DOA: Dead or Alive

Everyonce in a while a movie comes along and it is just too good to be true. You almost have to wonder, what it is you could have done to deserve such a special gift. A year ago I though such a gift was going ot be taken from me for good. I first started seeing trailers for DOA in early 2006 and then it just went away. I was confused, distraught. I felt cheated and yet somehow responsible, as if I did something wrong and this was my punishment, no DOA. But a year later rumors began to resurface and the trailers began to air online, a release date was set and for a moment I dared to dream it possible that I might actually get to see the DOA movie. Well I can't tell you what exactly I did to deserve this, but DOA has finally hit the theaters and I watched it and it was everything I hope it would be. Chessy action and scantily clad young ladies running around causing all types of trouble, Jamie Pressly is really easy on the eyes so is Holly Vance, Devon Aoki, Sarah Carter, and Natassia Mathle.

For those of us of the video game generation this is one of the games you would have never considered ever being made into a movie, because the concept of the video game seemed a little out there that idea of someone being able to turn into a movie, well just seemed not possible. However in the hands of Corey Yeun, The Transporter, this seemingly impossible movie became real. And not only did it happen it was great, well maybe not great, but a lot of fun. That probably had a lot to do with the fact that the movie was all of 45 mins long, well a little longer than that, but not much. See all other directors of video game adapted movies with little to no story line should take notice. If there is little story there you don't need to create story where none exist, you just focus on a couple of detials, mix-in some decent fight choreography, add Kevin Nash, Bass, and Brian White, Zach, along with a couple of really hot ladies and you can't go wrong.

What more could you want from a movie about a bunch of young girls fighting in their bathing suits. The movie was spot on in just about every area, the fight choreography was not offensive, the women were smokin, a recurring theme is this blog, and the movie even included volley ball. It really had it all. If I have to take issue with a couple of things I have to say I was disappointed that Hyabusa was not wearing his traditional ninja uniform being covered from head to toe and I have to point out that Ayane the japanese female was played by someone very not Japanese. Those two grips aside, this was good stuff.

Sometimes it is nice to just go watch a movie where everyone involved was very honest about what they were making from the begining and didn't try to get pretentious. The cast and crew of DOA said decided they were going to make a movie about a group of really hot female fighters coming together to fight and look really hot and it is nice to see that they stuck to it. Every movie doesn't have to be groundbreaking or moving or whatever sometime I just want to be entertained by the utterly ridiculous.

GRADE -C+