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Overview

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Director:

Corey Yuen

Writers (WGA):

J.F. Lawton (screenplay) and
Adam Gross (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

7 September 2006 (Australia) more

Genre:

Action | Adventure more

Tagline:

You're Invited. more

Plot:

The movie adaptation of the best selling video game series Dead or Alive. full summary | full synopsis

Awards:

1 nomination more

NewsDesk:
(4 articles)

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User Comments:

A Poor Excuse For A Plot, But Good Action, Really Not That Bad more (158 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Additional Details

Also Known As:

D.O.A. - Dead or Alive (Germany)
DOA (USA) (short title)
Dead or Alive (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for pervasive martial arts and action violence, some sexuality and nudity.

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA | Germany | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Filming Locations:

Heng Dian, China more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

The volleyball scene is a reference to the DOA spin-off Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball (2003) (VG) and the ball used is an exact replica of the in-game ball. more

Goofs:

Continuity: From the scoreboard it can be seen that there are 16 fighters, Bass, Bayman, Brad Wong, Christie, Eliot, Gen Fu, Hayabusa, Helena, Hitomi, Jann Lee, Kasumi, Leifang, Leon, Max, Tina and Zack. The match-ups for the first round are Bass vs. Tina (shown), Bayman vs. Brad Wong (shown), Christie vs. Jann Lee (shown), Gen Fu vs. Leifang (shown), Kasumi vs. Leon (shown), Hayabusa vs. Eliot (shown) and Zack vs. Max (Max says this to Christie). This leaves only Helena and Hitomi as remaining fighters yet Helena is clearly shown winning against an (unnamed) male fighter. more

Quotes:

[first lines]
Ryu Hayabusa: Princess Kasumi, your brother is dead. Your destiny is to lead your people.
Kasumi: I will not believe he is dead, until I see his body.
Ryu Hayabusa: There is no body.
Kasumi: Then he is not dead.
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Movie Connections:

References Enter the Dragon (1973) more


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65 out of 95 people found the following comment useful.
A Poor Excuse For A Plot, But Good Action, Really Not That Bad, 9 September 2006
7/10
Author: Quaay from Australia

Wow. I never thought In my wildest dreams that I would be standing behind this film, sticking up for it opposed to slandering it with the rest. I actually went to see it for a laugh and so what if there were a half dozen beautiful girls flaunting there stuff right? well the first 10 minutes kinda made me think I was gonna be dead right, but not entirely. Sure it was a very poor excuse for a plot, but the action was really quite good. Before I get into that I need to make a remark, a lot of people have been slandering this movie because of it's story line, fair enough, but if you say that it doesn't make sense, you must be one thick chimpanzee, The story is so linear it hurts, and very, I repeat VERY easy to understand! Back to the movie. The acting was fine, I was especially pleased at Holly's Performance, A perfect role for her I would say, if Anyone's ever seen any of her film clips

Plot: Pro-wrestler Tina (Jaime Pressly), master thief Christie (Holly Valance), and ninja princess Kasumi (Devon Aoki) are competitors in a martial arts tournament with a $10 million prize.

That pretty much sums up the basis of the plot haha but yeah. Good Action, Hot Girls, a worth while watch. Oh and another thing, Sarah Carter who starred in 3 episodes of Smallville plays another butt kickin' Babe, very sexy. It was kind of refreshing be able to watch a movie where the plot wasn't really a problem at all, all you had to do was focus on what was going on, no having to think about how this person knows this person and why they want to kill each other. It was also good to see a 'Girl Power' Flick which wasn't cheesy in the way that Charlie's Angels was, yeah it was cheesy in other ways, but none of that, "come on angels, let's go get 'em" All in all a good watch, I just hope they don't try and do a sequel *sighs* and IF they do, I hope they get a damn script writer!!!!

7 Stars

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