DOA: Dead or Alive (2006)
Director: Corey Yuen
Writer: J.F. Lawton, Adam Gross
Starring: Jaime Pressly, Devin Aoki, Holly Valance
Cinematography: Chi Yin Chan, Kwok-Man Keung
Editor: Ka-fei Cheung, Eddie Hamilton, Angie Lam
I was really bored one day while on YouTube, so I decided that I would watch this movie which I randomly found.
Based on a video game, the movie about this random martial arts tournament that three women (Pressly, Aoki, and Valance) as well as many others are invited to. Every character has their own agendas and they must work together to achieve them, especially after they find out a far more sinister plot.
Writing
2.0/5.0
Two dimensional-characters and enough plot holes it could have been written on Swiss cheese. The story was completely in understandable. Also, the fact that completely random battles were part of the plot...anyway, very awful. It basically is cheap porn combined with cliched battles.
Directing
3.0/5.0
The fancy camera angles are fun at first, but then get ridiculous after the first 15 minutes or so.
Acting
1.0/5.0
I guess it makes sense for the actors to be playing two-dimensional characters two-dimensionally, but I still laughed at the acting the entire movie. They are unbelivable and unrealistic. They all ham it up.
Cinematography/Sound
2.5/5.0
Basically done like a porno. Not very interesting.
Editing
1.0/5.0
The editing actually made me sick. It cut randomly and I could not tell what was going on for a lot of it.
Overall
38%
Conclusion
Not worth paying for, but it works for a good laugh, and you might even like it if you're really tired. Or drunk.
