Alright, once again, its a scene which serves no real function beyond eye candy, yet which is part of a film whose primary aim is to provide eye candy - so theres really no point complaining that its unnecessary. And once again, were really not complaining because, hey, it is a lot of fun to watch. Even if it serves very little narrative function. To be fair to the makers of DOA: Dead or Alive, the video game series on which the film is (loosely) based is renowned for its (equally gratuitous) beach volleyball sequences; as such, it would surely have been deemed a betrayal of the source material for the game not to be played in the film. And they do find a sneaky way of making it serve the plot, as the female fighters are trying to keep big boss Eric Roberts distracted whilst ninja dude Hayabusa sneaks into the headquarters - or, as it turns out, has a huge fight with the guards in search of information. But do we really care whilst were watching Jaime Pressly, Holly Valance, Devon Aoki and Sarah Carter bouncing around in very small bikinis? Strangely, no, we dont.
