Dragonball Evolution is a 2009 American science fantasy kung-fu action film directed by James Wong produced by Stephen Chow and written by Ben Ramsey. It is loosely based on the Japanese Dragon Ball manga series created by Akira Toriyama and stars Justin Chatwin Emmy Rossum James Marsters Jamie Chung Chow Yun-fat Joon Park and Eriko Tamura. In Dragonball Evolution the young Goku reveals his past and sets out to fight the evil alien warlord Lord Piccolo who wishes to gain the powerful Dragon Balls and use them to take over Earth.