Dead or Alive.
Now, "better" is a subjective word here. I don't think this movie could have been good by any means, no matter how big the budget was or what director they got on it. DoA is bad movie material. Furthermore, I'm really just pissed that they hired actresses that looked nothing like the characters--after all, the entire
reason for watching would be tits, and what do they go and do?
Get actresses without tits. Come on now. With that in mind, several of the folks I'll mention aren't actors per se--models and such, more like, but it's not like the acting talent aspect mattered for a movie like this.
Kasumi
Original Actress: Devon Aoki
Critic's Choice: Yoko Matsugane
Aoki's cute an' all, but
boobies. Boobiesboobiesboobies. The biggest argument I hear against better casting for DOA is
But there aren't girls built like that. Bullshit.
Tina Armstrong
Original Actress: Jaime Pressley
Critic's Choice: April Hunter
Boobiesboobies. Blonde her up and let it roll. She's a wrestler in real life, so it's a sly nod to the aware. April's looked slimmer, I just couldn't find a good pic on such short notice.
Helena
Original Actress: Sarah Carter
Critic's Choice: Bianca Beauchamp
The only picture I could find of her blonde, she was also naked.
Bianca Beauchamp's into cosplay, gaming conventions and other assorted nerdy shit, so it wouldn't be a stretch to talk her into doing this.
Ayane
Original Actress: Natassia Malthe
Critic's Choice: Nozomi Takeuchi
And that's from like, ten minutes with Google and Wikipedia. You can't tell me that a director with months of preparation shouldn't be able to do better.