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| Justin Chatwin in "Dragonball Evolution" (2009) - © 20th Century Fox |
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20th Century Fox's "Dragonball Evolution" is a live-action movie based on Akira Toriyama's manga, which has spawned graphic novels, a long-running TV series and more than 25 video games. "Dragonball Evolution" stars Justin Chatwin as Goku and James Marsters as Lord Piccolo. "Dragonball Evolution" is directed by James Wong and produced by Stephen Chow.
Story for "Dragonball Evolution"
Goku's quest – with nothing less than the fate of our world at stake in "Dragonball Evolution" – begins innocently enough in the backyard of his grandfather's home, where Gohan is training the young man in some exotic martial arts moves. It is Goku's 18th birthday, and Gohan's gift to his grandson is a Dragonball, a small, round ball whose surface is smooth and pearl-like, but with a milky translucence that gives it depth. Four stars float inside the ball. There are only six others like it in the world in "Dragonball Evolution," and it is said the seven Dragonballs together will grant the holder one perfect wish.
Connected to the legend of the Dragonballs is Goku's own mysterious past – he never knew his parents – as well as the coming solar eclipse, which superstitions mark as a sign of a coming apocalypse. Gohan promises to reveal all to Goku at the special birthday dinner Gohan is preparing for his grandson.
But Goku skips out on Gohan's feast in to attend a party hosted by Chi Chi, a fellow student to whom Goku is drawn in "Dragonball Evolution." As the two teens get to know one another, a tragedy at home is triggered by the arrival of a dark force in "Dragonball Evolution"– propelling Goku, Roshi, Bulma, Yamcha and Chi Chi into a race to collect all seven Dragonballs. The stakes couldn't be higher. Goku will face the deadliest enemies on Earth in "Dragonball Evolution," master a powerful force called Ki, which marshals the energy of the universe – and learn the truth of his incredible past…and of a potentially unthinkable future.
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