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This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

In case you are wondering, I *did* see the original 1950 "D.O.A." movie years ago, and I remember that I enjoyed it. Much more so than this unnecessary remake. While it's not the worst remake I have seen, it is burdened by flaws that will be noticeable to even those who haven't seen the original version. For one thing, there is the portrayal of the central protagonist. He comes across as a kind of a jerk both before he is poisoned as well as when he knows he is dying and is trying to figure out who the culprit is. Another problem with the movie is that it is pretty easy to figure out who the culprit is as well as that person's motives - all you have to do is look at who is near the top of the cast billing and realize that that certain person seems to have no other purpose in the movie. The direction is stylish and effective at times, but more often than not it is loud and garish, and ends up being very distracting. Even if you dislike black and white movies (unlike myself), this is definitely one time where you'd be more satisfied with the original movie rather than this remake.

Someone poisoned named Dexter Cornell (Dennis Quaid as an unsettling college professor) and he's got to find out who . He's got to find out why . He's got to find out now . In 24 hours, he'll be Dead On Arrival. He along with a friend student (Meg Ryan) frantically seek who is responsible and why he was targeted for death . His search for the suspect is further complicated by the fact that he is being sought by the police on phony charges of killing .Mediocre remake of the 1949 Noir film that contains thrills , suspense , a complex intrigue and plot twists . The starring , Dennis Quaid , relates his own lethal murder become himself in detective and spend his ending moments trying to uncover his hit men . As his time runs out,he has only hours to identify , he desperately seeks to discover who is responsible his death . The search for the suspect is further complicated by the facts of numerous turns , deceits and a twisted intrigue . Passable acting by Dennis Quaid as a teacher becomes embroiled in a series of murders involving people around him and supported by Meg Ryan as a likable but reluctant student , both of whom married after shooting , though nowadays are separated themselves. Supporting cast in frankly enjoyable , such as Charlotte Rampling , Daniel Stern , Jane Kaczmarek , Christopher Neame , Robert Knepper , Jay Patterson and the deceased Brion James . Colorful cinematography throughout the story , the color in the film begins to drain to monochrome, thus representing the central character's deteriorating health as the poison steadily takes it's toll until it is in black and white as in the opening - presumably showing the flashback catching up to the current time-line of the story . Screeching and inappropriate musical score composed by means of synthesizer .The motion picture was middlingly directed by Rocky Morton ans Annabel Jenkel , the same people who brought ¨Max Headrom¨to TV series . This story results to be a remake from ¨DOA¨ (1969) a dark B-thriller directed by Rudolph Mate with Edmond O'Brien , Luther Adler and Pamela Britton . It was also followed by a inferior remake as ¨Color me dead¨(1969) by Eddie Davis with Tom Tryon , Carolyn Jones and Rick Jason

Rudolph Maté's film from 1950 is given a revamp for the 80's, Dexter Cornell(Dennis Quaid) is a university lecturer who used to have a successful writing career, but thats now gone down the tubes along with his marriage. The initial exposition plants the notion in the viewers mind that everybody has something against him, so when the revelation comes that he has been poisoned, we are not that surprised, unless of course you are familiar with the original. Dexter after being told he has less than 48hrs to live, decides to trace back his steps with the help of one of his students Sydney Fuller(Meg Ryan), but they find they have many obstacles in their way.The film begins promisingly in black and white, as Dexter staggers in the rain towards the local police station where he wishes to report a murder...his own, but the Huey lewis style 80's beat that accompanies this scene only serves to remove any sense of tension and tells the viewer that this is going to be pretty bad, its only a question of how bad? Sure enough we are soon using the old flashback medium, but now the film resorts to full Technicolor. There are some brief homages to Noir, as the embracing couple stand in front of a venetian blind, but there's really nothing here to recommend it, the performances are awful, Ryan in particular doing her usual dizzy blonde with a cutesy pie smile routine. The film is a lazy attempt to put some unneeded ooomph into an already fine movie premise, obviously trying to cash in one the Body Heat audience, the seeming results are undoubtedly aimed at a teen audience and to be sure, they are welcome to it. 4/10

Well.. (Meg Ryan) was fabulous.. I've always dreamed of a similar classmate or mate !, she was at the top of her loveliness, tenderness, sexiness. (Dennis Quaid) was at the top too.. He did some unforgettable efforts to the extent that I believed how he was this grieved sarcastic professor. (Annabel Jankal) & (Rocky Morton) made a fine job to sense the oddity of the moment through solidly suspenseful atmosphere.In fact I'm crazy about such a plot which can make the whole world collapses on the head of its hero in only one or two days whatever the genre is (Die Hard, 1941, Before Sunset, Hallo Dolly.. etc). Here it's the perfect thriller : How to find the one who killed YOU in just less than 48 hours ?!!! I said a genuine WAW when I knew that it had been done firstly at 1950 !, it's a great formula for strong noir, sharp thrill, and one hell of a meaning too because – as in here - when you're living in a world has no trust in it among society of unfaithful people to discover eventually that your closest friend is the one who planned to kill you..Then definitely you're dying ! But I think this movie altogether didn't deliver ALL of this that well ..Why?It's technically glaring but maybe the script cared basically for making hot pursuits and chases more than strengthening the deep concept about the end of a guiltless guy in such horrific dark world where perfidy rules, or the poisoning of the intellectual in this savagely violent community where money owns souls. Actually the types of people which the movie presented didn't express that important motif. However it seemed generally like an elegy of our modern life and its message was unmistakable especially with the main character at the end living his death literally : Try to find the ones whom really love you, try to do the right thing by finding and facing the truth early enough before it destroys you or others, and to be that active, cautious not that blind all the time.. Or should I say all the time you've got !I'm in love with some scenes where everything was quite perfect : (Quaid) knows that he's going to die so he runs in the streets like a shadow with a screamer electronic guitar.. It was how to define "helpless" cinematically, the song at the bar (Too Much Sex, Not Enough Affection) by (Timbuk. J) which refers to the absorption in materialism plus this whole scene and the smile of (Meg Ryan) at its end too, the moment when the wealthy wife finds out about the suicide of the student. It was fair work and what a sweet adventure they all done (the crew, the actors, ..etc), there are interesting image and sound along the way and some talents behind them made (D.O.A) a worth watching experiment.All in all it's about being alive indeed not to be dead and alive in the same time, AND that had been said in a movie was so alive at action and suspense however not that alive intellectually, and finally it's alive work but close to dead when it comes to appreciate its real amusing time.