History Film / DOADeadOrAlive

* NeverFoundTheBody: The film begins with Kasumi being told by Ryu Hayabusa about her brother Hayate's death in the DOA tournament. Kasumi immediately demands to see the body. Hayabusa tells her that there is no body. Kasumi then flatly states that Hayate is not dead and goes to find him. On the other hand, Ayane, who is secretly in love with Hayate, doesn't question that he's dead. Later on, [[BigBad Victor Donovan]] personally tells her that, after his fight with Leon, Hayate fell off a cliff, and his body was never recovered. Naturally, Kasumi assumes Donovan is lying, especially after fighting Leon and finding out he's a mediocre fighter at best (i.e. no match for Hayate).

* MaleGaze: [[BestKnownForTheFanservice The Movie]]. If the film isn't currently showing folks beating the crap out of one another, it's all about admiring its female cast from every possible angle. Or both at once.

* AmazonianBeauty: Tina (played by Creator/JaimePressly)has a very toned body which she shows off during her intro wearing a FlagBikini and while also being a MsFanservice.

* PostersAlwaysLie: Of the five characters shown on the official poster, Devon Aoki's Kasumi and Jaime Pressly's Tina are the only ones that count as protagonists. The other three have less screentime ''combined'' than Music/HollyValance's Christie for instance, who didn't make it on the poster for some reason. Also counts as a visual BillingDisplacement of sorts.

Various fighters around the world are invited to take part in the annual Dead or Alive tournament, which has just been taken over one Victor Donovan after the death of its former owner, Fame Douglas. A prize of ten million dollars is promised for the winner, but in the background, [[NotJustATournament there are bigger sums of money at the play]], and the competitor's lives are at peril.

* AmazonianBeauty: Tina has a very toned body which she shows off during her intro wearing a FlagBikini and while also being a MsFanservice.

* PostersAlwaysLie: Of the five characters shown on the official poster, Devon Aoki's Kasumi and Jaime Pressly's Tina are the only ones that count as protagonists. The other three have less screentime ''combined'' than Holly Valance's Christie for instance, who didn't make it on the poster for some reason. Also counts as a visual BillingDisplacement of sorts.

* RuthlessModernPirates: A group of modern day pirates run afoul of Tina in her introduction -- and then have the misfortune to encounter the rest of the heroines when they are stranded at sea [[BrickJoke at the movie's end]].

* AdaptationalHeroism: In this movie, Christie is a lot more likeable and moral and has nothing to do with Donovan's scheming.

* DidTheEarthMoveForYouToo: Christie and Max are in bed shortly after doing the deed. Suddenly, she says that the earth moved. Max, of course, takes credit, until Kasumi and Leon crash through the wall from Kasumi's room, as it is their turn to fight.

* {{Fanservice}}: The film can be summarized as "one third over-the-top martial arts fights, two thirds catering to everyone who likes beautiful women in various states of undress".

* FullFrontalAssault: The police enter Christie's hotel room while she is showering to arrest her. She flirts and flaunts her body to make them drop their guard, then kicks their asses.

* HomingProjectile: The two-pronged shuriken that deliver the DOA invitations have impressive tracking capabilities. No matter if you're escaping the cops on a bike in downtown Hongkong or riding a paraglider somewhere high above Japan, [[SuperPersistentMissile they will find you]].

* InNameOnly: Just about every single character, but Helena in particular bears absolutely no resemblance to her game counterpart.

* {{ButtMonkey}}: The luckless pirates that get curbstomped by Tina in the prologue show up again for the epilogue, only to suffer the same fate. Their poor leader, wearing a jury-rigged brace for his mangled arm the second time, [[OhCrap reacts appropriately dismayed]].

* {{Butt-Monkey}}: The luckless pirates that get curbstomped by Tina in the prologue show up again for the epilogue, only to suffer the same fate. Their poor leader, wearing a jury-rigged brace for his mangled arm the second time, [[OhCrap reacts appropriately dismayed]].

* Butt-Monkey: The luckless pirates that get curbstomped by Tina in the prologue show up again for the epilogue, only to suffer the same fate. Their poor leader, wearing a jury-rigged brace for his mangled arm the second time, [[OhCrap reacts appropriately dismayed]].

* Bowdlerise: Subverted. 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. It would’ve been ironic, too, since that would’ve meant that the movie would’ve featured the franchise’s first instance of uncensored nudity, especially given its heavy use of fanservice.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: The luckless pirates that get curbstomped by Tina in the prologue show up again for the epilogue, only to suffer the same fate. Their poor leader, wearing a jury-rigged brace for his mangled arm the second time, [[OhCrap reacts appropriately dismayed]].

* BrickJoke: The luckless pirates that get curbstomped by Tina in the prologue show up again for the epilogue, only to suffer the same fate. Their poor leader, wearing a jury-rigged brace for his mangled arm the second time, [[OhCrap reacts appropriately dismayed]].

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Inverted. In the games, Ayane is Kasumi and Hayate's [[TangledFamilyTree cousin and half-sister]]. Here, she's an unrelated member of the clan in service to Kasumi, and PromotedToLoveInterest for Hayate.

* AdaptationalWimp: Hayabusa, aka Ryu Hayabusa of ''NinjaGaiden'', who aside from losing his stoic badass personality also gets captured with pathetic ease by Donovan and has to be bailed out in his fight against Bayman by Max and Weatherby, the two non-combatants of the cast.

* RuthlessModernPirates: A group of modern day pirates run afoul of Tina in her introduction -- and then have the misfortune to encounter the rest of the heroines when they are stranded at sea at the movie's end.

* PostersAlwaysLie: Of the five characters shown on the official poster, Kasumi and Tina are the only ones that count as protagonists. The other three have less screentime ''combined'' than Christie for instance, who didn't make it on the poster for some reason. Also counts as a visual BillingDisplacement of sorts.

* BrickJoke: The luckless pirates that get curbstomped by Tina in the prologue show up for the epilogue just to suffer the same fate. Their poor leader, wearing a jury-rigged brace for his mangled arm the second time, [[OhCrap reacts appropriately dismayed]].

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Although Donovan is in pretty good shape for a man his age, the only reason he can go up against the protagonists for the final showdown is [[spoiler:that he analyzed their fighting styles during the tournament and condensed the intel into a pair of CoolShades that allow him to predict and counteract their attacks]].
* BadassGrandpa: Donovan is easily the oldest person on the island but still in impressive shape, and while he may personally lack the heroines' skills without his CoolShades, what he pulls of during the final showdown would tire out much younger men much faster.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Until things get a bit more serious during the finale, Christie is almost constantly wearing an amused smirk no matter what happens.