Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge
A compact Dragon Ball Z showdown pits Goku against Frieza’s vengeful, even stronger brother in a rush of alien martial-arts spectacle.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Moderate
- propulsive
- campy
- comic
- anime marathon
- action movie night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The 48-minute runtime rapidly moves from peaceful camping and ambush to successive fights and transformations.
Cooler pursues Goku after learning of his brother Frieza's defeat, framing the conflict around disgrace and retaliation.
Saiyans, extraterrestrial antagonists, transformations, and martial arts form the film's central imaginative framework.
Cooler's pursuit culminates in increasingly powerful warrior forms and amplified energy attacks.
Films like Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge, and why
Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest
high-energy anime martial arts action, alien powers, revenge-driven conflict, and escalating transformations
Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler
anime science fiction adventure centered on superpowered martial arts, extraterrestrial threats, and heroic transformation
Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie
compact animated action spectacle featuring rival warriors, revenge, energy attacks, and escalating power levels
Movie Details
- Director
- Mitsuo Hashimoto
- Release Date
- 1991-07-20
- Runtime
- 48 min
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 (765)
Cast
- Masako Nozawa
- Toshio Furukawa
- Mayumi Tanaka
- Naoki Tatsuta
- Naoko Watanabe
- Kohei Miyauchi
- Ichiro Nagai
- Ryusei Nakao
- Show Hayami
- Masato Hirano
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge about?
- A compact Dragon Ball Z showdown pits Goku against Frieza’s vengeful, even stronger brother in a rush of alien martial-arts spectacle.
- What is Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge as breakneck, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge as moderate.
- Which films are like Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge?
- Films with a similar feel include Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest, Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler, and Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie.
- How long is Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge?
- Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge runs 48 minutes.
- Where can I watch Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge?
- In United States, Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge streams on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel.
In Ember's collections
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