D.O.A.: Dead or Alive

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D.O.A.: Dead or Alive

PG-13

2007

1h 30m

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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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Critics 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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Josh Rosenblatt

Austin Chronicle

06/30/2007

0/5

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.

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Gregory Kirschling

Entertainment Weekly

06/20/2007

B

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.

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Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

06/19/2007

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.

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David Hogan

hoganreviews.co.uk

06/17/2020

1/5

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.

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Sebastian Zavala Kahn

Más Gamers

03/14/2017

1.5/4

I do not recommend DOA: Dead or Alive, not even to the most hardcore fan of video games. [Full review in Spanish]

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Jim Lane

Sacramento News & Review

08/07/2008

2/5

Yuen's propensity for impossible computer-generated slow-mo combat action wears thin.

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Kal C.

@Kalclem50 Jun 19

In my opinion, is one of my favorite video game adapted didn’t movie the martial arts and the story is so much fun, I definitely recommend it for fun. Just turn off your brain and just enjoy it. No need to think about it. Just have fun with it and it takes you out. This movie takes you out of your reality and everything is a pure martial arts, action, adventure, movie and if you love video games, you would love this one too.

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Slinkie T

@RT34738069 Jun 16

Compared to the Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat adaptations that preceded it, this is a masterpiece. I have yet to see a movie based on a fighting game come even close to DOA. I never played any of the games though so I don't know how loyal this is to the source material. On its own the movie does have enough characters and tropes to keep your attention if you like low budget western martial arts movies. The attractiveness of the characters does do a lot of heavy lifting. Don't focus too much on the story, it's a tournament fighter nothing more.

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Celeste W.

@CelesteRiv Jun 1

DOA is one of the Dimension Extreme movies that was amazingly awful. DOA is cast wonderfully. It is one of the Dimension Extreme movies worth watching. Jamie Pressley, Holly Valance, Steve Howey are all great and charming. DOA never pretends to be anything more than a video game brought to life movie. It's cheesy and wonderful.

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Blue T

@NK2011 Apr 19

This is one of those movies that are so bad they're good

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William O

@RT82623851 Mar 27

This movie is AWESOME! Maybe if you never played the video game you will not appreciate it as much but it is great to see the back story of all the characters.

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david c

@Gamewriter Jan 13

There's good camp and bad exploitation, and this is definitely good camp. When the story is based around volleyball-playing martial arts superhumans, you gotta run with it and have fun, and this movie definitely does that. Delightfully over the top. Don't bring it to Oscar night, but it's a great mindless diversion that doesn't take itself seriously.

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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, Impact Pictures, Constantin Film Produktion, Mindfire Entertainment
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)