20 Greatest Video Game Movie Moments EVER

12. Christie Gets Dressed While Fighting - DOA: Dead Or Alive

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In many respects DOA: Dead or Alive hasn't aged well at all - beyond simply not being a very good movie, its interest in its female characters doesn't extend far beyond their eminent sex appeal.

But the opening introduction to fan favourite character Christie (Holly Valance) is at least silly enough to confirm that the movie isn't taking itself even remotely seriously.

After hopping out of the shower in her Hong Kong hotel room, Christie is accused of masterminding a daring heist, but before agreeing to be brought in for questioning, she asks if she can get dressed first.

But rather than get her kit on, of course, a towel-clad Christie instead kicks the ass of every goon in the room, even using her towel as a weapon, all while her modesty is just barely framed out of shot.

The pièce de résistance? The overhead shot of Christie's bra landing to cover her chest and one of the cop's guns falling into her hands a second later. It's campy B-movie cheesecake nonsense and the filmmakers clearly knew it.

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