Fast, trashy and pretty entertaining noir. Directed by the cinematographer of La passion de Jeanne d'Arc and Vampyr, no less.

Twisty noir with a great lead performance from Edmond O'Brien. What was with that slide-whistle?

...featuring one of the most annoying hit-men in noir as well as a fabulous proto-beatnik jazz-filled jumpin' jive joint where "the music sends me!"

The plot of D.O.A. has a very interesting core premise, but I felt that the odd directorial choices and the poor delivery of the revelations hampered it somewhat. Cartoony sound-effects come up a few times early on, and there are wipe transitions that aren't well-timed. It also feels like the plot moves on a bit too quickly, never letting the audience to think they know who did it before revealing them as a red herring (and that moment of "I got it; wait" is, after all, the fun of having red herrings). Read full review.

A notary goes to San Francisco for a break and finds himself poisoned, with days to live he tries to solve his own murder.

Noir flavoured high concept thriller, it moves at a break neck pace and includes some very nice location shooting and a funny, if cliched, jazz interlude. O'Brien is an abrupt nervy lead and you can't quite buy him having the impact he does on the various women and bad guys he meets but the movie moves along so quickly you can't really dwell on that.

Average film noir with interesting premise. Reminds me of Crank.

It is a hastily done film based on a formula, but it seems to transcend its preset limits. An existential touch on how a man finally realizes that he has a "life" and has known nothing much about it until he faces the concept of death- there has been numerous films made on this idea, but only few films managed to deliver the punch.
Under the mask of banal white collar existence, there is a martyr-saint who is too brave, knowing that he is going to die soon anyways, but also merciless, knowing how time ticks and that he has to get rid of all the hindrance on his way.

Jason Statham would love this. It's just like Crank but all 'Film Noir' and stuff!

D.O.A. is a very easy to watch and fast paced crime film. The main plot premise is revealed right at the start and is something that kept me glued to see what would happen. I'm sure genre purists could pick holes in it, but I found it to be a very entertaining watch ...

... Apart from the stupid slide whistle whenever the main protagonist saw a nice looking lady. Totally unnecessary.