You know you're in trouble when a film starts off with a fast paced, disjointed montage equivilent to a bad music video, complete with horribly dull, not-so-heavy metal guitar wanking and noodling. Set this luke warm music to random images of the 'ol ultra violence and a little "T &A;" thrown in for good measure. Yawn. This over hyped [stuff] will have you hitt'n the fast frwd button after the first 6 minutes to get to all those crazy, outta this world fight scenes that you keep reading about, but the pay off just never fully comes. Trust me, you've seen all the fast cutt gun shoot outs a millon times over if you're into this genere.What you do get with "Dead or Alive"i s a few really great, yet quick, random, taboo"shock" scenes that Takashi Miike is known for, but their inclusion in the film feels a little forced. Unless you are a hardcore fan of this type of action film mediocrity, save yo money and rent this first.