Dragonball Evolution

Name: Dragonball Evolution
Director: James Wong
Released: 2009-04-09

2009 film by James Wong

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Also known as Dragonball: Evolution

Released: April 9, 2009
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, June 11, 2009
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Director: James Wong
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Screenwriter: James Wong
, Akira Toriyama
Producer: Stephen Chow
Cast: Justin Chatwin
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, James Marsters
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, Emmy Rossum
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, Jamie Chung
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Runtime: 82 min
Genre: action film
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, science fiction film
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, fantasy film
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Country of origin: United Kingdom
, United States

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Dragonball Evolution is a 2009 superhero film based on the 1984–95 manga series Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama. Directed by James Wong from a screenplay by Ben Ramsey, and produced by Stephen Chow, it stars Justin Chatwin, Emmy Rossum, James Marsters, Jamie Chung, Chow Yun-fat, Joon Park, and Eriko Tamura. In the film, the teenager Goku reveals his past and sets out to fight the evil alien warlord Demon King Piccolo who wishes to gain the powerful Dragon Balls and use them to take over Earth.

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Based on: Dragon Ball
Website: movies.foxjapan.com/dragonball language: Japanese
Filming location: Mexico
Los Angeles
Title: Dragonball Evolution
Color: color
Director of photography: Robert McLachlan
FSK film rating: FSK 12
Filmiroda rating: Category II rating certificate id: F/8934/J
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Aspect ratio (W:H): 2.35:1
MPA film rating: PG rating certificate id: 44706
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Narrative location: Asia
Part of the series: Dragon Ball
Distribution format: video on demand
Review score: 45/100(November 19, 2025) review score by: Metacritic · number of reviews/ratings: 10 critic review
14%(November 25, 2024) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 63 critic review
3.6/10(October 6, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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Media franchise: Dragon Ball
CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
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Kijkwijzer rating: 9 content descriptor: Fear
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Derivative work: Dragonball Evolution

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