When movies are so bad that they have to be great...they truly embrace the suck. And DOA: Dead or Alive just doesn't embrace the suck...it enforces it.
This movie is essentially a very dumbed-down version of Mortal Kombat (which was a dumbed-down version of Enter the Dragon) except this time around we have lots of hot women in skimpy costumes fighting rivals while fitting in time for sex, hottubbing, and volleyball.
I've never played the video game but it didn't matter for me. The fact that 'My Name Is Earl' star Jaime Pressley was in a fighting movie was enough for me. Joined by such classic costars as Holly Valance (Prison Break), Sarah Carter (Final Destination 2), and Devon Aoki (D.E.B.S. - another classic bad film) we get to watch a full 75 minutes of bad wire work, bad karate, and actors who seem to have read their lines for the first time when they arrived on set.
Does it matter? No. Because if you fully embrace how these people get invited to the tournament then you can easily accept how, when they arrive there, everything is marked nicely with 'DOA' on it. Everything. From parachutes to coffee mugs to the volleyballs they use all are stamped with 'DOA' as if it is a huge marketing tool for the sacred tournament.
So you'd think lots of people end up 'dead' in Dead or Alive. Even in Mortal Kombat we had some deaths and soul-sucking. In this film no one really dies, the opponents just lose and leave the island. Some fighters don't end up fighting and just stay on the island for no reason. But one cannot think about things like plot holes because you might start to think about the movie and plot is not important here.
What's important are the four very hot leading ladies kicking some major butt against all sorts of people that include Eric Roberts (Best of the Best!), Steve Howey (from Reba's TV show!), wrestler Kevin Nash, and even a nice cameo from MK's Robin Shou! So every time this movie gets worse, become more happy. Take a sip and keep moving through. Revel in the badness as this movie truly embraces the suck. If you look at it in a campy level you'll realize that this might be one of the best video game movies ever made - which is not saying much considering the competition. But COME ON...Jaime Pressley in a video game movie wearing an American bikini? If that alone doesn't sell you, nothing will.
This movie is essentially a very dumbed-down version of Mortal Kombat (which was a dumbed-down version of Enter the Dragon) except this time around we have lots of hot women in skimpy costumes fighting rivals while fitting in time for sex, hottubbing, and volleyball.
I've never played the video game but it didn't matter for me. The fact that 'My Name Is Earl' star Jaime Pressley was in a fighting movie was enough for me. Joined by such classic costars as Holly Valance (Prison Break), Sarah Carter (Final Destination 2), and Devon Aoki (D.E.B.S. - another classic bad film) we get to watch a full 75 minutes of bad wire work, bad karate, and actors who seem to have read their lines for the first time when they arrived on set.
Does it matter? No. Because if you fully embrace how these people get invited to the tournament then you can easily accept how, when they arrive there, everything is marked nicely with 'DOA' on it. Everything. From parachutes to coffee mugs to the volleyballs they use all are stamped with 'DOA' as if it is a huge marketing tool for the sacred tournament.
So you'd think lots of people end up 'dead' in Dead or Alive. Even in Mortal Kombat we had some deaths and soul-sucking. In this film no one really dies, the opponents just lose and leave the island. Some fighters don't end up fighting and just stay on the island for no reason. But one cannot think about things like plot holes because you might start to think about the movie and plot is not important here.
What's important are the four very hot leading ladies kicking some major butt against all sorts of people that include Eric Roberts (Best of the Best!), Steve Howey (from Reba's TV show!), wrestler Kevin Nash, and even a nice cameo from MK's Robin Shou! So every time this movie gets worse, become more happy. Take a sip and keep moving through. Revel in the badness as this movie truly embraces the suck. If you look at it in a campy level you'll realize that this might be one of the best video game movies ever made - which is not saying much considering the competition. But COME ON...Jaime Pressley in a video game movie wearing an American bikini? If that alone doesn't sell you, nothing will.