Japan 1992 46m Directed by: Daisuke Nishio. Starring: Masako Nozawa, Toshio Furukawa, Mayumi Tanaka, Takeshi Kusao, Ryô Horikawa, Kazuyuki Sogabe, Hisao Egawa, Toshio Kobayashi, Kôji Yada, Kôhei Miyauchi, Naoko Watanabe, Naoki Tatsuta, Mayumi Seto. Music by: Shunsuke Kikuchi, Mark Menza.
The death of Dr. Gero at the hands of Androids 17 and 18 prompts the activation of Androids 13, 14, and 15. They try to kill Goku, who fights them with the help of Trunks, Piccolo, Vegeta, Krillin, and Gohan.
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After hearing so many good things about this movie, I was sure I was going to be in for a real treat. Now, after watching it twice, I wonder: what were all of those people smoking!? This film is horrible, with bad music, a horrible story, and uninspiring characters.
The fights between Goku, Trunks, Vegeta, and the new androids were horribly uneven. The three of them are getting beaten up badly by the androids even after going super saiyajin, which has a very cliche' scene of Trunks and Vegeta "just barely" defeating their android opponents. What suprises me is Trunks is actually able to kill no. 14 with his useless sword. Anyway, I won't spoil the ending, but since there's nothing worth spoiling, I'll just dwelve into more of the bad points. First, the Japanese title of the film(The Three Super Saiyajin) is one of the most misleading titles in existence. The three of them only go SSJ for ONE MINUTE! NO, I'M NOT KIDDING, THEY ONLY STAY IN SUPER SAIYAJIN FORM FOR A SINGLE MINUTE! And even though the movie's horribly short, that's not much time. Also, most of the film is donated to Kuririn acting like an idiot. He serves no purpose except to be the butt of the writer's cruel jokes(like almost have his face fried by a stray energy blast). The ending is unwatchable. I am going to say this: there is NO WAY Goku would be able to defeat Super 13 the way he did.
BOTTOM LINE: If you've bought the DVD, I have two suggestions: 1., Sell it at a movie dealer(if they're actually crazy enough to buy it), or 2., use it as a frisbee.
Review by SSJAniFan from the Internet Movie Database.