DOA will help kill time“DOA: Dead or Alive” is a movie adaptation of a video game that follows a long line of fighting video games turned to movies: “Street Fighter,” “Mortal Kombat” and “Double Dragon.”
As a movie, “DOA” is entertaining. The fight scenes are decent though there is some weird use of wires in the finale fight. Clearly, the film will not win any Academy Awards. (Someone should check the awards for 2006 just to make sure.) The special effects were clearly green-screened, but there was a cool evacuate the building moment. The most surprising performance is given by Jaime Pressly, who stars as pro wrestler and PBR drinker Tina. Admittedly, the role from a personality standpoint is not much different than her “Poison Ivy” and “My Name Is Earl” characters, but the physicality required by the role makes this a special performance. There is plenty of eye candy because the main characters tend to be what “Miss Representation” termed as “Fighting F**K Toys” – women who are powerful and sexy, but their presence says that women cannot be powerful without being sexy. Eric Roberts plays the bad guy, so there is plenty of campiness. There is a nod to the “DOA Volleyball” video game as the four women protagonists decide that volleyball would be a good way to show off. The movie was not as good as “Charlie’s Angels,” and movie goers who look for plot or social commentary will be disappointed. Those who are looking to waste a couple hours could do worse. |
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