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Versus (Special Edition) Director: Ryuhei Kitamura Number of Items: 2 Format: Color, DTS Surround Sound Audience Rating: Unrated Studio: Media Blasters, Inc Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2003-08-19 Buy from Amazon

Customer Reviews: Total numer of reviews: 93 Average rating: 3.5 "Slick Flick" This is a pretty slick zombie flick. What it lacks in substance it makes up for in style. The actors perform well considering the plot is a little weak. It seemed like all they did was walk and talk in circles. These guys also never heard of keeping the guns of the people they bury. Besides those minor points this is a great movie full of frantic action and comedy. The DVD is crystal clear with nice 5.1 sound for Japanese with subtitles. There's not a whole lot of extras on the directors cut but it's still worth the purchase. This is a must own for Zombie fans. "Waste of time" I've wasted 2 hours of my life. This movie makes absolutely no sense. Who buries their murder victims with their guns? Why can they not be hit by bullets, but everything else seems to be plenty effective? (knives, punches, etc) It's the Superman complex. Bullets will ricochet off, but he'll duck when the empty gun's thrown at him. Don't waste your time with this movie. It's just not worth it. "A fun ride" I didn't know what to expect when I picked this up, but it had a cool cover, it was in japanese, and it had an unintelligible plot summary on the back cover-- hey, I couldn't resist. So I borrowed it and watched it. And watched it with a group of friends. And watched it again with my brothers. Which made got me some late fees from Blockbuster, but what the hell, I had a lot of fun with this one so I didn't care. This is what moviemaking should be- creative, funny, and most importantly, cool. And man, this movie oozes with coolness, and a sense of humor that isn't so pronounced compared with other asian cinema. This is an independent, Yakuza, Samurai, Zombie flick, and man, it all comes together under 40,000 dollars. If I tell any more, it wouldn't be as fun. Get this, watch it, and love it. "Pulp Fiction meets Night of the Living Dead with swords" This movie is one part Pulp Fiction, one part Blair Witch Project, one part Jackie Chan styled kung-fu funny movie, one part Night of the Living Dead, one part Dead Alive, one part Seven Samurais, one part anime and one part cheese. What does all this add up to? A totally unique movie. Versus is all of the above mentioned rolled up into one twisted movie. The action scenes are good. They have an anime feel to them but the actors execute them with a Pulp Fiction sense of cool. Lots of gun play, there had to be over 1000 rounds fired in the first half. The sword fighting is really good. Very fast paced and gory. At times the acting is a little cheesy. The director is really fond of long dramatic pauses. A little too long for me. He must have gone to the William Shatner School of Film. The plot is weird and kind of hard to explain. Guy busts out of prison. Meets up with the Yakuza who have kidnapped some random girl. While waiting for "The Boss" to show up, the guy gets angry with the Yakuza, kills one of them. Guy grabs girl and the chase is on. And once "The Boss" (a 500 hundred year old mystic that kicks serious butt) shows up, the action really gets going. This movie is worth buying. But buy the Director's cut. The Special Edition doesn't really offer enough to warrant the extra ... dollars. "Just plain old fun and cool!" I didn't know what to think of this movie once it started. I was drooling over the slow motion and camera angles because they made everything seem so cool! Once any action starts, great editing, cool shots, plenty of violence, and good special effects all come together to make a really cool movie. The action isn't constant throughout the movie, but it comes and goes enough that anyone just watching it for the action wouldn't get bored. The dubbing isn't too bad, although sometimes I think it gets a little corny here and there. I definatley recommend this movie to anyone who likes action as much as I do, likes movies with zombies, or just likes movies with that 'cool' feeling to them. I loved it!