GurlyIamBeach Instant Favorite.

Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Aiden Melton The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

jasonmadrid The beginning of the needlessly long line of DBZ movies actually started off fairly smoothly. "The Dead Zone," the first DBZ movie, takes place before the Saiyans even arrive on Earth and before the major plot lines of the series, in a magical time before DBZ movies became a dime a dozen (or even a dime for all 13!).The Dead Zone, being strictly a martial arts film and not essentially a DBZ movie in feel or tone, isn't necessarily a great feature in its own right, but it comes the closest in visual or tone to being a feature at all. The visuals and animation are a lot smoother, with the actual fight sequences emphasized over, say, the Saiyans powering up and shooting holes through each other. The setting is also appropriate enough and doesn't feel constrictive, and is actually quite appealing to watch. In fact, out of the first six movies (the only ones I've actually seen, heheh...), this may be the most appealing on a visual level (contested possibly by "The World's Strongest," and maybe "The Tree of Might").Of course, it isn't quite as epic as the rest (after all, Broly eventually shows up and wipes out a galaxy), and fans looking strictly for SS Vegeta or SS2 Goku will be disappointed. The villains are forgettable (and would've been forgotten, if Garlic Jr. hadn't gotten his own saga on the TV show), even if they are a bit surprising (after all, he still had the Dead Zone). The musical score is taken from the juvenile, seldom-heard "Dragon Ball" cartoons, making it feel less like a real DBZ movie and more of a throwback to the original Dragon Ball cartoon.Highlights: Gohan powering up for possibly the first time ever and F^6&*^ING PWNING THAT M&*%ER F&^$^R! Also, the ending reveals a blatant rip-off of "The Phantom Zone," with Garlic Jr. pounding on his prison from inside a shard of glass.Final ruling: The first and last real martial arts movie in the DBZ series. If you want some "realistic" fight sequences, along with the history of Garlic Jr. and Gohan, at least give it a screening.

AnthonyRS1983 This is the first movie of the Dragon Ball Z TV series released during the series' Japanese TV run. In the debut DBZ movie, it re-tells how Gohan discovered his hidden powers. The movie's premise is about the adult Goku rescuing his four-year old son Gohan, whom has been kidnapped by a demon, who lives on the Makyo Star, named Garlic Jr., in order to obtain the four-star Dragon Ball worn on the boy's head. Garlic Jr. uses the Dragon Balls to wish for immortality. Soon enough, Kami (God) descends to Earth and reveals to Goku that Garlic Jr.'s father was a bitter rival, competing for the Kami throne, whom was sealed up by the preceding Kami after Garlic Sr. and his army of demons attempted to take the throne by force. Kami also reveals that Garlic Jr.'s plans are to seek revenge for his father's exile. Goku, Kami, and Krillin team up with Goku's old enemy, Piccolo, to stop Garlic Jr. from sucking the Earth into his own personally-created black hole known as the "Dead Zone". This movie, mirroring the action-fighting tone of the Dragon Ball Z TV series, is more serious that the trilogy of Dragon Ball movies, which focused on light-hearted comedy. The high points of the movie are the animation and the movie's hilarious inserted musical sequence "Tenka Ichi Gohan". The low points of the movie is that it drags a little from time to time, despite the short 45 minute length of this movie.GRADE: 2.5 out of 5

Op_Prime Hands down, Dead Zone is superior to Tree of Might and World's Strongest. The translation from Japanese to English is not too bad, way better than other anime series on today. Like the other Dragon Ball Z movies, the story is fast paced and exiting. The fight scenes are awesome and, as always, the best above all else. This is a must see, especially if you have already seen The Garlic Jr. Saga on the television series.

Benjamin First let me say that compared to the other Dragonball Z movies, Dead Zone is the only one which can possibly fit in with the timeline set by the episodes. It takes place before the series, and thus runs no risk of contradicting anything. Although the translations of Japanese animation into English is usually poor, I found the character of Goku to be, as always, the perfect combination of super hero and down to earth dad. Gohan's hidden power, which even Goku is unaware of at this time, is amazing, and he is definitely his father's son in the way that it comes out when his friends and loved ones are suffering. A must see for DBZ fans.