A piece of garbage and the best argument for reading books since the first pop-up appeared.
DOA: Dead or Alive
United Kingdom, Germany, United States · 2006
Rated PG-13 · 1h 27m
Director Corey Yuen
Starring Jaime Pressly, Devon Aoki, Holly Valance, Sarah Carter
Genre Adventure, Action, Thriller
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Four beautiful rivals at an invitation-only martial-arts tournament join forces against a sinister threat. Princess Kasumi is an aristocratic warrior trained by martial-arts masters. Tina Armstrong is a wrestling superstar. Helena Douglas is an athlete with a tragic past. Christie Allen earns her keep as a thief and an assassin-for-hire.
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What are critics saying?
New York Daily News by Jack Mathews
"Charlie's Angels," "Survivor," "American Gladiators" and "Girls Gone Wild" are just some of the bad influences on Hong Kong action director Corey Yuen's laughably silly adaptation of the video game DOA: Dead or Alive.
The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
Free of blood, bruises and visible trauma, DOA revels in its fakery. And though the film presents more exuberant female flesh than hiring day at Hooters, it's strictly for titillation.
So insubstantial that it practically evaporates on screen.
The action has more to do with digital effects than true martial artistry, and is targeted squarely at adolescent boys too young to rent porn and gamers too lazy to yank their own joysticks.
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