Versus
“Witness a battle no one has ever seen.”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 64, rated by 1 admin.
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Gangsters choose a forest where the dead refuse to remain buried, complicating an already bad meeting. Guns, fists and swords compete for space in a story that treats resurrection as an excuse for another fight. The plot wanders, but the physical commitment supplies the momentum.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 6/10
- Plot
- 8.5/10
- Effects
- 3.5/10
- Dialogue
- 6/10
- Rewatchability
- 8/10
“The burial site has a very generous returns policy.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 64
Synopsis and movie facts
A group of ruthless gangsters, an unknown woman and an escaped convict have met, in The Forest of Resurrection, the 444th portal to the other side. Their troubles start when those once killed and buried in the forest come back from the dead.
- Released
- 2000
- Directed by
- Ryuhei Kitamura
- Running time
- 120 min
- Original title
- ヴァーサス
Starring
- Tak Sakaguchi as Prisoner KSC2-303
- Hideo Sakaki as The Man
- Kenji Matsuda as Yakuza Leader with Butterfly Knife
- Minoru Matsumoto as Crazy Yakuza with Amulet
- Yuichiro Arai as Motorcycle-riding Yakuza with Revolver
- Chieko Misaka as The Girl
- Kazuhito Ohba as Yakuza with Glasses
- Takehiro Katayama as Red-haired Assassin
Research behind this pick
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- Film reference · themoviedb.org
TMDB identity and credits retrieved on 2026-11-10: Versus (2000), directed by Ryuhei Kitamura. The importer rechecks identity, poster, synopsis, release date, runtime, genres and cast against live metadata.
- Review · screenanarchy.com
ScreenAnarchy's review of the expanded Ultimate Versus edition discusses the original film's mixture of gunplay, swords, fist fighting and splatter; edition-specific additions are not assumed here. Full review text consulted on 2026-11-10.
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