DOA: Dead or Alive (2006)

The world's best fighters are invited to DOA, an invitational martial arts contest. There, four female rival fighters will have to work together to uncover the secret that the organizer of the tournament is trying to hide.

Director:

Corey Yuen (as Cory Yuen)

Writers:

J.F. Lawton (screenplay), Adam Gross (screenplay)

Stars:

Jaime Pressly, Devon Aoki, Sarah Carter

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jaime Pressly	...	Tina Armstrong
Devon Aoki	...	Kasumi
Holly Valance	...	Christie Allen
Sarah Carter	...	Helena Douglas
Natassia Malthe	...	Ayane
Kane Kosugi	...	Ryu Hayabusa
Matthew Marsden	...	Max
Eric Roberts	...	Donovan
Steve Howey	...	Weatherby
Brian White	...	Zack
Kevin Nash	...	Bass Armstrong
Collin Chou	...	Hayate
Derek Boyer	...	Bayman
Silvio Simac	...	Leon
Fang Liu	...	Gen Fu

Storyline

A number of fighters are invited to DOA, an invitational martial arts contest. They travel to the tournament island by plane, until they have to jump out mid-flight with parachutes, and then have until sundown to reach the main island to be entered into the tournament. Fighters are then pooled against one another in a knock-out style tournament, with the loser of a battle sent home, and the winner progressing to the subsequent round. The plot revolves around four female fighters who begin as rivals, but subsequently find themselves teaming up against another force.

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Plot Keywords:

based on video game | bare midriff | legs crossed | gagged | tournament | 

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Taglines:

Killer looks are nothing without the right moves...

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Genres:

Action | Adventure

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Official Sites:

Offical site [Germany] TFM [France]

Country:

UK Germany Japan USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 June 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

DOA

Filming Locations:

China

Box Office

Budget:

$21,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$260,713, 17 June 2007

Gross USA:

$480,314

Company Credits

Production Co:

Constantin Film, VIP 4 Medienfonds, Mindfire Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Eliot (the fighter faced by Ryu Hayabusa) is the only fighter introduced in Dead or Alive 4 (2005) to make an appearance in the film. In the games, Eliot is a young boy with blond hair from Britain. In the film, he is an Asian man.

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Goofs

(at around 57 mins) When Helena is attacked by multiple foes she kicks cherry blossom at their faces. During the wider shots we see there are no cherry blossom trees around.

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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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Connections

References Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball (2003)

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Soundtracks

Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (as Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky)
Performed by Leopold Stokowski, New York Symphony Orchestra
Courtesy of Cala Records
By arrangement with Brewman Music & Entertainment

User Reviews

Interesting movie with excellent fight sequences

I was expecting some good fun from this movie because its directed by Cory Yuen, who also did the fight choreography on Transporter 2 which was just amazing. Anyways this was a good solid PG-13 action film with nonstop fighting and I liked it, I mean I have seen better, but I have seen much worse also. Jaime Pressly is great in this movie along with Eric Roberts and Devon Aoki. Great cast and great fights makes this out to be a pretty good movie, plus hot babes that can fight just never gets old in the action genre to me. Overall I gave this movie a 7 out of 10 because I thought it was good and entertaining but it could have been a little better if it had been rated R or if the fights were extended a little more.

7 out of 10, recommended for fight fans and action junkies like myself.