''Let him clean up his own mess, You have a lot to learn brother''. - Cooler This Movie like a lot of the other dbz films is a very simple yet a fun typical 45 minute film to watch. As the name suggest Cooler's Revenge is about Goku facing off against 1 of the major antagonist Frieza - To be precise his older brother Cooler who wants to take his vengeance out on goku for what happen to frieza. The prologue starts of during the demise of goku's former Saiyan home world planet Vegeta's being destroyed by frieza, Overlooking the destruction in his spaceship along with his crewfinding out that 1 of the spaceship getting away from the planet is heading to earth cooler delays the order and decides to let it go. A few decades later Cooler Hears of frieza being defeated by goku that transform into a super saiyan. Cooler while annoyed by frieza's defeat, He and his crew head to earth to kill goku and to avenge his younger brother's death and to restore his own family name to be feared in the universe once again. As you can see with most Dbz films the premise of its story is basic and of course easy to watch. Cooler is Honestly without a doubt my favourite movie villain in the Db franchise I mean his name says it all, he is arrogant, remorseless and condescending not to mention he pretty much hates his brother frieza and the saiyans. He also exercises a greater control of power compare to that of frieza which makes him a dangerous foe for goku to fight against on this occasion. Cooler's Armoured squad are a blatant rip off of the Ginyu force and other nothing special. The other characters are pretty much the same in the movie like the other movies as well as Piccolo who makes his role in the film in such a Badass way! The fight between goku and cooler was just unforgettable from cooler's Epic! Transformation which we find out is a transformation beyond that of frieza final transformation and of course it proves how deadly he can be in that form when he fights against goku which overwhelms goku like with frieza upper hand against him on namek in the series. The music is fine but I like the songs more for the dub's US music score as it included some great heavy metal bands for the more intense action scenes. both sub and dub is good especially cooler's english voice actor Andrew Chandler suited his role nicely as the villain. Of course animation was the standard pretty much for its time and actually is okay. overall quite an enjoyable simplistic film to say the least which I could only wish that cooler wasn't just a movie character but a character that was actually relevant within the series as well. 7 out of 10.

So, Dragonball Z has always been something that everyone has loved whether you're an anime fan or not. But, do the movies hold up as well as the TV Show did? I recently watched Dragonball Z-Cooler's Revenge, and thought why not write a review on it. Basically the movie is short and simplistic (which kind of disappointed me a lot). Story- (7/10) As I said before, the story is simplistic. To tell the truth, there are not even 10 characters in this movie. And the main character, which we all know is Goku, is hurt half the movie. So, yeah, that was kind of disappointing. Art- (7/10)Dragonball Z art is nothing really special (but today the art is really good). This movie was made back in the early 90s, so the art doesn't hold up as well. But, if you are a true Dragonball Z fan, you'll enjoy this movie. Sound- (8/10) The sound for this movie was very good. I'm still wondering why they use heavy rock for the U.S. version of this movie. To me, it sounds better than the Japanese 2.0 mono. But if you don't like the 2.0 mono, there is also a Japanese 5.1 stereo and also English 5.1 stereo. (I know these are the tracks on the DVD's, not sure about the Blu-Ray's though) Character- (8/10) It's Dragonball Z. C'mon. They're all the same characters we know and love. But there is one character that did an amazing job. And that is Cooler. Andrew Chandler (who is Cooler), does an amazing job playing this role. I'm surprised he isn't in more anime, or voice over casts for that matter. Dude did an amazing job. Enjoyment- (8/10) Truth be told, being a Dragonball Z fan, I love anything from the franchise. But, if I have to look at this from a serious perspective, it's not all that great. Overall- (7/10) Bottomline, this movie is good. Not great, but just good. If you like Dragonball Z, go watch this movie. Even buy it on DVD. It's like 4 bucks for the original release. Even if you don't like DBZ, this is a good movie to watch.

Dragonball Z is truly an amazing anime series. It survived for an unreal amount of time recycling the same stories over and over. It can never be accused of innovation, which brings us to the fifth movie in the copy and paste line up, Cooler's Revenge. This is not a movie that I could recommend to someone new to the franchise at all. This is definitely either for fans or those who are familiar with the main story. Before coming into this series, it would be a great idea to see the series up until the Frieza Saga for some type of clue; but thecrazy thing is, this story doesn't exactly fall into continuity. I've noticed fans mention that this story could have taken place between the Trunks Saga and the Androids Saga, however, I don't exactly buy into that. The plot follows Goku's son Gohan, as he attempts to save Goku's life by recovering the Senszu beans. Goku was viciously injured by one of Cooler's attacks, and is now kept hidden by Krillin from Cooler's forces whom are demolishing the forest in their search for all of them. The production values deserves some credit. Visually, it's pretty good with some very nice backgrounds; the waterfalls look nice, and the night time setting has some gorgeous moments. There's also some decent moments here and there with the action, which consist of a decent amount of hand to hand and high energy attacks. However, it's Funimation's soundtrack that really stands out in the style department. The BGM consists of high tempo rock songs by Drowning Pool, Deftones, Breaking Point, and a few others. The music simply rocks covering up the bigger weaknesses. Dragonball Z is something that is mainly action-driven, but I kind of found the action to be sort of lacking a little. The best scenes took place during the middle portion when Piccolo was battling Cooler's men. After that, the final battle scene just took a dive. The plot really isn't well paced, and it spins its wheels at times. In addition, you're not going to get much character development, and the villains are all cookie cutter to the extreme with no depth whatsoever. I would probably have enjoyed this more if the ending had not felt like one big jip. It felt way too gimmicky and terribly tacked on, which is something that becomes a trend in the later movies. Cooler's Revenge actually goes by quicker than its run time states. This is mainly due to the sound track which seriously rules, and makes this movie extremely easy to get through. I do not recommend this to anyone besides diehard DBZ fans though. To my experience, they're the only ones who truly love it. Highs: Soundtrack and production values Lows: Weak first and final acts, stock bad guys

Like many Dragon Ball Films, Dragon Ball Z Movie 5 Cooler's Revenge is hard to put into the main story timeline and should be seen as an alternative story where Goku beat Frieza and safely came back with everyone to earth. The movie is about Frieza's older brother who came to earth to restore the honour of the family by killing Goku. It's a very action packed story with the secondary cast being very active and nobody feels like they exist just because like Goten in the Boo Saga. Despite the short length, the movie really takes full advantage of each second to give usenough time to get to know the characters and their personality. Cooler's henchmen are the equivalent of the Ginyu Force and have some very entertaining interactions with each other and the main cast. They have unique manners and techniques from each others which is why they are more memorable compared your average Dragon Ball henchmen. They show individuality unlike other's that are either reactive or do things as ordered. The final confrontation against Cooler is set up well too since Goku lost the first encounter and needed to recover until about half of the movie runtime. Cooler is one of the most interesting antagonist and with his personality being superior to Frieza. While Frieza's selling point was his sheer existence nobody can defy, not even gods, Cooler has the family integrity in mind. In the past, he noticed Frieza letting a Saiyan escape refusing to take care of it himself and predicting that this mistake will be Frieza's downfall. He is known to analyse the situation showing he is more than just powerful. He noticed that Goku was able to survive his first confrontation and acknowledges the Saiyan's strength being capable to kill his brother. Cooler also shows assisting his henchmen on various occasion instead of letting them do something and die because they were too weak. And Cooler is one of few characters you can argue deserved the power he has because he is related to Frieza while Frieza was just an overpowered villain pulled out Toriyama's ass without any build up. Something Toriyama and Toei are known for normally. Cooler's defeat was also one of the best defeats in the franchise to the point it was replicated many times but non worked as well as in this movie. The poetic irony that he acknowledges a fatal mistake he made as his final moment and not having the right to criticize Frieza for his mistakes. It is the first DBZ movie that features the real Super Saiyan and probably has the best use of it. As it appears as a mystical form that appears in times of despair. Not feeling like just another power up that increases your power by 50 times or something. It became a state that overcomes any hardship presented to it. Unlike what it honestly doing right now. Criticism that no longer hold ups. This is something I want to mention. And it is about transforming villains. Frieza's first to third form are means to restrict his powers and destructive capabilities. So 4th form Frieza and final form is Frieza's true form. While Cooler was always in his "true form" that should be his final form, but he has a transformation that exist to increase his power. Back in the day it seemed like the writers had no idea how Frieza's forms work and brought confusion to the fanbase. But with the awful Revival of F movie this criticism no longer hold up since Frieza can now also transform like a Super Saiyan to get stronger instead of restraining himself. Actual criticism. That is the strength of Cooler compared to Frieza. It may be a dub error but many are confused who truly is stronger between Cooler and Frieza, even King Cold. As Dragon Ball Multiverse would show if you read that by any chance (not recommended tho). So many believed Cooler to be stronger in the past, while now everyone believes Frieza was always stronger (excluding the awful Revival of F movie). There is also a question regarding believability regarding Cooler's henchmens power since they seemed stronger than First Form Frieza. But that can be argued around with Cooler perhaps training them. If you haven't seen this movie and believe you are a big Dragon Ball fan, you should check it out. You won't be disappointed.

This is one of my top ten dragonball z movies. this one was great, it had a great plot and cooler is definitely one of my favorite dragon ball z villians of all time, even though he is not officially a canon character. I just remember how excited I was as a kid finding out that frieza had an older brother, which made me very excited about the movie when it came on cartoon network. I am still to this day very impressed with the movies english soundtrack and great fight scenes. This was definitely the best of the first five movies.

Before I get into this, the version I watched was the edited American release. So any scenes cut that affect the score will not be counted. Story: The story is what it needs to be for a DBZ film. Most of it is handled in little chunks just so they can hurry up and start fighting, which starts about 9 and a half minutes in. Granted, this low level of storytelling wouldn't really work for other animes or any other movies, but this is DBZ and the biggest reason anyone watches it is for the fighting, not so much the storytelling. However, I did like howthey tied it in with the show instead of just saying "Hey, at some point in the story, this stuff happens. We don't know when, but by looking at the characters, you can probably guess". It's pretty easy to point out that this most likely takes place during that large time gap between Goku's arrival back on Earth and the androids first appearance. While this is a movie, and thus not canon, it can work fit itself in rather well without screwing up too much of the timeline, unless I'm forgetting something. However, characters do still seem to pop up out of nowhere when the writers can't find any other solution to a problem, but I guess that's what's to be expected of the DBZ movies. Art: The artwork isn't necessarily anything spectacular. It's not anymore detailed than the artwork of the show, but that's not a bad thing. The artwork of the show is pretty good and the design of Cooler is interesting, especially his transformation. Sound: As expected from a DBZ movie, the music is amazing. While it's still random rock music that most likely don't sing about anything going on, it still gets your blood pumping for the fights. As for voice acting, everyone sounds good, although Salza's extremely heavy French accent can be annoying for some. Character: I'll skip over the good guys since there's no real reason to discuss them for this review (I'll save that for my review of the series if I ever get around to finishing it). Instead, I'll focus on the villains. Cooler's minions really are just the Ginyu Force's hand-me-downs, right down to their intro poses. Cooler does make up for this since he's actually one of the best villains I can think of for the series. Instead of wanting to kill Goku because of how much he cared for his brother, he just wants to keep his family's name from being ruined. He doesn't care about Frieza at all. I wish they would have had an arc about him in the show. Cooler definitely deserves one more than Garlic Jr. Enjoyment: Taking it as a DBZ film and then comparing it to other films in the series, this is most likely one of the better ones. Granted I haven't seen all of the films in the franchise and there is at least one other DBZ film that I enjoy more than this, but this is a really good one.

Really underrated hidden gem movie. It is about Frieza's brother who came to earth to kill Son Goku. At the start, of the movie he criticized Frieza for letting that Saiyan go and it would bite him in the ass. So there is some maturity in this character and I like it. He is more than just another strong opponent. He has the features of an older brother were you can see he has gained life experience and in how he talks to his underlings. What I like about Cooler's troops is they have individual personality. They aren't controlled by fear like Frieza's soldiers were, parody villains likethe Ginyu Force nor are they mindless followers awaiting orders. Aside from that Cooler assist his underlings in situation. Comedy is great in this movie. Be it the interaction between the members of Cooler's troop or Goku and Chichi interacting about what is important. The action speaks for itself. Piccolo is always one of the best characters in the franchise and gets the best fights. The members of Cooler's force use unique techniques and have decent team work. Sauza uses the infamous ki sword we know from Goku Black and Super Vegito before it was cool. But obviously Goku vs Cooler was the highlight with one of my favorite Super Saiyan transformation sequences. Sound and animation is pretty good. We see quiet a viarety of places and Cooler's attacks affecting the environment leaves some interesting visuals. If you haven't seen this movie, you should do yourself a favor and watch it. Forget about it being non-canon or some bullshit. This is one of the things why people love Dragon Ball and you should give yourself that pleasure.

Ahhhh and it's back to lame again. Cooler and his gang are just a copypaste version of Frieza and his gang, and the entire story plays out as a low-stakes remake in a way... but with none of the tension because there's not much going on except for this purple dude who wants to beat up some monkey dudes. This is sad, too, because this is technically the first Dragon Ball Z movie that could feasibly fit into a part of the timeline-- it works neatly as a side story in that three-year time gap where everyone's training and not much exciting happens. The story iswrapped around so tightly that it has zero ramifications for any other part of the story, so it actually works. Why only technically? Because for some reason, the entire cast is like 10% as powerful as they normally are; even in Super Sayian form, Goku is noticeably not as "blow up some mountains and then decimate the planet" as normal, and everyone takes Cooler as a huge threat but he appears to be significantly weaker than Frieza. But... I'm probably judging it too harshly because I'm still desperately waiting for another enjoyable Dead Zone movie and none of these are stacking up. I thought Cooler would be... cool...

DBZ Movie 5: Revenge of Cooler is about Cooler, Frieza's brother, who's come to the earth to have his revenge against Goku for killing his brother, but more importantly, to restore his family pride. This movie is non-canon, meaning it's anime original, and Cooler doesn't appear in DB manga. Let's get into the review. My Positives: 1, DBZ art style and music coat. 2, Good fighting sequences 3, Goku's and Cooler fight is good My Negatives: 1, Being a brother of the arguably best villain in the DB universe gives quite the anticipation. Cooler doesn't live up to it. He's a more composed and calculated version of Frieza, but in everyother aspect, he falls below his brother. 48-minute movie cannot possibly create a villain that would rival Frieza. He's there only to give Goku a good fight and to give us some Frieza vibes. 2, Gohan: His purpose in Revenge of Cooler is to act stupid, so Goku gets wounded to prolong this movie length. In my opinion, Revenge of Cooler has really good fighting scenes (mainly, because the majority of them were used in DBZ), but its story and characters entertainment are mediocre. I give it 6/10. I don't dislike this Revenge of Cooler, I think it's a mediocre movie. I can recommend you to try this movie at least once, but I cannot tell that you'll like Revenge of Cooler.

WATCH THE DUB. Or a version of the sub that uses the dubs soundtrack. Seriously, you're watching the wrong version if not! Dragon Ball Z: Coolers Revenge doesn't differentiate from the other movies in any serious way, apart from being executed much much better. It is still a copy of the original series, and follows a similar plot structure with Gohan and Krillin biding time for an injured Goku, until he shows up to save the day. Cooler has a much more interesting design than any of the previous villains and drops some pretty generic 'cold' one-liners about DESTROYING EVERYTHING. He comes to avenge his fallen brother,Frieza (unknowing that it was his own decision which allowed Goku to survive, resulting in all this happening in the first place.) The way Goku got taken out of the movie for the first half felt so stupid, he literally gets hit by one ki beam and is sent to his deathbed. He can't even recognize the Senzu bean in front of his face Gohan hands him before he gets healed-- But, everybody got some pretty sick fights. What magnifies them is the fucking metal ass soundtrack. Huge names like Deftones, Linkin Park, with the menacing buildup and loud clashing guitars- it fits so fucking well. Overall super badass and definently the best execution of a familiar formula. Reccomended!