Well; I dont know what I expected from a movie called ‘Bio Broly’ that was billed ‘the concluding part of the ‘Broly’ trilogy’ given what went down in ‘Broly: Second Coming’…But this was…actually pretty on the money. I wont go as far as to say its a ‘return to form’ or even really ‘good’. But its doing something weird, and it isnt relying heavily on the original cast…So I guess its kind of step in the right direction?

The plot here is that we pick up shortly after the tournament of power…again…and probably about 6-12 months after ‘Broly: Second Coming’ as Goten and Trunks are hanging around with Krillin, Android 18 and their daughter. 18 has gone to visit Mr. Satan to collect the Zeni she claimed for throwing their fight in the tournament of power, but he’s being sheepish in handing it over.

Shortly thereafter, a mysterious stranger turns up with a challenge for Mr. Satan. At first Hercule is dismissive, but then he finds out theres a cash prize and that his opponent is an old underling of his who went rogue…So to take some easy money (and to get away from 18) he accepts the challenge. But 18 doesnt give up so easily and demands to go with them until Satan pays up…and somehow Goten and Trunks sneak aboard for the journey to.

The gang arrive at a castle where its revealed Hercules old sparring partner has been bio-genetically creating incredibly strong fighters, with the aim being to put them up against Satan one on one leading to a terrifying final opponant. Satan IMMEDIATELY backs out, and 18 decides to bribe Satan again, offering to fight these bio-monsters on hisd behalf for another 20 million Zeni. Satan agrees.

Meanwhile, Goten and Trunks head down to the basement of the castle and find the Bio lab…and they notice that in one of the tanks, there appears to be a Saiyan growing in a tube..but it isnt just any Saiyan…Yes Brolys back. His blood was rescued from the site where he was killed and using some genetic splicing they’ve managed to create a ‘Bio-Broly’ not quite as strong as the original, but infused with DNA of the strongest fighters in the world.

Trunks and Goten know they cant let Bio-Broly fully form, so they blow his tank up. and the results of them interrupting his ‘cooking’ is that Broly turns into a giant melty man who is seemingly totally impervious and has laser eyes…Cue fight to the death.

This ones marginally better than ‘Broly: Second coming’ in my opinion, and thats purely down to the interactions between Goten and Trunks, and Mr. Satan and…well…anyone who comes into contact with Mr. Satan.

I LOVE Mr. Satan as a character, hes so out of place in the DBZ universe and in the same breath is EXACTLY what the series needs in my opinion to help break up just…endless aura farming and fight scenes. So just him being him for most of the runtime was enough to help prop this thing up.

But as an actual movie? Its better formed than ‘Second Coming’ but its still a blunt mess. The plot is literally just ‘the gang fight a melty monster’ THe Bio Broly design is uninspiring, he doesnt have any real character or personality. he’s just a lumbering ‘Zombie like’ unkillable machine…until they figure out the one thing that CAN kill him, at which point he dies off pretty much instantly. The pacing on this is jarring, its really 2 stories for most of the runtime, and when they come together towards the back end of the second act its lumpy and doesnt feel all that satisfying.

Theres some nice humour here, but again; we’re getting weighed down with random ‘saves’ from the OG cast who again, arnt in this movie AT ALL; until the 5 seconds they suddently turn up for seeminly no other reason than the studios simply CAN NOT make a Dragonball movie without Goku…which is a shame…

Otherwise? this is pretty by the numbers, lighter, more humerous and fun than the last Broly movie…Still not particularly noteworthy or great, the animations nice, but derivative, the art direction is actually quite poor considering what came before it. Its just a kind of meh entry. Ironically; one I likely WILL revisit, purely because its got great ‘background movie’ energy. But not one I could actively recommend, unless your a ‘Mr Satan’ or ‘Goten and Trunks’ fan.

source https://letterboxd.com/tytdreviews/film/dragon-ball-z-bio-broly/