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Dead Or Alive Reviews

1999

60
from 2246 members

yakuza of Chinese descent and a Japanese cop each wage their own war against the Japanese mafia. But they are destined to meet. Their encounter will change the world. Read more

Starring	Riki Takeuchi, Renji Ishibashi, Sho Aikawa, Susumu Terajima
Director	Takashi Miike
Genres	Thriller, World Cinema

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- Handed a tedious script about a turf war in Shinjuku's Kabuki-cho entertainment district (a maverick Chinese gang pulls... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:15
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- - 8
  - 0
  Well worth a look
  
  After the first insane five minute montage, 'Dead or Alive' settles into quite a straight yakuza thriller, albeit a pretty violent one. There's ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - sorgos
  - 22 reviews
  - Fife
  - 03 Feb 2004 at 00:19
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- - 0
  - 0
  what the?
  
  What a strange film. I did scratch my head a few times but that's nothing new watching most Takashi Miike films.
  
  It had an interesting visual ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - BimBawBagus
  - 32 reviews
  - edinburgh
  - 16 Apr 2010 at 11:29
- - 0
  - 0
  Poor.
  
  I hate to put down any film... But I just couldn't get into this, and by the time I got to a scene with a lady doing something rather disturbing with a dog... read more »
  
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- - MichaelJames
  - 21 reviews
  - Exeter
  - 21 Oct 2008 at 23:10
- - 0
  - 0
  Just turn off 3 minutes before the end, and this is an amazing film!
  
  The title says it all really.Great story, action sequences, acting, scenery, chemistry and anticipating the end of the film that all good Asian films have. ... read more »
  
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- - Acidedge
  - 5 reviews
  - Leatherhead
  - 08 Jun 2008 at 00:05
- - 0
  - 0
  Should be called Who's Dead or Alive
  
  If you are into our look-a-likey friends killing each other with you having no idea who is who and 'who's dead or alive' then great. if not, away ... read more »
  
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  - Shinoble
  - 29 Apr 2008 at 15:18
- - 2
  - 0
  ok
  
  a really twisted and wiered flick but still in my mind it a pukka flick.
  
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- - greyfox
  - 119 reviews
  - Whitstable
  - 28 Feb 2008 at 18:12
- - 0
  - 0
  Buckets of blood
  
  Takashi Miike is well known for his bloody Yakuza movies. (Does this guy have shares in the artificial blood business?) The plot of Dead or Alive made in 1999 ... read more »
  
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- - Bill Johnson
  - Leamington Spa
  - 12 Jun 2007 at 07:24
- - 3
  - 0
  Dead or Alive ?????. . .umm . . . DEAD!!!
  
  I'll keep it brief . . . .
  
  Incoherent Overrated Rubbish!!!!
  
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- - Eltaf Rehman
  - Birmingham
  - 28 Nov 2006 at 15:05
- - 0
  - 0
  Eastern Classic
  
  Great extreme Japanese gangster film. Refreshingly non-Hollywood. Miike is a master.
  
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- - Gutterboy
  - 388 reviews
  - Sheffield
  - 20 Oct 2006 at 09:43
- - 1
  - 1
  Entertaining but Strange ...
  
  The plot of 'Dead Or Alive' is pretty similar to many other Yakuza/Cop movies but Miike adds his usual dose of extreme violence, dark humour, rapid ... read more »
  
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- - Joel
  - Suffolk
  - 21 Apr 2006 at 09:30
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  - 0
  Mildly entertaining
  
  Dead or Alive is a film that could have been so much better than it turned out. All the elements are in place for a real barnstormer of a cops and gangs ... read more »
  
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  - South Gloucestershire, England
  - 22 Nov 2005 at 19:21
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- - 8
  - 0
  Well worth a look
  
  After the first insane five minute montage, 'Dead or Alive' settles into quite a straight yakuza thriller, albeit a pretty violent one. There's ... read more »
  
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  - sorgos
  - 22 reviews
  - Fife
  - 03 Feb 2004 at 00:19
- - 6
  - 0
  More Extreme Film-making
  
  This director has built a reputation for the extreme and this is no exception. A straightforward Yakuza thriller is interspersed with typically violent and ... read more »
  
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- - imran
  - 165 reviews
  - London
  - 09 Sep 2004 at 19:11
- - 4
  - 0
  Dead or alive I don't really care
  
  As a fan of Japanese films and gangster films I was looking forward to this. Unfortunately it wasn't a great film at all.
  
  The beginning is ... read more »
  
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- - Rob
  - Essex, England
  - 17 Oct 2004 at 19:49
- - 3
  - 0
  Dead or Alive ?????. . .umm . . . DEAD!!!
  
  I'll keep it brief . . . .
  
  Incoherent Overrated Rubbish!!!!
  
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- - Eltaf Rehman
  - Birmingham
  - 28 Nov 2006 at 15:05
- - 2
  - 0
  Classic miike
  
  The first five minutes of this film are famous for excess: music, sex, drugs, food and posing. I give it five stars just for this. The visual and aural ... read more »
  
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- - zebra
  - London
  - 28 Apr 2004 at 00:38
- - 2
  - 0
  Sensory overload
  
  Worth watching if only for the often-lauded first ten minutes, a kaleidoscope of intense, titillating, high energy images.
  
  What follows after is a ... read more »
  
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- - GiuBoo
  - London
  - 30 Jan 2005 at 13:46
- - 2
  - 0
  ok
  
  a really twisted and wiered flick but still in my mind it a pukka flick.
  
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- 532542
- - greyfox
  - 119 reviews
  - Whitstable
  - 28 Feb 2008 at 18:12
- - 1
  - 0
  Not brilliant but ...
  
  Not brilliant but still good, crazy stuff. It's pretty low budget and very Japanese so don't watch it if you have a low attention span. There's a ... read more »
  
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- - Paul#26
  - LONDON
  - 23 Apr 2004 at 10:25
- - 1
  - 1
  Mayhem in Tokyo's Chinatown
  
  The first 5 minutes of building images of death & gore help to prepare you for this great little blood fest from the makers of Audition. This film has all ... read more »
  
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- 5975
- - gothicHM
  - 32 reviews
  - Herts
  - 17 May 2004 at 15:06
- - 1
  - 1
  Another gore fest from Takashi Miike.
  
  Ryuichi and his gang attempt to take over the drugs trade between Taiwan and Japan. In order to succeed they have to wipe out both the Yakuza and the Chinese ... read more »
  
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- 9618
- - Bill Johnson
  - Leamington
  - 08 Jul 2004 at 07:56

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