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I feel very meh about it. Cell was a great villain because of his cruelty and his composure. He was everything Gohan was not. Cell craved battle and glory while Gohan was peaceful and kind. Cell represented both a physical and ideological struggle for Gohan to overcome. Cell Max was just a monster. A McGuffin for a thirty second payout. He didn't represent anything besides destruction.

Gohan lapsing on his training is an overused plot point now. It happened during the buu saga, it happened with battle of gods, it happened when frieza returned, before the tournament of power, and again in this movie. How it even happened this time is a mystery considering his resolve to become stronger right before he sparred with goku and fought in the tournament. It felt like a huge step back in his character just so they can reuse the same character arc.

And the payoff was lackluster. Final Gohan was on screen for 2 minutes tops. It was good and all, but not worth the buildup. Piccolo had a much better showing, my only complaint is that his power up came from the dragon balls and not from his intense training.

Gamma 1 and 2 were great, by far the best thing about the movie. Cool designs and characters overall. Gamma 2 had so much in common with Sayiaman that I expected Gohan to don his outfit in this movie and have the two personas collide.