I cannot help it, I simply love this movie. Sure, it's stupid. It's oh so stupid. On the surface, and really, deep down as well, it's nothing more than needless fanboy pandering. It's hot chicks in skimpy bikinis jumping and gyrating as they attempt to punch the lights out of one another. Oh, and there's an evil bad guy attempting to take over the world and the hot chicks in skimpy bikinis have to stop it. Or something, I honestly didn't pay too much attention.But it's just so much fun! So, let me enjoy my smut, just this once. Sure, it's demeaning to my intellect, sure it's brainless, sure it makes little to no sense. But, then again, it's not like the original video game was any better. It was hot chicks in skimpy bikinis, you guessed it, jumping and gyrating. You could even argue that this is one of the more accurate and faithful video game adaptations there is.Plus, the movie honestly looks great. All the actors look phenomenal, it's bright and colourful all around, the fight choreographs are amazing, the camera work is actually pretty impressive and all around I have no complains on the technical side of things. I kind of wish the second half of the movie was as much fun as the first, but I guess they had to at least try to have something resembling a story. Not that people are going to watch this movie for its story, but they had to try.DOA is a great deal of fun. It's dumb, but harmless, and immensely entertaining. If you're a red-blooded male, you will find something worthwhile in it.

Of all the genres of video games adapted for the silver screen, by far the most disastrous has to be to the beat-em-up (assuming that we forget the mess that was "Super Mario Bros."). Movies are supposed to have plot and character development, rather than a bunch of different arenas and costumes. The Dead Or Alive games occupy a strange place within the genre, speaking as someone who doesn't really get beat-em-ups. Street Fighter had the vast list of cast and special moves to master, Mortal Kombat had the digitised avatars and bloody finishing moves. DOA, meanwhile, boasted that the graphics engine could "realistically" show boobs moving about and boy, did they move about! The movie adaptation is under no illusion that it only has to appeal to young boys on the cusp of discovering girls and frankly, if you don't match that description then this will depress, underwhelm or entertain you with its crude laughs or a combination of all three.DOA itself is your standard fighting tournament, organised on a mysterious tropical island with a variety of oddball combatants and a $10 million prize fund for the winner. Each contestant is invited by tournament organiser Donovan (Eric Roberts) to attend, having been judged to be masters of their particular fighting style. For Princess Kasumi (Devon Aoki), it is a chance to find her apparently dead brother and fellow warrior Hayate (Collin Chou). Master thief Christie (Holly Valance) has her eyes on a bigger prize with her on-off partner Max (Matthew Marsden) while retired professional wrestler Tina (Jaime Pressly) sees the DOA as a chance to prove that wrestling isn't fake. As the tournament progresses, it becomes clear that our three heroines must work together to overcome a much greater threat than any of their opponents thus far.Assuming that you're still interested by this point, "DOA: Dead Or Alive" does nothing to remedy the woeful track record of video game adaptations. It isn't as bad as a Uwe Boll effort - there is almost an excess of spit-and-polish as characters carry out "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"-style moves with alarming regularity. I can't comment on how close to the originals their movie counterparts are but most characters fit into one of four categories: bikini babe, muscle-bound meat-head, generic ninja and other. Retaining the rampantly sexist element, the film has almost as much gratuitous shots of Valance, Aoki, Pressly and Sarah Carter as it does fight scenes but neither the teasing nudity or the overly-familiar carnage has the slightest bit of context. There isn't a single shot in this movie you haven't already seen elsewhere with the possible exception of Roberts throwing away the rest of his career. His ridiculous performance is probably the worst of the lot although Aoki pushes him close, being a charisma-void in the middle of the picture. Carter does OK compared to the rest of the cast but isn't given nearly enough to do besides a couple of fight scenes and oh yes... wear a bikini.I imagine that fans of the game might enjoy this as will the afore-mentioned pre-pubescent boys that "DOA: Dead Or Alive" strives to appeal to but personally, I found this film about as clever as smashing my own face in with a frying pan. Why is the code to Donovan's secret vault tattooed onto the back of the neck of one of the contestants? Why does bamboo slice perfectly when a sword goes through it but during a fight, becomes as tough as scaffolding (and sounds like it too)? Why did the computer nerd and comedic device Weatherby (Steve Howey) stick around after discovering the evil scheme at the heart of the tournament? Why was nothing explained about the purple-haired warrior Ayane (Natassia Malthe) trailing Kasumi and what exactly did she do in the film? Why did all the tournament contestants have to parachute onto the island instead of taking a boat? Because director Corey Yuen thinks it looks cool and that's the end of it. "DOA: Dead Or Alive" feels cheap, nasty, repetitive and frankly, a little seedy. If you're looking for brainless thrills or a bad movie that you could easily provide your own commentary on then this will do the trick. Everyone else should keep well away - this is about as much fun as rebooting your Xbox.

4,6? Don't even start with me here. Yes, this movie is utter pulp. And I'd have to agree that it's horrible if it just wasn't enjoying it so much. Everything about this screams fun. Plot, character development and good acting are usually prime requisites for an enjoyable movie, but DOA gives all those three the finger and manages to still be enjoyable. And for such an obvious B movie, the editing and choreography are surprisingly well done.Is this movie wrong on way too many levels to even begin to elaborate on? Yes. But is this movie enjoyable up to an almost euphoric level? HELL YES.

Today, I watched this film for the forth time and noticed this time that Eric Roberts ruined the film in many ways. This had everything one should except: Hot girls that can fight (Jaime Pressly, Devon Aoki, Holly Valance, Sarah Carter, Natassia Malthe and all of which received training from martial arts experts. Pressly worked out for a few months in addition to look the part), there were good action sequences, and lots of fun throughout the movie. There were also well choreographed fights, tight camera angles, and well placed moments such as the volley ball game to reflect that this is based on the video game. But every time I saw Eric Roberts in a scene I felt like I was watching some B-Movie from the 1990s. He reads lines like a soap opera star, lacks motivation to play a villain, and as a fighter he isn't believable. All of his fighting moves looked clumsy too. He ruined this for a lot of people. I find him funny. If you are interested in other movies like this, you might wanna check out a list I created called Tough Ladies of Film:http://www.imdb.com/list/xoKDjc5RSoA/ Oh and I gave this a ten because so many wrongfully gave it a one. I'd really rate this an eight.