Decent

Wow, not bad. I'm basing my judgment by anime to live-action adaption standards, mind you. Jamie Chung (Chi Chi) being cute as a button doesn't hurt either. Definitely not a disaster.

For all the changes they made (the movie was adapted from the manga, technically), it was still pretty faithful to the source.

Chow Yun-fat seemed to be enjoying himself playing the goofball Master Roshi; channeling all the comedies he did in the eighties, perhaps. James Marster was good, and he wasn't exactly lost under the make-up, but there wasn't really that much to do with the role of Piccolo except glower. He glowered well. Emmy Rossum as Bulma was suitably feisty. Justin Chatwin's Goku wasn't chipper enough (plenty angsty, though), but otherwise he was fine.

The fights were alright. They were mostly a mixture of wire-work, cgi and acrobatics; there were some more normal (for Dragonball) choreographed fights, too . What I saw more or less matched my expectations for the material.

If you have any kind of fondness for Dragonball, it's worth checking out.

5/10