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DOA: Dead or Alive
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Metascore
38 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 8 Critics What's this?

User Score
6.0 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 35 Ratings

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  • Starring: Devon Aoki, Jaime Pressly, Sarah Carter
  • Summary: Based on Tecmo's best-selling "Dead or Alive" videogame franchise, DOA: Dead or Alive features four beautiful women who begin as rivals in a secret invitational-only martial arts contest, but find themselves teaming up with one another against a sinister force. (Weinstein Co.)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 8
  3. Negative: 4 out of 8
  1. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Luke Y. Thompson
    80
    Praise be to director Corey Yuen (The Transporter) for delivering one of the year's purest entertainments -- the best butt-kicking PG-13 bikini jiggle fest since the first Charlie's Angels flick.
  2. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Michael Ferraro
    50
    Sure, the dialogue is absolutely atrocious, the acting sucks, Eric Roberts is a co-star, the action is lame and the fighting is boring. But all of this makes for one hilarious viewing experience. DOA is the sort of film you'll want to watch with a drunken crowd of your friends.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    38
    The action has more to do with digital effects than true martial artistry, and is targeted squarely at adolescent boys too young to rent porn and gamers too lazy to yank their own joysticks.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 15
  3. Negative: 6 out of 15
  1. AnonymousMoss
    10
    i haven't played the game so i guess i can't really compare, but i personally loved the movie! the acting was bad yes but i'm a sucker for fighting movies with girls who can actually kick ass as the main character, and i think this movie did an amazing job with that despite the not so great acting.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. Brianna
    10
    I think you're missing the point. This is exactly what I'd expect a movie based on DOA to be. Have you ever even played DOA? I thought this was hilarious. I hope they do a Soul Calibur movie next.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  3. SanP.
    3
    For some reason the trailer looked cool, and since there were hot babes in bikinis fighting each other...I had to see it. But, I was wrong, the story was incredibly flawed, the fight scenes were horrible and the acting by most of the cast was pretty bad. You’re looking at the Mortal Kombat movie replica, the only difference is this has more babes in bikinis...and to all the guys out there, sorry…no nudity. The best you could get to nudity was in the trailer itself. I was truly hoping for some high octane action scenes but these were on regular gas. Making game adaptations has been difficult for Hollywood, and this movie is clearly another reason why they should stop making them.… Expand
    • 0 of 1 users said yes

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