Dead Or Alive "The Movie"
Delayed RELEASED to the USA

Update: The movie is OUT this weekend.

No doubt this will bomb financially given that most people don't know it exists and the buzz is cheesy.  Still it sounds fun and sexy so can it be all bad? 

Here's a sample of a couple of user reviews from imdb that seems to be fairly balanced:

Author: Thomas Jolliffe (supertom-3) from Marlow, England

Dead or Alive is a film that is so exploitative and atrociously bad, that somehow it ended up being a whole lot of fun. However to view this as a fun film, it must be viewed as intended: With brain switched off, and ol' Mr McDong taking control of your functions for 80 minutes. Yes, this may be a film with a predominantly female cast, but ladies need not turn up to watch this, cause they probably won't enjoy it, unless their sexual barometer is registering the opposite end from "hetero."

This film is total gratuity in every regard, from the scantily clad, sexy ladies, to the barrage of testosterone pumping action. This is hot chicks doing high kicks! So with that, and having this the pre-conceived idea when I bought my ticket, I knew I'd enjoy it. Hell the film was marketed right. It's about a video game and has the subtlety of said game, which is in the button bashing, short attention span of the games spectrum. It's a simple movie for a simple movie going experience. IF anyone goes into this film and comes out having not enjoyed it, then they SHOULD have known better!

I think only those who want to see this kind of film, who are in the mood, will watch, and they'll get a kick out of it like me. Critics will despise it cause it represents a film they have to watch, but probably don't want to.

So DOA is essentially a non-interactive video game, an FMV if you will. It's got an awful script, mediocre acting, and all the efforts of the filmmakers have gone into perfectly capturing, glistening, bouncing boobies amongst the martial arts mayhem. The plot essentially is nothing more than little set-ups to all the fights, taking place at a secret fighting tournament set up by Eric Roberts, in grade-A scenery chewing mode. Roberts to me is a tragic waste of talent, who in the early 80's looked a great prospect and to some, me included, has more talent than his over-rated sister Julia (who now of course takes all the plaudits). Roberts is consigned to doing DTV movies now, or TV movies and on the rare occasion he appears back in the multiplexes, it's in another B-movie that usually is awful. However at least Eric is enjoying himself here, relishing his return (somewhat) to the limelight. or to put it another way, to remind people Julia wasn't an only child!

The rest of the main cast, who register any interest, are the hot ladies. There's the rather bizarre, yet strikingly attractive looking Devon Aoki and then there's also Holly Valance, Sarah Carter and Natassia Malthe too. However it's Jaime Pressley who steals the show, not only with her performance, that delivers the most laughs (intentional ones that is), but also she has a bod to die for and considering some stiff competition from Valances sculpted physique in particular, that's no mean feat.

Overall though this film will go down as a classic bad movie. The filmmakers never intended making anything beyond what they deliver. This is bad, it's cheesy and it's forgettable. But it's outrageously fun while it lasts and it most certainly requires the wearing of loose fitting underwear to allow for Sgt Schlong to stand to attention every now and again. I feel guilty having enjoyed it, but I had a good idea of the film that would be delivered and it was delivered as I imagined. ***

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Brain off entertainment, 24 September 2006

Author: Gordon-11 from Hong Kong

This film is about a group of fighters getting invited to a fighting contest. Along the way, they find out there is a plot behind it and they work together to fight the bad guys.

There are quite a few problems with the movie. The plot is implausible. The DOA logo gets an on screen appearance too much that is very annoying. The love relationships seem so poorly built up that it exists just for the sake of existing. Not to mention the numerous soft porn scenes that make the film look cheap.

Oh, and Devon Aokiwears the same facial expression on her face all the time, and her dialogs are spoken in such a plain and mundane way that is devoid of any emotion.

However, there are good things about the film. The film is pure brain-off entertainment. The fight scenes are very well thought out and rehearsed. This alone makes the film fun to watch.

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 Update: Official USA release date for The DoA movie

The DoA movie has been discussed here on DoaCentral for what seems like forever now.  Despite previews and overseas news and releases, the movie etc. we haven't actually seen the official wide release of the movie in the USA.  Well in case you missed it, here's the word to the DoA community straight from (Constantin Film):

--dahlsim

Hello DOA Central!

I am writing to you from the film production company of DOA: DEAD OR ALIVE.  I wanted to inform you that DOA: DEAD OR ALIVE is coming to movie theatres in the US on June 15^th, 2007!

You will find the trailer HERE: . It would be great if you could post the link and the release date on your website, as we are counting on all of you DOA fans to come check out this fun, action-packed and sexy movie!

--Constantin Film

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FilmForce.IGN reports the Video Game Flick get's bumped, but it may be a good sign for the movie.

MGM has shifted the release of DOA: Dead or Alive from mid-October to December 8th

The new date puts the game-to-film adaptation smack in the middle of the holiday movie season -- a sure sign that the studio is feeling good about their product.

The lovely ladies of DOA will now go up against Mel Gibson's Apocalypto and several other fairly high-profile flicks during their opening weekend at the box office. Full Article

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