DOA: Dead or Alive 2006  PG-13, 87 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Romance
Director: Corey Yuen
Cast: Jaime Pressly, Holly Valance, Devon Aoki, Sarah Carter, Natassia Malthe, Kane Kosugi, Matthew Marsden, Eric Roberts, Steve Howey, Brian J. White, Kevin Nash, Collin Chou
Based on the popular video game, DOA, this story begins when Tina Armstrong (Jaime Pressly), Christie Allen (Holly Valance), Kasumi (Devon Aoki), and Helena Douglas (Sarah Carter) are invited to participate in DOA, a secret, invitational-only martial arts contest on a remote Asian island. They are flown in by private jet and then to qualify must bail out, swim to shore, and check in at DOA headquarters. With a $10 million prize at stake, fights come in quick succession in this action-filled story.
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Taken 2008  G, 94 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Pierre Morel
Cast: Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace, Goran Kostic, Katie Cassidy, Leland Orser, Jon Gries, David Warshofsky, Holly Valance, Xander Berkeley, Olivier Rabourdin, Gerard Watkins, Arben Bajraktaraj, Nathan Rippy, Camille Japy
Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) retired from the CIA in order to be closer to his 17-year-old daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace), who now divides her time between Bryan and Bryan's ex-wife Lenore (Franke Janssen). After agreeing to her family's strict set of rules, Kim sets off on a trip to Paris with her friend Amanda (Katie Cassidy). Kim and Amanda land in Paris, but are kidnapped by Albanian sex traffickers while Kim is checking in by phone with Bryan. Now, Bryan talks to the kidnappers and delivers a warning to them. Knowing that he has only 96 hours in which to save the girls, Bryan heads for Paris where he uses his surveillance skills and works against evil forces in his search for his beloved daughter.
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| 1. DOA: Dead or Alive (2006)
2. Taken (2008)
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