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• John M

  
  Kevin nash was funny . . Eric Roberts was funny . .the whole movie was more fun than it shouldve been oh wait it wasnt a comedy??

• Phil H

  
  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… More
  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'.

• Coxxie M

  
  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… More
  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.

• Wahida K

  
  OUTSTANDING!

• Dead A

  
  Cheap!

• E.J. B

  
  DOA: Dead On Arrival. The person who chose this movie to watch has now been banned from ever having this privilege.

• Alexander W

  
  Had it not been for three very beautiful and extremely fit ladies and some funny lines in the scipt i doubt this film would have been released, i didn't even watch the end once I guessed Tina wasn't going to win the competition, who knows what happens, and do i really care?… More
  Had it not been for three very beautiful and extremely fit ladies and some funny lines in the scipt i doubt this film would have been released, i didn't even watch the end once I guessed Tina wasn't going to win the competition, who knows what happens, and do i really care? no

• Lorenzo v

  
  <i>Ayane: I am your servant but if you leave the compound, I am honor-bound to kill you.</i> You'll probably love this film...If you're a 9 year old kid drooling over Jaime Pressly in a bikini that is. This film has got to be the stupidest action movie ever. I… More
  <i>Ayane: I am your servant but if you leave the compound, I am honor-bound to kill you.</i> You'll probably love this film...If you're a 9 year old kid drooling over Jaime Pressly in a bikini that is. This film has got to be the stupidest action movie ever. I mean that's saying a lot because I've seen almost all of Seagal's straight-to-video movies and at least the guys there had the decency to respect the law of Physics but this one, they just trashed Newton and went crazy with the ridiculous fight scenes and all that comes along with it. I mean, jumping off a cliff which is higher than the Empire State building and surviving the fall in the deep waters below, I'm no scientist but I think it is considered fatal if you jump that high in that altitude, its like hitting solid ground. All lead actresses were bland, hollow and annoying. The only good thing about them is that volleyball scene and that's that. Yes they're pretty but its sad to say their assets were wasted bigtime on this one. I'm talking about physical assets. If you're talking about acting skills, it is zilch. <b>1/5</b>

• Arash X

  
  Based on a fighting game series, Unoriginal with a very weak plot, But It's entertaining & funny specially because of its logical flaws & plot holes and ofcourse its unrealisticness

• Drew S

  
  It's tempting to write this off as camp, but I'm not so sure, considering it's directed by a 55-year old Cantonese man who probably thinks that this is what Americans find funny and awesome in alternation. Well...it's funny, in a derisive "am I seriously… More
  It's tempting to write this off as camp, but I'm not so sure, considering it's directed by a 55-year old Cantonese man who probably thinks that this is what Americans find funny and awesome in alternation. Well...it's funny, in a derisive "am I seriously seeing this?" kind of way. And it's awesome like those really endearing foreigners you see at community college, who you may occasionally attempt to talk to and they just give you this awkward cute smile and return to their own little ESL-fueled world. I don't really know what I'm getting at here. The movie sucks, yeah, but serves its highest purpose as a punching bag for you and your cynical friends. If you're watching it for the gratuitous T&A or the badly-edited, generic action, then you are a sad person and should stay in your room forever.

• Craig S

  
  <b><u>Directed by:</u> Corey Yuen.</b> <b><u>Starring:</u> Devon Aoki, Eric Roberts, Holly Valance, Jaime Pressly, Matthew Marsden, Natassia Malthe, Sarah Carter.</b> OK....good things about this film...Well its a faithful adaption of… More
  <b><u>Directed by:</u> Corey Yuen.</b> <b><u>Starring:</u> Devon Aoki, Eric Roberts, Holly Valance, Jaime Pressly, Matthew Marsden, Natassia Malthe, Sarah Carter.</b> OK....good things about this film...Well its a faithful adaption of the video game....I guess.....is that even a good thing? Now I knew what to expect from this film before I saw it, a brainless, cheesy action film made only to show some great choreography and action in the style of Hero and House of Flying Daggers and show women in bikinis, so I got in the mood to watch this....and was still extremely disappointed. Yes the script is cardboard thin, I think trying to be 100% faithful to the game by actually making the whole film look like a game was a bad idea, yes it adds the cheese to it that you would expect, but you don't expect it to be completely smothered in it. The dialogue is cheesy (expected), the acting wasn't even there (expected)...basically everything that I expected was there....but I never thought that everything I wanted to be great was extremely bad. From director Cory Yuen, a master choreographer on films such as the first Transporter is at his complete worst here....he didn't do the choreography, but he made it worse. When there were signs of promise with the choreography shown, the direction jumps in with shaky camera movements (to give the effect that the character got hit hard), quick cuts and zooms and ridiculous sound effects. The film is completely ridiculous and far fetched, which I expected but theres nothing there to even make the film 'exciting' or 'fun'. As for the women in bikinis, you can get more satisfaction from a Maxim magazine. And I think I will now have nightmares after seeing Eric Roberts in a very bad wig. Not recommended.

• Steve K

  
  Well, what's there to say? It is what it is. It was certainly diverting, at any rate.

• EightThirty .

  
  COOL AZZZ..These Girls are Pretty TOUGH!^_^!

• A.D. V

  
  Eye candy; male eye candy to be more specific. As far as video game adaptions go this is pretty accurate...considering the game didn't have much in the way of plot either. What it basically boils down to is hot, sweaty women fighting and bending their bodies in ways that can… More
  Eye candy; male eye candy to be more specific. As far as video game adaptions go this is pretty accurate...considering the game didn't have much in the way of plot either. What it basically boils down to is hot, sweaty women fighting and bending their bodies in ways that can only be accomplished in video games. The one big plus for me though is... <a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k49/advee/helena.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a> Sarah Carter as Helena....Mmmmm.

• Kylie B

  
  Ah Dead or Alive. Being a fan of the games I wasn't looking to expect much from this in terms of accuracy or plot. However, aside from Helena (who is given characteristics more like Hitomi than her game self) and Hayabusa's costume all the back stories, clothing and… More
  Ah Dead or Alive. Being a fan of the games I wasn't looking to expect much from this in terms of accuracy or plot. However, aside from Helena (who is given characteristics more like Hitomi than her game self) and Hayabusa's costume all the back stories, clothing and personalities were pretty accurate. Of course, even in the game the plot is thin but this delivers a reasonable mix of comedy and the martial art action. Not enough Ayane for my taste though.

• Tim B

  
  Exactly as good as you think it's going to be... Lot's of fighting...check Girls in skimpy bikinis...check Bare bones plot...check ...If you were looking for something more, you've come to the wrong place. Best viewed with pizza and beer with the boys.

• Dean !

  
  Probably the best game to film adaptation so far. Really keeps the feel of the game with flashy graphic scenes just like playing the game. The charaters are true to the game and the fights very impressive. Complete with the sexy female charaters and it couldn't be any more like… More
  Probably the best game to film adaptation so far. Really keeps the feel of the game with flashy graphic scenes just like playing the game. The charaters are true to the game and the fights very impressive. Complete with the sexy female charaters and it couldn't be any more like the game.

• JY S

  
  So what do we have here? Another video game to movie adaptation. I myself am not a big fan of the game or haven't played them a whole bunch to really be able to compare the stories between the two. So I won't get into that. I can honestly say though that some of the… More
  So what do we have here? Another video game to movie adaptation. I myself am not a big fan of the game or haven't played them a whole bunch to really be able to compare the stories between the two. So I won't get into that. I can honestly say though that some of the character relationships are not on the same page as the game and some of the characters didn't look like what many people were expecting them to. Hayabusa is an example of this. These are a couple things that will make die-hard fans of the game hate this movie. With that said let us move on.<p>You do not have to have played the game or known that the game exists to watch this film. Since the story is really weak it will be easy to follow and understand. This movie does come in at a short 80 minutes though, which leads me to say that there wasn't really any character development or background, with the exception of Kasumi (Devon Aoki) maybe. They actually get a good amount of characters from the game in here but other than the ones on the cover they have very little airtime or importance in the film. If the movie was longer that might have been different.</p><p>Many people will compare this movie to <i>Mortal Kombat</i>. Why? Because they are both adaptations of games that are pretty similar conceptually. So lets do a little comparison, action wise. This film does have a ton of action. Way more than <i>Mortal Kombat</i>, in my opinion, and the quality and choreography of the fights are about the same. Nothing really spectacular. The only exception may be the fights involving Helena (Sarah Carter). She really does have a couple nice action scenes. One of her fights may actually stick out like the Johnny Cage-Scorpion fight from the first <i>Mortal Kombat</i>.</p><p>In case you're wondering, yes this movie does have a lot of female cleavage and sexuality (no nudity) just like the game does to attract the male population. They even get the 4 girls to play volleyball in this movie. I ain't complaining.</p><p>At the end of the day this movie is an action first story last film with some pretty decent choreography and hot girls to play the characters. It is these girls that actually boosted my rating for this movie. But, when it comes down to it I would rather sit down and watch <i>Mortal Kombat</i> because of the way better soundtrack. I'm also a bigger fan of the MK series so I can relate to the movie more. Oh, before I forget, it was nice to see a cameo from Robin Shou, who was in the <i>Mortal Kombat</i> films. Too bad it was only for a mere minute.

• Lewis C

  
  Not as bad as you think it is, but if you're not a fan of the games or B-level action movies, you should probably skip this one.

• Luke B

  
  t's a steaming pile of crap, with no plot to speak of, so-so acting cheesy dialogue etc. But who cares, it had incredibly beautiful women in not a lot of clothing punching people. Needless to say if you want your films to be brainless and ever so pretty to look at this is the… More
  t's a steaming pile of crap, with no plot to speak of, so-so acting cheesy dialogue etc. But who cares, it had incredibly beautiful women in not a lot of clothing punching people. Needless to say if you want your films to be brainless and ever so pretty to look at this is the one. I was laughing all the way through at the absurdity and poor script, but at least I was having fun and enjoyed the whole film.

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