Meanwhile, in the world of the living, Frieza's army, or at least what's left of it, is lead by Sorbet who is the highest ranking living officer. There were many ahead of him in line, but they all died on Namek. Since then, Sorbet has been searching for the dragon balls to revive Frieza, primarily looking for the Namekians because he's too terrified of Goku and Vegeta to go after the ones on Earth. Finally, after many years, Sorbet is desperate and risks visiting Earth to collect the dragon balls and wish for Frieza to come back to life. This scene brings up a few inconsistencies, first Shenron points out that Frieza was chopped up and bringing him back to life will leave him with a damaged body, yet both Krillin and Chiaotzu had been disintegrated and Shenron brought them back without any trouble, so I guess Shenron just tried harder with them. Second, Shenron bringsup that he can grant a second wish because Dende improved him, but in the previous movie he only granted one wish, I guess Beerus must have scared him so much he forgot. Anyway the second wish is squandered by Shu on a million zeni, which is a good wish, but you think they would have wished to be adult again or Sorbet could have wished for Frieza to be whole, but no, they just drop some cash and leave everyone to finish their business the hard way.
Six months later, Frieza has trained, gotten stronger and returns to Earth to seek vengeance upon Goku and Trunks, not that he has any idea how to find Trunks(BTW, that version is in the future so they'll never find him). Gohan, Piccolo, Krillin, Tienshihan and Master Roshi are presently responsible for defending Earth against Frieza's army, which they pull off quite well, despite being outnumbered by about two hundred to one. Yamcha and Chiaotzu are left out because Tienshihan thinks this battle is out of their league, and Gohan feels about the same way about Goten and Trunks. Android 18 is staying home with her daughter Maron. I don't know why Majin Buu is staying out of this, they mention him but he never shows up.
Oh and they are also being assisted by Jaco the Intergalactic Patrolman. Who is Jaco you might ask? Funny story, Akira Toriyama recently did a short series about Jaco who comes to Earth to save us from an alien invasion but gets sidetracked by a young girl named Tights. At the end of the series we find out that Tights is Bulma's older sister and the alien invasion was actually the arrival of Goku which Jaco missed because he was busy with Tights and fortunately Gohan took care of the situation. Jaco has since considered the mission complete and has been working elsewhere until now. He is a bit of a coward but can hold his own with the others.
Goku and Vegeta are absent because they are across the universe training with Whis and Beerus who they bribed with pizza. It is worth noting that at this point Earth only continues to exist because the God of Destruction is being bribed with junk food. Bulma uses a strawberry sundae to get Whis's attention and Goku and Vegeta arrive in time to fight Frieza. Goku takes his turn first and the battle is pretty epic. And then they transform, Goku goes Super Saiyan God 2, a form that is basically Super Saiyan God, except no need for other Saiyans and hair turns blue instead of red. Frieza also has a new form, Golden Frieza. the fight continues and it's bigger and badder than anything we've ever seen before. Then Goku gets cocky and tries to let Frieza go, but Sorbet shoots Goku and brings him within an inch of his life. He gets a senzu bean and hands off the battle to Vegeta, who turns out to have also pulled off the new Super Saiyan God form and beats Frieza without mercy. Frieza pulls his old "I'll just destroy the whole planet!" last ditch effort. Whis protects the himself and the others at the battlefield within a protective shield, then after Goku realizes he was a fool, Whis rewinds time by three minutes and gives Goku a chance to kill Frieza before he blows up the planet.
After the story wraps and the credits roll, we see Hell again, and the cute little imps smile at Frieza back in his cocoon, "Welcome home!"
This movie was awesome, but it only runs this week, so if you don't have your tickets, get them now!
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