Dead or Alive Movie Review
by aDam, filed in Games, Japan, Movies, Powet.TV Show, Reviews, Xbox, Xbox 360 on Mar.03, 2007
It won’t be out on this side of the ocean until June 22nd 2007 but this movie was released in Australia and many parts of Europe last year. Here’s a look at what we can expect from what will surely be this summer’s greatest blockbuster.
If you really can’t wait to check out this great movie you can go ahead and import the Dead or Alive DVD from Amazon UK
Learn about how Hitomi is technically a guy and other trivia about this movie after the jump.
The basic tournament starts with a selection of 16 people and is narrowed down by half in each round. In the first round of those 16 people 15 are positively identified either as characters named earlier in the movie or in a name label on screen as they’re shown fighting in a match.
The 16 participants in the Dead or Alive tournament
The only character on that list that does not identify to a name is Hitomi. The only character on screen that does not have a name associated with them is this fellow in the yellow jump suit:
Hitomi is, logically, the guy on the left
The real reason for this is that Eliot and Hitomi were afterthoughts in this movie. The character of Eliot is not credited and Hitomi is credited as the female mentioned in the video. They just threw the names in there for people who don’t really have scenes knowing most people wouldn’t bother to pay enough attention to it. Eliot’s name was probably only put in there in post as he doesn’t resemble the character he’s meant to portray. This movie was clearly never intended to include anyone past Dead or Alive 3. Lisa, Eliot and Kokoro are the 3 characters who first appear as playable in Dead or Alive 4 and they are not in this movie.
Eliot on the left, Ryu Hayabusa on the right
Also please note that I actually recorded this video about a week and a half ago and Eric Roberts hadn’t appeared on Heroes yet so I’m well aware that his washed upness may have wavered ever so slightly lately. Now don’t get me wrong I think Eric Roberts is a cool guy and all but I mean… it’s Eric Roberts!
Also speaking of hitting hard times please note that Robin Shou, who played Lui Kang in Mortal Kombat 1
For confirmation of the June 22nd 2007 theatrical release date just visit this site, choose “Current films” and click on the picture of Ayane (she’s the one with the purple hair).
March 3rd, 2007 on 11:54 am
::feels sorry for Robin Shou::
March 3rd, 2007 on 12:13 pm
The guy has like 30 seconds of screen time. When he shows up I was like “Oh cool he’s gonna have a good part in this movie.”
Not so much. He’s basically a stunt man.
March 3rd, 2007 on 9:22 pm
Buy it from Amazon.uk, run it through DVDShrink or AnyDVD or whatever, and BOOM SHAKA LAKA you can watch it on a regular DVD player.
March 3rd, 2007 on 11:10 pm
Solid idea.
I am very tempted to buy the DVD myself. It’s just I would feel stupid a year from now if I had to buy the DVD again. Why buy it again? Well if a movie is authored in PAL and then converted to NTSC there’s a bit less quality to the final picture due to that double resizing than with a straight up NTSC authored video.
It IS cheap though by British DVD standards. Those thing usually cost a mint and at 10.99lbs it’s about 21.38$ US which is about what I’d expect to pay for a DVD over here.
Hrm… June is so far away and then we’ll have another 4 months until the DVD comes out…
All that being said I’ve seen the movie twice so that’s really why I don’t mind waiting. I just feel bad for well… (aaarrrgh matey) … how I got the movie.
May 19th, 2007 on 8:01 am
That wasn’t hitomi
Hitomi is in the movie 4 times.
She has her outfit #1 from DOA4
If you want me to tell you where she is..
She was a actress who was hotter than the others and got fired because I suppose she didn’t like some of her parts.
Anyway, She’s on the plane and you see the back of her head.
And in the same area you see that one guy point out as her.. that was perhaps Kokoro.. but she wasn’t on the scoreboard
Hitomi is beside bass but its when the view is all third person and up to where you can see them all very small….
just wanted to point that out
Whowever wants to see a picture of the acter who played hitomi, message me on aim.GsGxInuyasha
May 19th, 2007 on 8:03 am
How do I know these things? I’ve done some close research
The guy who fights Helena should of been Jann Lee than the person who fought christie..
Cause he did a dragon kick when he lost. ;P
June 24th, 2007 on 8:56 am
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