DOA: Dead or Alive2007
DOA: Dead or Alive (2007)
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Critic Consensus: With a ridiculous plot and comical acting, checking one's brain at the door is required before watching DOA: Dead or Alive.
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Cast
as Tina Armstrong
as Princess Kasumi
as Helena Douglas
as Ayane
as Ryu Hayabusa
as Max
as Donovan
as Weatherby
as Zack
as Bass Armstrong
as Hayate
as Bayman
as Leon
as Gen Fu
as Lei Fang
as Chief Detective
as Butler
as Gentleman
as Pirate Leader
as Bellboy
as Nurse Jones
as Christie Allen
as Hitomi
as Brad Wong
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Critic Reviews for DOA: Dead or Alive
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Let's hope some special form of punishment awaits the man or woman who came up with the idea of basing movies on video games.
If you only ever see one bad movie about warrior chicks who meet on a tropical isle for a fight contest, make it DOA: Dead or Alive.
Quantcast The plot is but an excuse for a series of elaborately choreographed fight sequences featuring a combination of digital and wire work that somehow manages to feel completely fake despite the obvious physical exertions of its well-trained cast.
DOA was the right title for this, acronym-bending or not.
There was a time when movies like DOA: Dead or Alive lurked sheepishly at schoolboy height on video store shelves, spines straining to accommodate the charms of their actresses.
Charlie's Angels, Survivor, American Gladiators and Girls Gone Wild are just some of the bad influences on Hong Kong action director Corey Yuen's laughably silly adaptation of the video game DOA: Dead or Alive.
Audience Reviews for DOA: Dead or Alive
Yep this is a videogame adaptation alright, if its possible this is even more cheesy and ridiculous than 'Mortal Kombat' and 'Tekken' put together. Based on one of the more weaker 'beat em up's' which is famous for having very realistic boobs on the female fighters. I don't really know anymore as I've never really played this fighter, a poor man's 'Tekken' methinks. The plot is...well it doesn't really matter does it, like all beat em up adaptations its purely and simply about the fights whilst the plot is meaningless poo and completely incomprehensible. The same can be said for the actual videogames of course but you play them for fun whilst making a pathetic film with bottom of the barrel actors is another inexcusable matter. Its aimed at kids so as you can guess there is no real fighting whatsoever, its all nice and gentle with no violence or actual hitting in anyway really. I've haven't seen so much lame ass CGI and wire work for some time, couple that with hilariously bad costumes on some characters, close to the bone skimpy outfits on some female characters (that's all good), your usual exotic locations mixed with the ever popular Eastern arenas such as the bamboo forest (again) and the usual mix of cliched unoriginal fighters ('DOA' was a late entry into the beat em up world). Its all very colourful with lots of flashing digital effects and stupid onscreen videogame type imagery just in case you forgot your watching a shitty videogame adaptation. The most unforgivable issue here though is the fact the fights are so poor and fake looking, the female cast maybe gorgeous and semi famous (Holly Valance) but they can't do the moves and they can't act like they can do the moves. It may look pretty and shiny but this still manages to rank below most other crappy videogame films because its so dumb and vacant ('MK' and 'Tekken' had some grit at least). Had it come along earlier (like its actual videogame counterpart) then it might have fared slightly better, its still not as bad as 'Street Fighter'.
Super Reviewer
Devon Aoki's acting is more predictable than my balls in a hot-tub. this is a movie called "dead or alive: dead or alive." There is also a black guy with a green dinosaur-spike mow-hawk who thinks everybody wants to fight him or blow him. im sure theres a real world audition tape of him somewhere.
Super Reviewer
Kevin nash was funny . . Eric Roberts was funny . .the whole movie was more fun than it shouldve been oh wait it wasnt a comedy??
Super Reviewer
DOA: Dead or Alive Quotes
| Christie: | Well, they're a girl's best friend. Made form carbons. Subjected to high pressure. Traditionally a 60th Wedding Anniversary gift. And they're forever. |
| Hayabusa: | Princess Kasumi (knelt down)! i beg you do not leave the clan!... |
| Hayabusa: | Princess Kasumi! [knelt down] I beg you do not leave the clan! |
| Ayane: | (To Kasumi) I'm your servant but if you leave i'm honor bound to kill you... |
| Ayane: | [To Kasumi] I'm your servant but if you leave I'm honor bound to kill you... |