An orgy of violence and depravity all the things i like. For instance a girl being drowned in a kiddie pool of her own shit, and dogs being jacked off (rover didn't know he had it so good). This one let me down in the ending though, but overall a good movie

We all know Miike is a twisted genius, but Dead or Alive takes it to a new level. After the credits rolled, I sat in my seat for at least 5 or 10 minutes, unable to process what I had just seen. Absolutely incredible.

A quite unique cop story.

Um ótimo filme, depois de um começo frenético e empolgante, a estória se desenrola de forma eficaz e tudo nos leva a um duelo final entre o policial e o bandido, mas eis que Miike nos proporciona algo completamente inesperado. O que dizer do kamikaze da granada atirando-se dentro do carro em movimento? E o braço sendo arrancado? E a bazuca? Simplesmente Takashi Miike.

It's hard not to enjoy this on some level, with it's range from melodrama to hysterical and frenetic scenes, one more shocking and tasteless than the other. A rollercoaster ride of a film.

This movie and Possession would make a good shit-drowning double bill.

hadouken ending is the best!

This movie ruined mini pools for me.

If the rest of the movie was on par with the ending, this would have been great. Instead it was senseless and monotonous, even with all of Miike's trademark violence and vulgarity. Too incoherent to enjoy.

Fairly typical yakuza film, until it's saved from left field in the last ten minues

I dont know how to score this, it is definitely my favourite movie start and ending but the middle part is quite average and I dont remember it...

Didn't expect it to be such a dissapoinment especially after amazing opening scenes. Also great ending, but rest of the film is a mediocre at best yakuza drama with a few hints of Miikeness.

A movie that destroys all the clichés of the genre, therefore deserves to be seen.

I'd normally rate this slightly lower, but the finale alone gives it a few points. An entertaining and interesting movie, but Miike has done better.

Holy crap, what was that awesomeness I just watched? The whole first 10 minutes of this film is a breathless montage of insanity. The final duel is a cataclysmic thing of beauty.

Amazing opening, brilliant ending, and a not bad middle.

The ending to this movie is totally unexpected, but totally awesome. Seriously, M. Night Shyamalan dreams of twist endings like this.

This is kind of a typical yakuza film with occasional Miike touches. Except for the amazing/hilarious ending, there's not much special about it.

Best of the three.

The parts where it obviously wasn't taking itself too seriously were very enjoyable, but the rest didn't impress me much.

This director makes an astonishing amount of junk, just about all of it qualifies as interesting and daring, only some of it is really inspired and rarely it's great. To me Dead or Alive is great junk, especially the conclusion.

"...undeniably stylish."

To be honest, this movie was OK at best. the beginning was neat and whatever but that was about it for me. The ending wasn't cool at all. And by the way, I got it. He put it in there "because, why not." I watched all of the interviews and whatever with Miike, and I really thought that he was making fun of the crowd to see what he could get away with by putting that stupid ending. There were some OK scenes, like the bank robbery deal, but nothing that makes me want to watch this again.

Very Great

The first 5 and last 10 minutes were extraordinary, the rest was mediocre.

The opening is an insane and coked up montage of hilarious, over the top trash. However, the movie is mostly quiet and minimalist and just casually weird. Miike at least pretends to play it straight, but fuck that, during the awesome final showdown Miike lets everybody in on the joke and pulls the funniest and most ridiculous escalating sequence I've seen in any of his movies. If it's all a set up to that punchline, well, it's worth it.

Oh, HELL YEAH!!! That ending was orgasm-inducing, knock-you-on-your-ass AWESOME. So's the beginning for that matter. And the shootout with the guy in the bird costume. Oh, and the drowning of that girl in a pool filled with... yeah... this movie rules.