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TonyD's Review
Summary - OK 2.5
A number of fighters are invited to DOA, an invitational martial arts contest. They travel to the tournament island by plane, until they have to jump out mid-flight with parachutes, and then have until sundown to reach the main island to be entered into the tournament. Fighters are then pooled against one another in a knock-out style tournament, with the loser of a battle sent home, and the winner progressing to the subsequent round. The plot revolves around four female fighters who begin as rivals, but subsequently find themselves teaming up against another force. (From IMDb because I cannot tell you the plot. I still don’t know what went on.)
“DOA” doesn’t have much in terms of plot. Actually, they pretty much tell you to shut the fuck up the whole time and watch the stunt people work their magic. The action is some of the greatest action scenes that I have seen, and probably the most B-movie fun I had since “Snakes on a Plane,” but that doesn’t make “DOA” a good movie. When the action is in fact awesome, everything else isn’t.
Acting - Pretty Awful 0.5
The acting sucks. Regular B-movie shit here.
Male Stars - Pretty Awful 0.5
Female Stars - Pretty Awful 0.5
Female Costars - Pretty Awful 0.5
Male Costars - Pretty Awful 0.5
Film - Good 3.0
Direction - Good 3.0
I'm going to give some direction acclaim to the guy/girl who directed "DOA" (I'm too lazy to look up the name). They could have done Michael Bay styled-scenes, but instead, they pay homage to your favorite B-movies, grindhouse flicks, and exploitation kung-fu flicks.Dialogue - Pretty Bad 1.5
I'll pass on the dialogue.Music - OK 2.5
The score isn't half bad, but I said the same thing about the movieVisuals - Perfect 5.0
Finally, a five. The action and the visuals were the best part of the movie, nuff said.Edge - Risqué 2.5
Sex Innocent 1.4
Violence Savage 4.0
Rudeness Salty 2.0
Reality - Fantasy 5.0
Yeah. None of this could happen. It’s pretty much faker than Britney’s Spears VMA performance.