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Information
- Year
- 2006
- Runtime
- 87 min.
- Director
- Corey Yuen
- Genres
- Action, Adventure
- Rating *
- 4.8
- Votes *
- 35,290
- Checks
- 1,864
- Favs
- 32
- Dislikes
- 181
- Favs/checks
- 1.7% (1:58)
- Favs/dislikes
- 1:6
Top comments
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Siskoid
I don't care what anyone says, D.O.A. - Dead or Alive, the movie about the stupid beach volley-ball video game with "realistic bounciness" is, or should be, a cult classic. Yes, there's a volley-ball sequence in it, and it's actually pretty smartly done, even if, like so many butt shots, it's gratuitous, but it mostly treats the material as a fighting game. There's cheesecake AND beefcake, and it's all pretty well-intentioned and clean. Not only is it bloodless, but it's about girls kicking all sorts of ass. Like every good B-movie, it has "one of those actors" in the villain role, this time, Eric Roberts. But best of all, it's got Cory Yuen directing and it's wall-to-wall action. It works as a slick, fun kung fun movie in the crazy Hong Kong style. Most people who give this a pass just based on the source material. I get that. What I'm saying is that it's so much better than this. Ridiculous fun that isn't ashamed of what it is even remotely. 8 years 10 months ago -
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