Dead or Alive fingerprintRelentless energy, strong craft, light on feelings.
Pulse-pounding and breakneck
Fast from start to finish.
Emotionally reserved
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Crime, everyday modern life, and class and money
Standout direction
Standout editing
Pulse-pounding and breakneck
Fast from start to finish.
Dead or Alive is pulse-pounding, breakneck, and brutally violent.
Crime, everyday modern life, and class and money
Its world is built around crime, everyday modern life, and class and money.
Standout direction
The direction stand out.
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A daring exercise in ultra-violent extremes.
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Dead or Alive is included with a subscription to MUBI, Midnight Pulp, and ARROW in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Fandor and AsianCrush. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, and Apple TV Store. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 54/100 (IMDb 6.7 and Metacritic 49). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: violence, strong language, and drug use.
1 h 45 min
Dead or Alive runs 1 h 45 min.
Not quite. Audiences rate Dead or Alive higher (58) than critics (49). It's more of a crowd-pleaser than a critics' pick.
It was made in Japanese, with some Chinese. Produced in Japan.
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