8 Video Game-To-Movie Adaptations That Get Way Too Much Hate

The Dead Or Alive movie should not have made it past pre-production. Seriously, how did a film based on a video game whose central conceit is "we made these boobs capable of bouncing a lot" ever get greenlit in the first place?

But more to the point, how did a movie like this actually turn out to be so...so...good?

The premise is exactly like that of every other tournament-based fighting game: A diverse group of fighters from all over the world converge on an island to compete in a secret martial arts tournament and prove that they are, in the words of the Karate Kid soundtrack, the best around.

The key difference here is that the fighters are women. Women who aren't afraid of using their sexual wiles to gain the upper hand. This, naturally, brings up scenes that involve a women effortlessly kicking the hell out of some bad guys while simultaneously putting on her bra.

It sounds stupid. Hell, it is stupid. But since when did big, stupid action movies suddenly turn into worthless movies?

Besides, considering the occasionally braindead source material, it's kind of amazing that Dead Or Alive turned out to be as fun and rewatchable as it is.