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Title: Ultimate Versus (2007) Starring: Tak Sakaguchi, Hideo Sakaki, Chieko Misaka, Kenji Matsuda, and Yuichiro Arai Director: Ryuhei Kitamura Rating: Unrated Runtime: 157 minutes Avg. Score: 4 Submit Comment Hits: 21

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• Posted on 2008-06-18
  This review is for the "ULTIMATE" version of Versus (THE superior version)
  
  So many Versus reviews and none talking about the "Ultimate" version. I will make the synopsis short if you want a longer one read one of the other numerous ones here. Prisoner escapes meets up with some Yakuzas, they have a girl hostage which the prisoner seems to know and does not like the fact she is being held captive. The guns start firing and the prisoners escape. This starts the film and the chase through the forest for the escapees. Along the way of course guns, zombies, swords, and kung fu.
  
  What has changed and what makes this the "Ultimate" version. First alterations have been made to scenes :1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, and 36, which is 28 of the 36 scenes. A new music score which is much cooler and fits the scenes much better has been added to a majority of the film. Color corrections and CGI have been added to make the film more dramatic, clearer and a little more bang in each of the action sequences. Compared side by side the image is night and day compared to the old version. The "Ultimate" version is the director's cut with 10 minutes extra footage along with several audio tracks that you can choose from including a director discussion track talking about each of the scenes as you watch the movie.
  
  The extra footage on this DVD is not just deleted scenes, but in fact new scenes. The director and cast went out into the same forest and shot additional scenes and spliced them accordingly into this new edition of the movie. The extra footage includes the reintroduction of the three assasins. Originally they arrived in a car, now they are walking along a path in the forest and are met by some zombies which in turn allows them each to display their fighting styles as they whip some zombie butt. There is more sword fighting scenes in the earlier part of the movie and an additional fight scene has been added between Tak and Katayama. If ever a dream of the right extra footage could come true this is it.
  
  This is just on disc one did I mention there were three discs!!! Disc 2 includes a picture gallery with over 60 pics. There is also 5 featurettes including "The First Contact" which is basically just a preview of the film. "Behind Versus Part 1: Birth of the Dark Hero" which was on the original release. "Behind Versus Part 2 The Legend" which is over 40 minutes describing the making of the film. "Sakigake! Otoko Versus Juku" explains the reshoot of the film. And "Deep in the Woods" is interviews with the cast.
  
  Disc 3 is full as well with a collection of all the deleted scenes that is accompanied by commentary explaining the reasons behind each of the deletions. A featurette "One Man's Journey: Tak Sakaguchi" is an account of the actor visiting the Japan Film Festival. A interview with the editor is also on this disc. Two short films are included Nervous and Nervous 2 which are basically side stories of the movie. Whew can you say TONS of stuff in this edition.
  
  Overall, if you are a Versus fan or it is the first time to see the film this is the version you need to own. Well that is if you like more blood, more sword sparks, more action sequences, a better sound track, a clearer crisper picture and a more fluid storyline along with 2 CDs stuffed with extras. Get the point well go get the Ultimate Versus it is by far the best special edition I have ever seen done to any movie on the market today.
  
  Score: 5
• Posted on 2008-02-14
  Action and more Action!!
  
  Yeah this movie is cheesy. But not as cheesy as Van Dumb movies. Lots of martial arts and action! Slicin and dicin with lots of gore! Who the hell can't dig that?! Man I don't get tired of this flick at all. If you like lots o action and don't like this somethin is wrong with you buddy.
  Score: 5
• Posted on 2008-01-27
  Gore Galore and that's it
  
  This is a movie you completely turn your brain off to. I will admit, I found it so cheesy and ridiculous that I stopped watching it and put it on again later. It was hard for me to watch this movie. So on my second watch I just it took for what it is. A mindless gorefest. I'll give credit where it's due. If action, very cheesy dialogue, and characters is your thing. Pick this up immediately. It does deliver with the martial arts and gore. But I honestly can never watch this again.
  Score: 3
• Posted on 2008-01-27
  Cheez wiz tastes great
  
  BAD VERSUS GOOD
  
  PLOT--interesting, underdeveloped, hard to follow
  ACTING--overdone, comical, unconvincing
  MUSIC--irritating, questionable
  
  FUN--exciting, humorous
  ACTION--violent, fast-paced, entertaining
  GORE--blood, guts, decapitations
  
  Overall, this is a very cool and different independent flick. Filled with tons of testosterone. Not to mention gobs of dismemberment, zombies, and absurd bloody slayings. Thanks M & D...
  
  
  Score: 4
• Posted on 2008-01-11
  Gore, martial arts, zombies, and cheese... everything I ever wanted in a movie (and a sandwich!)
  
  Who knew macho posturing and dumb tough guy dialogue could be so much damn fun?! Versus is a movie that I had been hearing about for what seems like forever. The gore, the violence, the overall coolness... you know what? Everybody was right about this too, I SHOULD have seen it a long time ago! There's over 125 reviews on here so it probably isn't real necessary to go into the plot much (or even write the review at all, but...), although I will say that Versus is the type of flick that's plot could be categorized as either deep and hard to comprehend OR flat out non-existent... you decide! You see though, the beauty of a movie like this is that the plot just doesn't really matter much because ultimately it's used for the sole purpose of shifting the movie from one bad_ss action set piece to another, in all of their sword swinging, gun wielding, heart eating, zombie slaying, eyeball losing, awesomeness! You might not always know exactly what's going on, but you'll be so glued to the action and mayhem on the screen that you won't care much either. Tons of quirky and memorable characters, crazy stylish camera work and direction, and Tak Sakaguchi as the pinnacle of cool in the leading role all add up to one of the most entertaining cinematic spectacles I've ever seen (and I've seen some spectacles in my day). Obviously this won't work for everybody... I mean, if 2 hours of near straight action (including gun-toting zombies!)only occasionally broken up by riveting dialogue like characters telling each other to "shut the hell up" while a camera spins around 360 degrees over and over again sounds repetitive, then yeah, you may want to steer clear (although that is an exaggeration... only mildly though!). Versus is truly an experience to behold as a low-budget and genre-blending instant cult masterpiece, that even if you don't like (but really, what's not to like?)... I guarantee you won't forget!
  Score: 5