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D.O.A. : Dead or Alive (Unrated Asian Version)

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I've read a lot of reviews both good and bad about this movie, but none ever seem to give it the credit it deserves. Yes, it has a single-laced plotline, but being based off a video game of the same nature, that's to be expected. But the fighting sequences were excellent, the one-liner's and side-arm comments were hilarious, and even if you didn't enjoy anything else of the movie, the five main girls who are out-of-this-world gorgeous should have been enough for most [male] viewers to sit back and enjoy. I give this movie five stars because I took it for what it was and knew somewhat of what I was getting into after watching other video game-based movies like "Super Mario Bros.", both "Resident Evil"s, "BloodRayne", and both "Laura Croft: Tomb Raider"s movies. I actually got more than I expected, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Quite frankly, I got this DVD only because it had Holly Valance in it. With the addition of Jaime Pressly in it as well, it made it that much better as far as eye-candy goes.

Yes, the plot is lacking any real substance, and the action sequences could be better, but because they are so predictable they reach a point where it just becomes silly, and that is the fun part. You start to guess what the next line or sequence of events is going to be, all the time wondering whether or not they are going to throw a curve at you that is not wholly expected (it never comes, of course).

It is exactly what you would expect to see in a movie made from a video game, as we have seen with the "Resident Evil" franchise.

Casting Jaime Pressly is an act of sheer genius. Yes, she now has been snatched up by a hot network comedy, but there was a time when she was hard to get anywhere. DOA is one of those rare gems of Jaime Pressly work where we get to marvel at....well...Jaime Pressly! I mean can there be any other reason to get this DVD other than the pressense of Jaime Pressly? Oh, the action scenes are well done, too. Jaime Pressly, action scenes, martial arts action scenes, more Jaime Pressly, it's all here.