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What can I say; it’s a Michael Bay film, loud and over the top. Look if you compare this film to actual films it fails horribly. There is no plot. A good 45 minutes to an hour could be cut from the film without sacrificing anything (basically the non action scenes). This is an action movie, and it’s the action where this film succeeds. Everything else fails.

See it as big and as loud as you can. Buckle your seatbelt, turn off your brain, and enjoy the ride.

Compared to Other Films: *1/2
As a Mindless Action Film: ***

1) Banks are evil
They do not care who they do business with, as long as they can controll the debt. That includes organized crime, established first world governments, dictators, rebel forces, or whoever.

2) Interpol is powerless
Clive Owen never carried a gun and was never allowed to arrest anyone. For almost the entire film he was escorted by local police or federal agents.

3) Clive Owen wasted his time
At the end Clive Owen goes rouge to get his justice, and even though he succeeds, he fails as well, because the big picture can’t be stopped. Yet, Naomi Watts stays on the straight and narrow and eventually gets someone to back her case. Would it have happened without Clive Owen going rouge? Maybe, maybe not.

4) Banks are stupid
The bank has supreme power that doesn’t mind to get dirty. They kill people who get in their way including Interpol agents, yet they let Clive Owen live his life unfettered. Only towards the end of the movie do they attempt to assassinate him.

So bottom line:
It’s long and borders on the line of boring and enjoyable. The shoot out scene in the Guggenheim is interesting and certainly a breath of fresh care compared to your standard warehouse, but it gets old after the first couple of minutes.

*1/2

Based off of the video game series, DOA is another so so video game movie. I have played many iterations of the game, but have never payed attention to the story line, but really how complicated can it be? The movie has the DOA tournament commencing, all the fighters get to the DOA island and fighting beings. And that is about as in depth as things get. If your looking plot, just choose a different film, because your not going to find it here.

The game is about visuals, and so is the film. Sadly it’s only pg-13 but the women are hot (especially Holly Valance and Sarah Carter) and in various states of undress most of the time despite the rating. The fight choreography is serviceable, none of the fights are that memorable. You’ll definitely be remembering the women more than anything else in the film.

So retarded plot, nice visuals, subpar fighting…all that adds up to a rental viewing, a subscription based rental at best. No reason to specifically pay for this one. I should only rate this film one star, but Valance and Carter are so hot that it gets the extra star.

**