Gokaiger vs. Gavan The Movie Summary

I just got back from the (sold out) showing of Gokaiger vs Gaban. Here's a quick review and (spoiler-filled) synopsis.

There were about ten minutes of trailers before the film. The last one was the Kamen Rider vs Super Sentai movie. It was VERY short and basically said "which group of heroes is the best?" There was a quick shot that looked to be from the Legend War and then an even quicker shot of a line of Kamen Riders. The movie opens in April.

Now, on to the main event...

The movie opens with the Gokai Galleon being attacked by Gaban's ship. It's a really nice scene that makes use of the added budget. Gai's reaction when he realizes that it's Gaban is priceless.

Gaban introduces himself and the Gokaigers protest that they were pretty much given the blessing of Dekkaranger crew, but Gaban remains silent before kicking their five collective asses, arresting them, and delivering them to his superior.

Said superior turns out to be Zangyack in disguise, introduces Gaban Bootleg, and immediately tries to execute the pirates. Before they can, Gaban releases them and returns their changers. There's a short-ish fight before the Gojyudrill makes its entrance and rescues the crew. Gaban, however, is captured and transported to the worst prison in the universe.

Back on the Galleon, Marvelous reveals that Gaban saved his life ten years ago, basically by giving him the courage to jump from a platform that was about to explode.

The stroll down memory lane is interrupted by Basco. He tells them about the space prison that Gaban is being held at, knowing that they'll go off to rescue him and leave the Galleon unguarded. He leaves them alone to figure out how they're going to get to the prison to rescue Gaban.

This is interrupted when Gaban comes walking down a path while talking to a giant Panda. Gai is quick to point out that it's not Gaban, but Battle Kenya. About five seconds later, Denji Blue walks over. Luka thinks they both look like Gaban, but Gai denies it.

Still, they get the idea to use the Battle Kenya and Denji Blue keys to open up a doorway to the space prison where Gaban is being held.

Once they break into the prison, they come across Jealoushito and some of the previous Super Sentai enemies. Having been in prison for awhile, they are a kind of horny and begin to lay flattery on Joe, Lukka, Don, and Ahim.

Back on Earth, Basco is about to get aboard the unguarded Gokai Galleon, but is stopped by the Gobusters team. He thinks they're impostors, but they tell him that they're the 36th and newest Super Sentai team, the GoBusters. They fight Basco to a stalemate, but since Sally was distracted, the're able to get the upper hand.

In the space prison, the Gokaigers free the inmates after encountering a large group of Gormin. Gai and Joe hold them off while the others go off to find Gaban, who is being tortured by Gaban Bootleg. The Zangyack use the portal technology to stall them.

Thanks to the portals, doors in the space prison now lead to other places in the universe. Lukka and Doc wind up in Europe fighting an army made up of the family of the Big Brother/Little Brother Zangyak. Ahim winds up fighting another Zangyak general near an ocean. Marvelous alone makes it through to the room where Gaban is being held. He fights Gaban bootleg and, using a ricochet technique that really need to be seen to be believed, frees Gaban, reversing the roles they were in ten years ago.

The split up team then breaks reality by shooting out the ground beneath their respective feet, reunite in the basement of the space prison, and use a Silver Charged rising strike through the "portals" that takes out most of the Zangyack generals and returns everyone to Earth. It's hard to convey just how awesome this was.

Back on Earth, Gaban fights Gaban bootleg while the Gokaigers fight the Zangyack general. They use an all pink change, an all white change, and an all red change. Gaban bootleg is destroyed after being stabbed and sliced in half while an exploded car burns in the background. Once the Zangyack general is defeated, he grows in size and has telekentic powers that he uses to shuffle buildings into GoJyuGokaiOh. Machfalcon joins the party and forms Kanzen GokaiOh, which then surfs around on the back of Gaban's dragon.

Even THAT isn't quite enough to put away the general, so Marvelous and Gaban do a combined Final Wave attack while standing on the head of the dragon (that is also carrying Kanzen GokaiOh). The combined Final Wave and GokaiOh attacks finally put away the general.

Afterwards, Gaban tells Marvelous that he's happy to see what he's become. Not just a pirate, but a good man. The former Battle Kenya and Denji Blue meet up with the crew. The Gokaigers return their respective keys to them and all transform. We see Gaban pose with Denji Blue and Battle Kenya while Gai flips out and asks for their autographs.