Movie review
December 14, 2018 · 101 min · PG · Japanese · Sci-Fi · Animation · Action
Dragon Ball Super: Broly follows Goku and Vegeta after the Tournament of Power, when Earth is calm but Goku still trains every day. They meet Broly, a powerful Saiyan who was sent away as a baby and raised on the harsh planet Vampa by his angry father, Paragus. Frieza brings Broly to Earth and pushes him into a fight with Goku and Vegeta while he seeks the Dragon Balls. The film is a fast, loud action story with comedy, space adventure, family pain, and a huge final battle.
The most serious idea is that Broly’s violent behavior grows from control, fear, and years of isolation. Paragus uses a shock collar and treats his son as a weapon, while Cheelai breaks the device and later uses the Dragon Balls to save him. Goku sees that Broly is not simply evil, and he offers him friendship and a chance to train instead of demanding revenge. The story values family, self-control, mercy, and friendship, but its main pleasure remains the long, bright battles and the constant rise of new power.
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These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Dragon Ball Super: Broly.
Woke representation / casting
Not present. The film is an animated story led by fictional Saiyans and other aliens. Its prominent roles do not carry a race, gender, sexuality, disability, religion, or diversity message.
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Woke political dialogue
Not present. The dialogue centers on Saiyan history, fighting, family, revenge, and survival. No character gives modern identity, DEI, or activist lines.
0%
Identity-driven story themes
Not present. Broly’s abuse, his father’s control, and Cheelai’s rescue form a personal story about trauma, friendship, and self-control. The film does not turn those events into modern identity politics or activist messaging.
0%
Western institutional / cultural critique
Not present. King Vegeta and Frieza abuse power, but the story treats them as fictional tyrants. It does not attack Western institutions, traditional family life, Christianity, or conservative ideas.
0%
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant. The film changes Broly from an older movie villain into an official Dragon Ball character with a new backstory and gentler nature. Those changes concern plot and character, not race, gender, sexuality, or another identity.
0%
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Not present. No sustained complaint says that the movie pushes woke, DEI, or identity-politics ideas. The separate X pass found only a few small accounts praising it as not woke, and praise is not backlash.
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Creator track record context
Not present. The supplied creator records give the director and most producers scores near zero, while the writer and one producer have low scores. The records show mainstream franchise work and no specific woke or activist element tied to this movie.
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