The Village Voice, “New York’s most influential must-read alternative newspaper”, just posteda reviewofDOA:Dead or Alive,the film based on theDead or Aliveseries of fighting games that is simply stunning. Luke Y. Thompson, who, for the sake of this post, we shall assume is a badger, offers up mind-boggling quotes regarding the film such as the following gem:
… one of the year’s purest entertainments, the best butt-kicking PG-13 bikini jigglefest since the firstCharlie’s Angelsflick.
Or this snippet of journalistic menstruation:
It’s awesome.
Now, I don’t want to accuse Mr. Thompson of rampant Ecstasy abuse, mostly for fear of his large claws and powerful jaws, but using a loaded term like “awesome” in a review of this film is tantamount to describingFergaliciousas “a tour-de-force that will impregante the barren and heal the lame”. I don’t want to defame the efforts of a talented fight choreographer like Corey “Hell’s Wind Staff” Yuen, but when questioned about the film, noted autuer Roman Polanski reportedly quipped:
… really, it f***ing hurt my soul to watch it. After watching half of it, I felt so very unclean. It was quite possibly the most disturbing thing I’ve ever witnessed.
[Props to BlueWolf72 for sending this our way]
