DOA is a martial arts tournament where the world's best fighters participate in a contest, where combatants faces each other on a mysterious island, where the loser who gets knocked-out will be forced to leave the island and return home. And the winner will be moved on the next match. Three female fighters are chosen to take part in DOA: Christie Allen, a sexy jewel thief, Tina Armstrong, a tough-as-nails pro-wrestler and Kasumi, a Ninja princess. Once arriving on the island after jumping out of their airplane with parachutes, Christie, Tina and Kasumi finds they aren't just fighting for the championship, they find themselves up against Tornament master Donovan, the previous tournament master's teenage daughter Helena Douglas is also taking part in DOA to honor her father's legacy, Kasumi has left her kingdom to find what happened to her brother who mysteriously disappeared at the tournament a year ago, Tina is taking part to prove she isn't a fake and Christie and her lover Maximillian Marsh bid to break into a vault on the island. But Donovan has his own agenda and has other plans for the female fighters.
Let me start off by saying I'm not a fan of video game films. I went into this thinking it'd be a laugher and I was proved wrong. This is my second favorite video game film behind only MORTAL KOMBAT and features the return of Eric Roberts. Where he went I have no idea but I haven't seen him since 2003's very forgettable NATIONAL SECURITY and before that a short stint on HBO's best show pre-SOPRANOS, OZ.
I think this would be a film pizzboy would enjoy the most. If you're a fan of video game films, a$$-kicking women, THE TRANSPORTER (director Corey Yuen directed both),Eric Roberts or all of the above, then this is the film for you. Plenty of action with a runtime just under 90 minutes. My only complaint about the film was the lack of steam the film had in the last 20 minutes or so.
