turtle martial arts master, the team first takes on King Horn's army in a desperate bid to stop him from gaining control of the Dragon Pearls. Written by Anthony Pereyra <hypersonic91@yahoo.com>
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Country:
TaiwanLanguage:
MandarinRelease Date:
1991 (Taiwan) See more »Also Known As:
Dragon Pearl See more »Company Credits
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[a village meeting starts]
Monk: This Dragon Pearl is a treasure in our village. It has been with us for over one hundred years now. It was watched over us, and brought us peace and prosperity. And right now, I am going to hand it over to our new village chief!
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Seetou changes clothes at the start of almost every scene. This is an homage to Bulma's many outfits throughout the "Dragon Ball" series. See more »Goofs
During one of the final shots, Lord Horn loses his power over the huge group of people. Everyone is supposed to fall, but there is a whole group of people still standing, looking quite confused. See more »Quotes
[first lines][a village meeting starts]
Monk: This Dragon Pearl is a treasure in our village. It has been with us for over one hundred years now. It was watched over us, and brought us peace and prosperity. And right now, I am going to hand it over to our new village chief!
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THE PLOT:
When beautiful Bulma searches for the mystical Dragon `BALLS'. She meets young Goku, who was chasing after the goons who kidnapped his Grandfather Gohan for his 4 star Dragonball. Joining forces Goku, Bulma, Yomcha and Oolong vow to collect the remaining Dragonballs and rescue Gohan from the forces of the evil King Horn.
THE OPINION:
This has got to be the WORST dubbing in the history of foreign films. Like they changed easily pronounced named like Goku and Bulma. Plus they changed the name of the Dragonballs to Dragonpearls. What the hell was that for? Did the American movie company the American people are that stupid to think of live Dragon Testicles? Aside from the bad dubbing, the original makers blew it big time on several key points. Like Goku's Grandfather Gohan was dead when he meets Bulma. Plus he was called `MONKEY BOY' because he had a tail. Plus for 1989 the creature effects could have been allot better, even for a Chinese film. I GIVE IT (4 STARS) ****
ON THE POSITIVE SIDE (+HITS)
+FLYING (The overall combat scenes were very good)
+ENERGY WEAPONS (They didn't forget the Kamahamaha wave)
+LOOK (The Dragonballs looked just like the cartoon)
ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE (-MISSES)
-BAD DUB (The VO was just awful, Monkey Boy instead of Goku, and the Turtle Hermit instead of Master Rôshi)
-PLOT HOLES (Goku's Granpa Gohan was dead)
-NO TAIL (What happened to Goku's tail? It's not like a tail is a hard effect. They did it in the Wizard Of Oz)
and finally two words:
-DRAGON BALLS (When did Dragonball become a bad word? It's in the freakin' title for crying out loud)