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Posted by Zero Shift on 14-05-2004 at 17:33:

Versus

Versus is just a testment to the fact that Japanese cinema is so much cooler than America's standard stuff.

It's an action/horror movie directed by Ryuhei Kitamura (the same guy who directed all of the new action scenes in Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes). It's a low-budget movie, but the action far exceeds other movies with a $100 million budget. There's also a lot of gore, but the gore is low-budget, like Dead Alive or Evil Dead, so it looks hilarious.

That's another thing about this movie. It's also funny as hell at certain times. It plays a LOT like an anime as well.

I'd recommend Versus to anyone who wants to a see a really over-the-top original action movie. It's one of my favorite movies of all time.

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Posted by Cep on 19-05-2004 at 15:52:

Hmm sounds interesting. I have to say I prefer some of the Japanese/Chinese market films whether in English or Native.

Like the original Ring Big Grin

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Posted by Tengu on 19-05-2004 at 18:48:

Was this the one where they put a load of teens on an island and told them to kill each other?

My uncle liked it. He said the acting was very good

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Posted by meridianday on 19-05-2004 at 20:09:

Wasn't that Battle Royale?

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Posted by Cep on 19-05-2004 at 21:55:

Battle Royale was the school in the future. Tokyo I think were they were told to kill each other and if they didn't they'd be shot there and then.

The original ring is the Japanese (or was it chinese Thinking ) version of the recently released Hollywood version "The Ring" were if you watch a video you die within 24 hours etc.

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Posted by Zero Shift on 20-05-2004 at 02:10:

For some reason, Versus keeps getting compared to Ringu. Versus may have some aspects of horror, but it's first and foremost an action movie. Like I said too, it's got a lot of that dark humor like Evil Dead or Braindead.

Kitamura said he wanted to make this movie to prove that you don't need a big budget and crazy CG effects to make a truly awesome action movie. He totally succeeded there. He's also going to be directing the action cutscenes in the game Devil May Cry 3.

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