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D.O.A.: Dead or Alive

Play trailer Poster for D.O.A.: Dead or Alive PG-13 Released Jun 15, 2007 1h 30m Action Sci-Fi Play Trailer Watchlist
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Four beautiful rivals at an invitation-only martial-arts tournament join forces against a sinister threat. Princess Kasumi (Devon Aoki) is an aristocratic warrior trained by martial-arts masters. Tina Armstrong (Jaime Pressly) is a wrestling superstar. Helena Douglas (Sarah Carter) is an athlete with a tragic past. Christie Allen (Holly Valance) earns her keep as a thief and an assassin-for-hire.
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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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Josh Rosenblatt Austin Chronicle 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. Rated: 0/5 Jun 30, 2007 Full Review Gregory Kirschling Entertainment Weekly 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. Rated: B Jun 20, 2007 Full Review Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter 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. Jun 19, 2007 Full Review David Hogan hoganreviews.co.uk So cringey, so ... aimed at horny 13-year-olds and so devoid of any well shot or acted moment I just grew more and more fed up. Not even good to watch for a laugh. Rated: 1/5 Jun 17, 2020 Full Review Sebastian Zavala Kahn Más Gamers I do not recommend DOA: Dead or Alive, not even to the most hardcore fan of video games. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 1.5/4 Mar 14, 2017 Full Review Jim Lane Sacramento News & Review Yuen's propensity for impossible computer-generated slow-mo combat action wears thin. Rated: 2/5 Aug 7, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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Rain O It's just too painful to watch. I cringe the whole movie. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 12/06/24 Full Review Alexandre N A story that ain’t much interesting, but the movie is still fun to watch because of the surprisingly good action scenes. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/11/24 Full Review Elias R Estamos en 2024 y ya no suele haber cine tan exquisito como este. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/13/24 Full Review James U Delivers exactly what it's supposed to. Over the top action with hot flexible bodies glistening in a picturesque fantasy martial arts world. Got to love it Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/16/23 Full Review Elvis D El productor Paul W.S. Anderson había hecho un trabajo realmente aceptable con las primeras adaptaciones de Mortal Kombat y Resident Evil, pero con DOA el resultado fue mínimo. Lo curioso es que el director fue un coreógrafo experto en artes marciales que había destacado bastante, pero parece que al momento de dirigir una película las cosas salen distintas. Esta adaptación fue otro intento fallido de adaptar otro videojuego conocido del momento y carece de una buena escritura. Tiene una trama simple, pero con una falta de profundidad y nada de desarrollo de personajes. El guion simplemente es bastante malo. Los efectos digitales son bastante obvios y podríamos decir que se trata de una película de acción de serie B, lo cual no es extraño teniendo en cuenta la fuerte influencia que tuvo Roger Corman sobre Paul Anderson. La película tiene un tono infantil y humorístico, pero la acción es lo que destaca bastante. Realmente cuenta con buenas escenas de pelea, haciendo que el argumento sea irrelevante y solo la acción importe, o sea se trata de una película que se disfruta solo por la acción. También lo que más destaca en esta película son las hermosas mujeres del elenco. Verlas luchando con ese bello físico que poseen hacen que muchas de sus escenas sean un delicioso entretenimiento para los ojos de los hombres de la audiencia y quizás también para algunas mujeres. Otro detalle que no se puede descartar es la banda sonora de Junkie XL, que acompaña bastante bien las escenas de combate. DOA como película y adaptación es claramente mala, con un guion mal escrito, pero logra seguir siendo disfrutable y entretenida gracias a las escenas de acción y las hermosas actrices. Mi calificación final para esta película es un 6/10. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/30/23 Full Review Matthew B I don't understand the low score for this film what do people expect? This film is damn near prefect, is it bad of course it is but it's also prefect. It's got hot chick's in bikinis, exploding islands I'm not super familiar with the games but what little I do know that's what I remember from them. This movie isn't two hours long it's short and sweet. Idk what else to say this movie is worth the watch. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Four beautiful rivals at an invitation-only martial-arts tournament join forces against a sinister threat. Princess Kasumi (Devon Aoki) is an aristocratic warrior trained by martial-arts masters. Tina Armstrong (Jaime Pressly) is a wrestling superstar. Helena Douglas (Sarah Carter) is an athlete with a tragic past. Christie Allen (Holly Valance) earns her keep as a thief and an assassin-for-hire.
Director
Corey Yuen
Producer
Mark A. Altman, Paul W.S. Anderson, Jeremy Bolt, Bernd Eichinger
Screenwriter
Adam Gross, Seth Gross, Granz Henman, J.F. Lawton
Distributor
Weinstein Co.
Production Co
VIP 4 Medienfonds, Constantin Film Produktion, Mindfire Entertainment, Impact Pictures
Rating
PG-13 (Nudity|Martial Arts Action/Violence|Some Sexuality)
Genre
Action, Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 15, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$480.3K
Runtime
1h 30m
Sound Mix
Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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