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1	* 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.
2	* 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.
3	* FakeNationality: Japanese ninja Ayane is played by half-Norwegian, half-Malaysian actress Creator/NatassiaMalthe. 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.
4	* HypotheticalCasting: Series creator Tomonobu Itagaki said in an 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.
5	* InvisibleAdvertising: The film's US release (which was almost a full year after its release elsewhere) was very limited, with virtually no advertising.
6	* 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.
7	* 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. Creator/NatassiaMalthe's biggest role before this film was playing in the poorly-received ''Film/{{Elektra}}'', with the bulk of her filmography since then comprising of DirectToVideo films (including those by infamous director Creator/UweBoll) and {{Made for TV Movie}}s. 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.
8	* TroubledProduction: According to Creator/JaimePressly, the shoot was hampered by language barriers (only the 1st AD spoke English and Yuen had to communicate through intermediaries), the script was constantly being re-written, and the cast and crew weren't even allowed to see the finished film before it came out.
9	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
10	** Before Creator/JaimePressly was cast as Tina, both Wrestling/TorrieWilson and Wrestling/TrishStratus were considered.
11	** Creator/MiloVentimiglia was originally supposed to be Weatherby but dropped out because he didn't like the way the character was written.

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