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      Dead or Alive: Final

      Released Nov 29, 2002 1h 28m Mystery & Thriller Action Crime Drama List
      42% Tomatometer 12 Reviews 40% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings A drug lord orders a policeman (Riki Takeuchi) to crush a rebel guerrilla (Terence Yin), which leaves the latter's girlfriend looking for revenge. Read More Read Less

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      Bilge Ebiri Citysearch Although some viewers will not be able to stomach so much tongue-in-cheek weirdness, those who do will have found a cult favorite to enjoy for a lifetime. Rated: 8/10 Nov 29, 2002 Full Review Stephen Holden New York Times Alternating between facetious comic parody and pulp melodrama, this smart-aleck movie ... tosses around some intriguing questions about the difference between human and android life. Rated: 3/5 Nov 29, 2002 Full Review V.A. Musetto New York Post Plods along, minus the twisted humor and eye-popping visuals that have made Miike ... a cult hero. Rated: 2/4 Nov 29, 2002 Full Review Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse Miike directs a movie that pins the Chinese against the Japanese, although this time the concept is presented in a completely different fashion, mainly because the main language in the story is Cantonese, and only the two protagonists speak Japanese Dec 1, 2019 Full Review Ed Travis Cinapse Final is a fitting capper to the trilogy Nov 13, 2018 Full Review Anton Bitel Film4 a disappointing lo-fi sci-fi closer to an excellent trilogy - even if its climactic sequence is one of Miike's ballsiest. Rated: 2.5/5 Jun 12, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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      camille l Les films de Miike Takashi se ressemblent quand même beaucoup. Pour ce dernier opus de Dead or Alive, l'ouverture est fabuleuse et la fin probablement encore plus folle que celle du premier épisode. Malheureusement, c'est le développement qui est un peu faiblard, malgré une belle vision d'un Yokohama du 24e siècle, sous un filtre jaune que n'aurait pas renié Michael Bay. Aikawa Sho et Takeuchi Riki sont formidables, Terence Yin et Richard Chen sont de solides seconds rôles, mais rien n'y fait, Final est bien moins réussi que Tobosha ou Hanzaisha. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Ridiculous, over the top, amateurish, glorious. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member The final installment takes us into the future where a gay leader has started drugging the public with birth control in his efforts to control the breeders. Our two leads return as a cop and a mysterious blonde android on opposite sides of the resistance movement, which leads into some fun action bits anbd culminates in a truly head scratching finale. Well worth a peep, recommended. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member WTF? This takes a different turn. It's in the future where the government makes people take drugs. There are a bunch of robot people and the two main characters are enemies in this one... it's pretty weird. I see a theme in Takashi Mike's movies about merging the good and evil together... not sure what was up with the penis head, but whatever. The opening was pretty bad ass, but it slows down a bit afterwards. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Sadly the weakest of the DOA trilogy but it's still a lot of fun and it does contain a bonkers ending. This seems to be a satire of sorts on sci-fi movies with nods to Blade Runner, The Matrix and The Terminator. The story is nothing new, and even the characters are easily understood and familiar, but there is something about Miike's gritty take on the conventions of genres and cinema that gives it an originality. Who else but Miike could make three completely different and unrelated movies and tie them all together into a package that is both confusing and cohesive? Okay, so the ending is nuts but it was typical of Miike. Expect the unexpected from him! Riki Takeuchi and Sho Aikawa are once again brilliant in their leading roles and have been in all 3 movies. There's a lot to like in this movie: a good sense of humour, exciting action and some very beautiful moments. It's a great finish to the series. You could criticise it for being a bit cheesy, but isn't that part of the charm? Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Sadly the weakest of the DOA trilogy but it's still a lot of fun and it does contain a bonkers ending. This seems to be a satire of sorts on sci-fi movies with nods to Blade Runner, The Matrix and The Terminator. The story is nothing new, and even the characters are easily understood and familiar, but there is something about Miike's gritty take on the conventions of genres and cinema that gives it an originality. Who else but Miike could make three completely different and unrelated movies and tie them all together into a package that is both confusing and cohesive? Okay, so the ending is nuts but it was typical of Miike. Expect the unexpected from him! Riki Takeuchi and Sho Aikawa are once again brilliant in their leading roles and have been in all 3 movies. There's a lot to like in this movie: a good sense of humour, exciting action and some very beautiful moments. It's a great finish to the series. You could criticise it for being a bit cheesy, but isn't that part of the charm? Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Rebel group (center: Terence Yin as Fon and Josie Ho as Jyun) Woo's fighter Riki Takeuchi as Honda Show Aikawa as Ryo Honda (Riki Takeuchi) and Ryo (Show Aikawa) fight Dead or Alive: Final (2002) View more photos

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A drug lord orders a policeman (Riki Takeuchi) to crush a rebel guerrilla (Terence Yin), which leaves the latter's girlfriend looking for revenge.
      Director
      Takashi Miike
      Producer
      Mitsuru Kurosawa
      Screenwriter
      Hitoshi Ishikawa, Yoshinobu Kamo, Ichiro Ryu
      Distributor
      Kino Pictures
      Production Co
      Daiei Motion Picture Company, Excellent Film, Toei Video Company
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
      Original Language
      Chinese
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Nov 29, 2002, Wide
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Sep 24, 2017
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $1.8K
      Runtime
      1h 28m
      Sound Mix
      Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Dolby SR
      Aspect Ratio
      Flat (1.85:1)
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