10 Truly Awful Video Game Movies Sonic Might Be Worse Than
5. DOA: Dead Or Alive
Who would have guessed that a movie based on a fighting game whose biggest selling point is jiggle physics would turn out to be awful?
If you were worried the movie was going to be more tasteful though, fear not: the weird volleyball sequence is still there.
In fairness, the pure fight sequences are decent, which is especially impressive considering of the four leads (Jaime Pressly, Devon Aoki, Holly Valance and Sarah Carter), only Aoki and Carter had experience in action, and even then not a wealth of it. Valance in fact had barely any acting experience at all, which definitely shows in parts.
Still though, the story is nonsense which can be excused as a turn your brain off flick, but director Corey Yuen has ideas above his station.
An experienced stuntman, it’s clear that he knows how to choreograph a fight, but slow motion shots of fallen silk slicing apart on a katana is clearly supposed to be poetic but just looks daft.
It quite obviously wants to be Charlie’s Angels but lacks a clear identity. Is it supposed to be goofy or serious? Are the women sex objects or strong leads? Are the characters stupid or hilarious? Answers on a postcard please.