
A number of fighters are invited to DOA, an invitational martial arts contest. They travel to the tournament island by plane, until they have to jump out mid-flight with parachutes, and then have until sundown to reach the main island to be entered into the tournament. Fighters are then pooled against one another in a knock-out style tournament, with the loser of a battle sent home, and the winner progressing to the subsequent round. The plot revolves around four female fight... (Full plot summary below)
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A number of fighters are invited to DOA, an invitational martial arts contest. They travel to the tournament island by plane, until they have to jump out mid-flight with parachutes, and then have until sundown to reach the main island to be entered into the tournament. Fighters are then pooled against one another in a knock-out style tournament, with the loser of a battle sent home, and the winner progressing to the subsequent round. The plot revolves around four female fighters who begin as rivals, but subsequently find themselves teaming up against another force.
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| Denver Urban SpectrumKam WilliamsIf Corey Yuen believed in truth in advertising, ala Snakes on a Plane, this flick would have a name like Jiggly Babes Kick Butt. The stuff that post-pubescent dreams are made of. |
| ViewLondonMatthew TurnerIf you're a 15 year old boy, this stands every chance of becoming your favourite film in the entire world. At the very least it's the best movie adaptation of a video game so far. |
| L.A. WeeklyLuke Y. ThompsonPraise 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. |
| Entertainment WeeklyGregory KirschlingIf you only ever see one bad movie about warrior chicks who meet on a tropical isle for a fight contest, make it DOA: Dead or Alive. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonUnquestionably brain-dead, but also a great example of unpretentious, second-gear celluloid, generated quickly, cheaply -- and for the fun of it. |
| Sacramento News & ReviewJim LaneYuen's propensity for impossible computer-generated slow-mo combat action wears thin. |
| Urban CinefileUrban Cinefile CriticsNot all is bad. In sum, DOA is rarely good but rarely dull. This is in large part because the three leads each have some degree of transcendental charisma. |
| Reel Times: Reflections on CinemaMark PfeifferIf junior high school boys wrote a cheesecake syndicated TV show and spun it off into a movie, the result would be DOA: Dead or Alive. |
| E! OnlineJames DiersCharlie's Angels 3 it ain't, but big up to director Corey Yuen for crafting a splashy and appropriately trashy fighting flick that chicks can cheer for. |
| NewsdayGene SeymourDOA: Dead or Alive aspires to be nothing more than a sanctuary from thinking. |