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Movie Info

An escaped prisoner (Tak Sakaguchi) and a mysterious young woman (Chieko Misaka) face an onslaught of indestructible undead fighters in Japan's Forest of Resurrection.

Rating:

R
Genre:

horror, action
Original Language:

Japanese
Director:

Ryûhei Kitamura
Producer:

Keisho Shin
Writer:

Ryûhei Kitamura, Yûdai Yamaguchi
Release Date (Streaming):

Jan 19, 2017
Runtime:

1h 59m
Production Co:

Buena Vista (Walt Disney)
Sound Mix:

Surround

Cast & Crew

Tak Sakaguchi
Prisoner KSC2-303

Hideo Sakaki
The Man

Chieko Misaka
The Girl

Kenji Matsuda
Yakuza Leader with butterfly knife

Ryûhei Kitamura
Director

Ryûhei Kitamura
Writer

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Critic Reviews for Versus

All Critics (16) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (4)

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August 14, 2007 | Rating: 3/4

Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
[Proves] the old adage about less being more.

September 5, 2006 | Rating: C | Full Review…

Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness
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November 6, 2003 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle
A major splatter fest.

June 27, 2003 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Janice Page
Boston Globe
For a low-budget ghost-yakuza thriller, Versus is a fairly impressive achievement.

June 5, 2003 | Rating: 3/4

Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
Though the limited budget rears its head at times, particularly in the video quality of some sequences, the fight choreography and editing are outstanding, and propel the action scenes into a kinetic frenzy of blood and guts.

March 25, 2021 | Full Review…

Michelle Kisner
The Movie Sleuth
... don't wait to check out Versus, a film whose homages are subtle, it's violence over the top, and its narrative a complex web the audience doesn't even realize they are falling into.

January 29, 2021 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Douglas Davidson
Elements of Madness
What he lacks in finesse, [director] Kitamura makes up for in pure showmanship.

May 17, 2015 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…

Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy
Being dumb is cool, dude, and Versus is as knowingly dumb as a three-chord thrash by The Ramones.

January 25, 2011 | Full Review…

Ian Berriman
SFX Magazine
Over the top gore, and tight choreography help the otherwise cheesy and forgettable attempts at comedy, and repetitive action scenes.

April 29, 2009 | Full Review…

Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed
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October 1, 2005 | Rating: 3/5

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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July 16, 2005 | Rating: 2.5/4

Paul Sherman
Boston Herald