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Versus

  • 20002000
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 59m
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6.3/10
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Versus (2000)
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There are 666 portals that connect this world to the other side. These are concealed from all human beings. Somewhere in Japan exists the 444th portal.... The forest of resurrection.There are 666 portals that connect this world to the other side. These are concealed from all human beings. Somewhere in Japan exists the 444th portal.... The forest of resurrection.There are 666 portals that connect this world to the other side. These are concealed from all human beings. Somewhere in Japan exists the 444th portal.... The forest of resurrection.
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
13K
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POPULARITY
17,306
87
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    • Director
      • Ryûhei Kitamura
    • Writers
      • Ryûhei Kitamura(screenplay)
      • Yudai Yamaguchi(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Tak Sakaguchi
      • Hideo Sakaki
      • Chieko Misaka
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    • Director
      • Ryûhei Kitamura
    • Writers
      • Ryûhei Kitamura(screenplay)
      • Yudai Yamaguchi(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Tak Sakaguchi
      • Hideo Sakaki
      • Chieko Misaka
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    • 225User reviews
    • 99Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win

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    Tak Sakaguchi
    Tak Sakaguchi
    • Prisoner KSC2-303
    Hideo Sakaki
    • The Man
    Chieko Misaka
    • The Girl
    Kenji Matsuda
    • Yakuza Leader with butterfly knife
    Yuichiro Arai
    • Motorcycle-riding yakuza with revolver
    Minoru Matsumoto
    • Crazy yakuza with amulet
    Kazuhito Ohba
    • Yakuza with glasses
    Takehiro Katayama
    • Red-haired assassin
    Ayumi Yoshihara
    • Long-haired female assassin
    Shôichirô Masumoto
    • One-handed cop
    Toshiro Kamiaka
    • Samurai warrior
    Yukihito Tanikado
    • Cop with Barrett
    Hoshimi Asai
    • Short-haired female assassin
    Ryosuke Watabe
    • Yakuza zombie in alligator-skin coat
    Motonari Komiya
    • Other prisoner
    Reika Kirishima
      Hideo Kojima
      Hideo Kojima
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      • Director
        • Ryûhei Kitamura
      • Writers
        • Ryûhei Kitamura(screenplay)
        • Yudai Yamaguchi(screenplay)
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      • Trivia
        (at around 12 mins) One of the thugs was shot dead at the beginning of the movie, because the director Ryûhei Kitamura disliked the actor who portrayed him.
      • Goofs
        (at around 42 mins) One of the detectives says (in the subtitled version) that he was trained at FBI HQ at Langley. Langley is the headquarters of the CIA, not the FBI. This fits the character, though, who seems to lie about his abilities throughout the movie.
      • Quotes

        [after kicking away a severed zombie head]

        Prisoner KSC2-303: I'll play with you later.

      • Alternate versions
        German rental version is cut for violence/gore to secure a "Not under 18" rating. The Retail Special Edition DVD will be uncut.
      • Connections
        Featured in Hagan Reviews: Versus (2014)

      User reviews225

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      Someone has to say it: BORING.
      It took me three sessions to finish this movie because it kept putting me to sleep. The word that seems to best fit this movie is "droning." The action is most unimpressive, the gore is not half as plentiful as I was lead to believe, and none of the performers make much of an impression. Somehow, despite all the zombie-shooting, it all feels flat somehow, and the expository scenes move at the molasses pace typical of Japanese films. And there is actually a lot of exposition; this film is hardly the nonstop whirlwind of blood and bullets that people make it out to be. I'm not one of those who complained that "Black Hawk Down was all action and had no characterization!" I'm not somebody who insists that every movie needs an original story and a deep message. But if a movie is going to consist of nothing but crazy, violent action, it had better be more interesting than this, which doesn't really have a single pulse-quickening moment in it. I tried to watch this movie again with friends, but they gave up on it in less than 15 minutes.
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      • Release date
        • February 20, 2002 (France)
      • Country of origin
        • Japan
      • Languages
        • Japanese
        • English
      • Also known as
        • Противостояние
      • Production companies
        • WEVCO Produce Company
        • napalm FiLMS
        • KSS
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      • Budget
        • $400,000 (estimated)
      • Gross worldwide
        • $55,500
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 59 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Dolby Digital
      • Aspect ratio
        • 2.39:1

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