History Trivia / DOADeadOrAlive

* FakeNationality: Japanese ninja Ayane is played by half-Norwegian, half-Malaysian actress Natassia Malthe. The casting choice actually proved rather controversial, with series creator Tomonobu Itagaki coming out and expressing disappointment that the production hadn't cast a Japanese actress in the role.

* StarDerailingRole: This film left most of its leading ladies' careers dead in the water. Supermodel Creator/DevonAoki previously appeared as Miho in ''Film/SinCity'', with her screen career sinking in 2006 when this film and ''Film/{{Zoom|Academy For Superheroes}}'' tanked. She only appeared in three films afterwards before retiring in 2009 to focus on motherhood, with her appearances limited to documentary and music video appearances. Holly Valance had already established herself in her native Australia in the soap opera ''Series/{{Neighbours}}'' before attempting to establish herself internationally with her role in ''DOA''. Valance's screen career was intermittent afterwards as well; she hasn't starred in any screen projects since 2015. Natassia Malthe's biggest role before this film was in the poorly-received ''Film/{{Elektra}}'', with the bulk of her filmography since then comprising of DirectToVideo or television films. Creator/SarahCarter stuck to TV after ''DOA'', notably with roles in ''Series/{{Shark}}'', ''Series/FallingSkies'', and ''Series/TheFlash2014''. Creator/JaimePressly suffered from this flop the least, having already had a starring television role as Joy on ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'' and finding more success there as Jill on ''Series/{{Mom}}''. Her film career has withered as well, however.

* StarDerailingRole: This film left most of its leading ladies' careers dead in the water. Supermodel Devon Aoki previously appeared as Miho in ''Film/SinCity'', with her screen career sinking in 2006 when this film and ''Film/{{Zoom|Academy For Superheroes}}'' tanked. She only appeared in three films afterwards before retiring in 2009 to focus on motherhood, with her appearances limited to documentary and music video appearances. Holly Valance had already established herself in her native Australia in the soap opera ''Series/{{Neighbours}}'' before attempting to establish herself internationally with her role in ''DOA''. Valance's screen career was intermittent afterwards as well; she hasn't starred in any screen projects since 2015. Natassia Malthe's biggest role before this film was in the poorly-received ''Film/{{Elektra}}'', with the bulk of her filmography since then comprising of DirectToVideo or television films. Creator/SarahCarter stuck to TV after ''DOA'', notably with roles in ''Series/{{Shark}}'', ''Series/FallingSkies'', and ''Series/TheFlash2014''. Creator/JaimePressly suffered from this flop the least, having already had a starring television role as Joy on ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'' and finding more success there as Jill on ''Series/{{Mom}}''. Her film career has withered as well, however.

* StarDerailingRole: This film left most of its leading ladies' careers dead in the water. Supermodel Devon Aoki previously appeared as Miho in ''Film/SinCity'', with her screen career sinking in 2006 when this film and ''Film/{{Zoom|Academy For Superheroes}}'' tanked. She only appeared in three films afterwards before retiring in 2009 to focus on motherhood, with her appearances limited to documentary and music video appearances. Holly Valance had already established herself in her native Australia in the soap opera ''Series/{{Neighbours}}'' before attempting to establish herself internationally with her role in ''DOA''. Valance's screen career was intermittent afterwards as well; she hasn't starred in any screen projects since 2015. Natassia Malthe's biggest role before this film was in the poorly-received ''Film/{{Elektra}}'', with the bulk of her filmography since then comprising of DirectToVideo or television films. Creator/SarahCarter stuck to TV after ''DOA'', notably with roles in ''Series/{{Shark}}'', ''Series/FallingSkies'', and ''Series/TheFlash2014''. Creator/JaimePressly suffered from this flop the least, having already had a starring television role as Joy on ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'' and finding more success there as Jill on ''Series/{{Mom}}''. Her film career, however, has withered as well.

* StarDerailingRole: This film left most of its leading ladies' careers dead in the water. Supermodel Devon Aoki previously appeared as Miho in ''Film/SinCity'', with her screen career sinking in 2006 when this film and ''Film/ZoomAcademyForSuperheroes'' tanked. She only appeared in three films afterwards before retiring in 2009 to focus on motherhood, with her appearances limited to documentary and music video appearances. Holly Valance had already established herself in her native Australia in the soap opera ''Series/{{Neighbours}}'' before attempting to establish herself internationally with her role in ''DOA''. Valance's screen career was intermittent afterwards as well; she hasn't starred in any screen projects since 2015. Natassia Malthe's biggest role before this film was in the poorly-received ''Film/{{Elektra}}'', with the bulk of her filmography since then comprising of DirectToVideo or television films. Creator/SarahCarter stuck to TV after ''DOA'', notably with roles in ''Series/{{Shark}}'', ''Series/FallingSkies'', and ''Series/TheFlash2014''. Creator/JaimePressly suffered from this flop the least, having already had a starring television role as Joy on ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'' and finding more success there as Jill on ''Series/{{Mom}}''. Her film career, however, has withered as well.

* HypotheticalCasting: Series creator Tomonobu Itagaki said in a interview that he wanted Aya Ueto (of ''Film/{{Azumi}}'' fame) as Ayane and Kumiko Goto as Kasumi; with either Ryuhei Kitamura, Creator/TakashiMiike, or Creator/YuenWooPing to direct.

* StarDerailingRole: This film left most of its leading ladies' careers dead in the water. Supermodel Devon Aoki previously appeared as Miho in ''Film/SinCity'', with her screen career sinking in 2006 when this film and ''Zoom'' (see below) tanked. She only appeared in three films afterwards before retiring in 2009 to focus on motherhood, with her appearances limited to documentary and music video appearances. Holly Valance had already established herself in her native Australia in the soap opera ''Series/{{Neighbours}}'' before attempting to establish herself internationally with her role in ''DOA''. Valance's screen career was intermittent afterwards as well; she hasn't starred in any screen projects since 2015. Natassia Malthe's biggest role before this film was in the poorly-received ''Film/{{Elektra}}'', with the bulk of her filmography since then comprising of DirectToVideo or television films. Creator/SarahCarter stuck to TV after ''DOA'', notably with roles in ''Series/{{Shark}}'', ''Series/FallingSkies'', and ''Series/TheFlash2014''. Creator/JaimePressly suffered from this flop the least, having already had a starring television role as Joy on ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'' and finding more success there as Jill on ''Series/{{Mom}}''. Her film career, however, has withered as well.

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: There was a rumor that Christie’s introduction scene was originally “uncensored” with her breasts in plain sight. However, this turned out to be false, and the video showing this supposedly “uncensored” scene turned out to be an extremely well-made hoax.

** Before Jaime Pressly was cast as Tina, both Wrestling/TorrieWilson and Wrestling/TrishStratus were considered.

** Series creator Tomonobu Itagaki said in a interview that he wanted Aya Ueto (of ''Film/{{Azumi}}'' fame) as Ayane and Kumiko Goto as Kasumi; with either Ryuhei Kitamura, Creator/TakashiMiike, or Creator/YuenWooPing to direct.
* PopCultureUrbanLegends: There was a rumor that Christie’s introduction scene was originally “uncensored” with her breasts in plain sight. However, this turned out to be false, and the video showing this supposedly “uncensored” scene turned out to be an extremely well-made hoax.

** Series creator Tomonobu Itagaki said in a interview that he wanted Aya Ueto (of ''Film/{{Azumi}}'' fame) as Ayane and Kumiko Goto as Kasumi; with either Ryuhei Kitamura, Creator/TakashiMiike, or Creator/YuenWooPing to direct.

* ActorAllusion: Wrestling/KevinNash plays Bass Armstrong, a character modelled on his former Wrestling/NewWorldOrder stablemate Wrestling/HulkHogan.

* FakeNationality: Japanese ninja Ayane is played by half-Norwegian, half-Malaysian actress Natassia Malthe. The casting choice actually proved rather controversial, with series creator Tomonobu Itagaki coming and out expressing disappointment that the production hadn't cast a Japanese actress in the role.

* FakeNationality: Japanese ninja Ayane was controversially played by half-Norwegian, half-Malaysian actress Natassia Malthe.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Before Jaime Pressly was cast as Tina, both Wrestling/TorrieWilson and Wrestling/TrishStratus were considered.

* CreatorKiller: DOA sent director Corey Yuen's directing career to the cemetery and inflicted a fatal wound on co-writer J.F. Lawton, the latter of whom wrote just one more film.

* BoxOfficeBomb: DOA was indeed DOA in American cinemas, failing to make it to $500,000 and grossing just over $7.5 million worldwide, a little more than one-third its budget of $21 million.

* InvisibleAdvertising: The film was given a very limited release with virtually no advertising.

* ActorAllusion: This isn't the first time that Kane Kosugi [[Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger has played a ninja]].

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** The leader of the RuthlessModernPirates is none other than [[Film/MortalKombat Liu Kang]].

** The leader of the ModernDayPirates is none other than [[Film/MortalKombat Liu Kang]].