DOA Coming to the Theater Near You

pamri writes "DOA: Dead or Alive, the movie based on the Dead or Alive video game series is set to be released on August 25. The preview images and the trailer point to a more Charlies Angels 2 type fluff than a serious action movie. The girls are also seem friendlier with each other, in odds with the intense competition in the game." I tell people I bought a 360 for Oblivion. But I really bought it for the ladies of DOA.

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DOA4

[nb caffeine]

was the first game on the 360 that I really wanted. I've been a fan of the series for several years. This movie, however, looks awful. I'm a big Team Ninja fan, big DOA fan, but seriously, Igitaki. Couldn't you just make a CG version with the characters we know? And have it suck less?

DOA??

[Alterion]

why do film companies choose the worst possible games to make movies out of? doom, resident evil, DOA.. all were horrible games to try and make into a film . A Film game needs to survive without the interactivity off the top of my head something like Spiderman or Starwars rouge-squadron would work well as a movie... ahh i've just realised those are the only 2 decent movie tie in games i can think of.

Re:DOA??

[Murphy(c)]

I realize that everyone has it's own great idea for a game to be turned into a movie. Yet I still feel compeld to illuminate you with my brilliant ideas :)

Monkey Island. Imagine a Monty Python style movie, with very witty British humor behind it.

Larry Laffer. No wait it's already been done, it's called soft-porn.

Day of the Tentacle. Cheesy 50s or 60s horror movie.

And while you are at it making a Doom movie, why not make a Commander Keen movie. Imagine the hero spending a great deal of his time jumping about on a pogo stick

Obvious?

[argStyopa]

"The preview images and the trailer point to a more Charlies Angels 2 type fluff than a serious action movie."

+1, obvious.

From the trailer, it starts with:
"They know what they like..."
"They get what they want..."

Hard to believe that's going to be superficial.

I was expecting the boom-shaka-boom porn music to start any moment. I'll have to review it again a few times frame-by-frame to make sure, though.

Re:Not pretending

[B_Realll]

Hell yeah. Throw in 1 part Skinamax movie and 1 part Bloodsport and I'm there. I love a mindless popcorn flick once in awhile. I find that I actually enjoy them more than the pretentious crap coming out as "good" movies these days.

Re:Homeworld

[bufalo_1973]

Wasn't this Galactica? :)

Homeworld could be a nice trilogy or a serie, but only a movie... remember Wing Commander.

The problem with Homeworld is that everything is space combat and there's nothing more (in the game). And that doesn't work in a good/average movie.

Homeworld: Cataclism could be a better game to choose (IMHO).

I wish Corey Yuen wasnt behind this film...

[Jackie_Chan_Fan]

I love Corey Yuen, been a fan of his HK films for a long time now, and when i saw his name attached to this a year ago, i was just sad :)

This cant possibly be good, and yet Corey is directing it. I hate seeing non martial artists, play martial art roles. It always looks bad.

The only thing that can save this film is Corey Yuen's camera and editing work. Its just too bad the talent involved and the whole "dead or alive" game genre is going to ruin it.

I'm all for hot chicks doing martial arts, and there are plenty of really hot real martial artists out there in asia. There are some really talented girls on the Beijing wushu team that could make an all girl martial art flick really shine with Corey at the helm.

I'll still see this mess sadly, cause i'm an action junkie.

But i recommend everyone see films like Tom Yum Gong, Ong Bag, New Police Story, Drunken Master 2, Once Upon a Time in China 1 and 2, Fist of legend, Shaolin Temple 1, 2 and 3, Hero, Fearless, Police Story 1 and 2, Project A, 1 and 2...

Go see those great films... and witness what a real martial art film is all about.

Hot chicks with natural flexibility != a martial artist.