A fleeing Japanese princess, a girl wrestler daughter of wrestler, and an attractive master thief/killer get invited to DOA--some type of yearly fighting contest.A bunch of other guys are invited as well, including the big wrestler dad but the movie focuses on the three skinny tiny girls who beat up on 300lb guys no problem. Well, make that 4 skinny tiny girls as the daughter of the founder of the contest also participates as does some guy involved with the thief.The princess is there to look for her brother who was a contestant a year ago and is told he died. But he couldn't have because he was the greatest martial artist. Following her is her protector and her nemesis who is trying to get her to return to her reign.All this takes place on an island with Buddhist motifs everywhere. Running the operation is Eric Robers and his IT guy who falls for the founder's daughter, and countless minions. They inject all contestants with something to track them.Of course all the girls do well in their fights. Meanwhile, the thief and her guy plan an stealing all of Roberts' money. At some point he grabs all the main characters and through the substance he injected in them obtains their skills. He wears some fancy glasses that predict their moves and then beats most of them. He wants to sell the technology to the highest bidder. By that time the thieves are close to the money, our heroes escape, the island is about to blow up and Roberts also tries to escape.DOA is a fun hyper kinetic campy action movie. It's edited in a fast-paced hyper active way so you're always entertained. It's thankfully beautifully filmed in daylight with rich colors and contrast, there's none of that fighting in the rain at night nonsense that Hollywood is so fond of doing. And it's very sexy, probably one of the sexiest movies made in a long time, especially for a PG-13 movie, but it's even sexier than R-rated movies. And how could it be otherwise with the lovely Holly Valance (whatever happened to her?) and the wonderful Natassia Malthe, who unfortunately doesn't get to do anything sexy. Fighting scenes are actually pretty good, too. DOA is just plain fun escapism.

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.

Oh boy.... Not quite sure where to start on this movie. It's one of those movies that idiots think is great because it has hot chicks and sweet action scenes. However, for us movie watchers who enjoy plot, character development, drama, emotions, and good acting it is a PIECE OF S#@&. There are people that will say they watched this movie because it has hot girls in it, and I say to those people "have you ever heard of the internet?". There are good movies out there with hot girls, but this is not one of them. If you want hot girls and awesome action, I recommend you see and of the Underworld movies. Overall this movie had nothing that would make it a decent film. I would NEVER pay to see this movie!!