Back دي أو أي : ميت أو حي Arabic دى او اى : ميت او حى ARZ Doa: Dead Or Alive CY D.O.A. – Dead or Alive German DOA: Dead or Alive Spanish زنده یا مرده FA Dead or Alive (vuoden 2006 elokuva) Finnish DOA: Dead or Alive French DOA: Dead or Alive GL DOA: Dead or Alive ID

DOA: Dead or Alive

DOA: Dead or Alive
Three female fighters standing ready
British theatrical release poster
Directed byCorey Yuen
Screenplay by
Story byJ. F. Lawton
Based onDead or Alive
by Tecmo
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography
  • Venus Keung
  • Chan Chi Ying
Edited by
  • Ka-Fai Cheung
  • Eddie Hamilton
  • Angie Lam
Music byJunkie XL
Production
companies
Distributed byConstantin Film (Germany)
Universal Pictures International (through United International Pictures; United Kingdom)
Dimension Films (United States)
Summit Entertainment (International)
Release dates
  • September 7, 2006 (2006-09-07) (Australia[1])
  • September 15, 2006 (2006-09-15) (United Kingdom)
  • October 19, 2006 (2006-10-19) (Germany)
  • June 15, 2007 (2007-06-15) (United States)
Running time
87 minutes[2]
Countries
  • Germany
  • United States
  • United Kingdom[3][4]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30 million[5]
Box office$7.7 million[5]

DOA: Dead or Alive is a 2006 action film based on the fighting video game franchise Dead or Alive developed by Team Ninja and published by Tecmo. It is directed by Corey Yuen and written by J. F. Lawton and Adam and Seth Gross.

In the film, fighters are invited to Dead or Alive, an invitational martial arts contest. The four female fighters begin as rivals, but work together to uncover the secret that the organizer of the tournament is trying to hide. It features an ensemble cast and has various appearances from characters of the franchise, led by Kasumi (Devon Aoki), Christie Allen (Holly Valance) and Tina Armstrong (Jaime Pressly).

Principal photography took place from May to July 2005 in Bangkok, Guilin, Hengdian, and Hong Kong. It is an international co-production between Germany, United States and the United Kingdom.

DOA: Dead or Alive was first released on September 7, 2006, in Australia. It was later released in the United Kingdom on September 15 by United International Pictures, and in Germany on October 19, 2006, by Constantin Film. The film was a critical and commercial failure, grossing only $7.7 million worldwide against a $30 million budget, making it a box-office bomb. Due to the film's poor performance, the United States release was delayed and the film was eventually given a limited release on June 15, 2007, by The Weinstein Company under Dimension Films.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference mojo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "DOA - DEAD OR ALIVE (15)". British Board of Film Classification. August 23, 2006. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  3. ^ "DOA: Dead or Alive". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
  4. ^ "DOA Dead or Alive". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 2, 2012. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  5. ^ a b "DOA: Dead or Alive (2007)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved December 8, 2022.