Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Adeel Hail Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

freydis-e This is better than other computer beat-em-up adaptations like Streetfighter and Mortal Kombat. The plot makes more sense and is more interesting than either of those movies, while managing to stay closer to the original games. Essentially this is 'Enter the Dragon' with (lots of) women, though it lacks the dark and dangerous edge of that earlier movie. As ever, Cory Yuen does a good job with the many fight scenes, despite working mostly with non-martial-artists. The production has an expensive feel, and it's surprising that the budget didn't run to more impressive stars.The main attraction here is the procession of gorgeous super-feisty women, often wearing very little – pure exploitation, but this too is faithful to the original computer games, right down to the beach volleyball. Sadly, while looking good, these are not great actresses. Jaime Pressley is pick of the bunch – while not big enough physically for Tina Armstrong, she brings a personality which fills the screen. Devon Aoki never brings much personality to anything, but this may well be her best performance after DEBS. Holly Valance, sadly, is barely an actress at all and the male support is pretty drab, with Steve Howey as a stereotyped nerd the pick of a bad bunch. Anyone who knows who Kevin Nash is should get a laugh from his performance as Bass. It's disappointing that, after the female leads have been built up well early on, they then spend too much time sidelined, while various dull and characterless men fight one another.Fans of the games may enjoy this. Anyone who enjoys watching half-dressed women fighting will too. For others it's good mindless fun, but don't go out of your way.

bowmanblue That's because it's possibly the worst film ever made. I implore you never to waste your time watching this garbage. I would certainly never watch it multiple times over the years, let alone own it on DVD. Honest.I thought I'd review 'DOA: Dead or Alive' on (about) my fourth viewing. I felt such a work of art requires numerous screenings to truly understand such a complex structure and narrative. Okay, I'm joking – this is simply a guilty pleasure film of mine. I've never played the computer game that it's based on, but, from my experience, pretty much no film based on a computer game has ever been hailed as a masterpiece. This one is no different. The dialogue is extremely clunky. Every line for about the first half hour is designed to inform us of each character's relationship and (slim) motivations for doing whatever the hell they're going to do.Talking of characters, they're about as two dimensional as the pixelated sprites that they're based on. Don't expect any great development in this story. Ah, yes, the story. Well, if you don't know 'Dead or Alive' is based on a 'one-on-one' fighting games, so there's not much story to talk of. The film is basically the same – a trio of ridiculously brilliant fighting women gets invited to a tournament called 'Dead or Alive' (where no one actually dies – if you're looking for a computer game to film where they die – try (the first) 'Mortal Kombat' film!). It just so happens that our three central protagonists are also extremely attractive, therefore we're supposed to root for them. And, whereas their dodgy dialogue can be excused due to their physical appearance, Eric Roberts' performance is not afforded the same luxury – for he's the evil mastermind in charge of setting up the tournament and intends on stealing the three girls' powers for his own. He's about as threatening as the green silk lounge suit he wears through this film.What follows is a series of fights, nicely choreographed, but also completely unrealistic, involving our annoying attractive heroines. Um, and that's about it. If you're a teenage boy you'll probably love this and long for the day that your girlfriend will be just like the girls on film. Alternatively, if you're someone like me who also likes it and won't admit to liking a film as bad as this, you'll also love it (and just not tell anyone).It is bad. There's no mistaking how bad it is, but it also has an audience of faceless guys who will make sure that it gets repeated viewing – and it's not because their X-boxes are broken and they need their fix of a fighting game.

guisreis It's obviously very silly, but that does not mean that it is properly a bad movie. Based on video game series, it gets some of its traits: unrealistic fighting, out-of-ring activities such as beach volleyball, and some exploitation. The plot is nonsense, simply ridiculous, what uses to happen when it comes to movies based on video games. Though, this film is not a disaster. It has a style, and it entertains. The very first scenes, presenting some of the female fighters (the main ones), are the best in the whole film in my opinion. If they had followed that path it would be better. All the characters, particularly those defeated in the tournament, should have been better developed. Visually, the main characters were nice, could be graded average among action films or even above the average. As in the game, women's bodies are erotically exposed. You may expect some typical kung fu film footage and some funny moments.

cartman_1337 I'm an advocate of judging movies against their purpose; what does it try to be? This movie tries to faithfully adapt the video game DOA on the big screen, and in that respect it does very well. While the story itself is filled with clichés, and is very equal to a lot of earlier movies, like Mortal Kombat, that can't really be held against this movie. This is how the game is, and adapting the game any other way would be disrespectful.Action, babes, more action, nice camera angels, macho dialog and a very predictable story line with a proper comeuppance for the bad guys, that's what to expect from such a movie, and that's what it delivers. Other movies based on video games have a lot to learn from this movie; Stay faithful to your source, or expect a bad reception from the game's fans.