The performances are so wooden that things improve when Eric frickin’ Roberts turns up with a bad wig.
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09/23/06
DOA: Dead or Alive (2007)
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Reviews Counted:41
Fresh:14
Rotten:27
Average Rating:4.5/10
Consensus: With a ridiculous plot and comical acting, checking one's brain at the door is required before watching DOA: Dead or Alive.
Runtime: 87 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Based on a popular series of video games, DOA: DEAD OR ALIVE is set on an exotic island where a group of extraordinary men and women face off against each other in a single-elimination fighting... [More]
Starring: Devon Aoki, Jaime Pressly, Matthew Marsden, Sarah Carter
Director: Corey Yuen
Reviews for DOA: Dead or Alive
Top CriticA film that boys aged 12 to 15 are going to lap up thanks to endless shots of Valance and her curvy co-stars in their swimsuits. But with a plot even flimsier than the bikinis, there’s nothing here for the rest of us.
09/23/06
You know what to expect with Paul WS Anderson onboard as producer.
09/05/06
Top CriticThe über-villain is played, very tragically indeed, by poor Eric Roberts, brother of Julia, and he walks and talks as if his head has been used for kickboxing practice.
09/23/06
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09/23/06
An ideal vehicle for Yuen, who is a dab hand at filming imaginative hand-to-hand combat sequences.
09/23/06
Top CriticIf you're a 15 year old boy, this stands every chance of becoming your favourite film in the entire world. At the very least it's the best movie adaptation of a video game so far.
09/23/06
Yes, this is a genuinely terrible film. But it's also good fun.
09/23/06
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06/23/07
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06/19/07
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06/16/07
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06/23/07
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06/22/07
It's all about as thrilling as watching the countryside whiz by in the car.
06/25/07
Like Mortal Kombat with more exposition... They've already got the tight, muscular bodies glistening with sweat, rain and various forms of mist, kicking ass in their underwear... So why so much story?
06/15/07
DOA: Dead or Alive aspires to be nothing more than a sanctuary from thinking.
06/18/07
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.
06/18/07
There was a time when movies like DOA: Dead or Alive lurked sheepishly at schoolboy height on video store shelves, spines straining to accommodate the charms of their actresses.
06/18/07
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08/07/08
as eager as anyone with a joystick in his hand, and sets up fights in quick succession, only occasionally taking a breath for a spot of volleyball among the contestants
10/19/06
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