D.O.A.? DOA.

I've always had some respect for the Dead Or Alive fighting franchise, despite the sleaziness of the game's main designer, who seems to constantly be in court for sexual harassment issues. The games are good fighters, but the creators have never shied away from the fact that they're peddling soft porn for straight teenage boys. It's not as if they're trying to convince people that they're making some profound statement. The game's value comes from the fact that it's girls in bikinis fighting, and everyone knows it. For goodness' sake, one of the sequels was DOA Beach Volleyball.

No one expected the new DOA movie to be any good, and it looks like we were right. The movie leapt to the number 16 spot in its first week, trailing behind movies that only the art crowd knows about and only beating movies that have been out for so long that most people probably don't know they're still in theaters. The best reviews on rotten tomatoes go for the "it's horrible, but it's fun" angle, though one reviewer wryly notes that it's the best movie adaptation of a video game to date. I'm tempted by the "so horrible it's great comedy" angle, but I think I'll wait until it goes to DVD. I give it a week or so.

via Joystiq