Rent Versus (2000)
3.2 of 5 from 86 ratings
2h 0min
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- Synopsis:
A mysterious face-off in a wooded clearing between two escaped convicts and a carload of sharply dressed yakuza holding a beautiful woman captive ends in hails of bullets and showers of blood. The location for this violent encounter is the mythic Forest of Resurrection, the site of the 444th portal of the 666 hidden gates that link this earthly domain to the netherworld - and it didn't get this name for nothing. As one of the surviving prisoners escapes with the girl into the darkness of the forest, disgruntled gangsters soon become the least of their worries as an earlier battle between a lone warrior against hordes of zombie samurai is carried over from a millennium ago into the present day... - Actors:
- Tak Sakaguchi, Hideo Sakaki, Chieko Misaka, Kenji Matsuda, Yuichiro Arai, Minoru Matsumoto, Kazuhito Ohba, Takehiro Katayama, Ayumi Yoshihara, Shôichirô Masumoto, Toshiro Kamiaka, Yukihito Tanikado, Hoshimi Asai, Ryosuke Watabe, Motonari Komiya, Reika Kirishima, Hideo Kojima
- Directors:
- Ryûhei Kitamura
- Producers:
- Keishiro Shin
- Writers:
- Ryûhei Kitamura, Yudai Yamaguchi
- Aka:
- Down to Hell 2 Japan / The Ultimate Versus
- Studio:
- Tartan
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 07/12/2020
- Run Time:
- 131 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 6.1, Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 6.1
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Presentations of both versions of the film: the original 2000 cut and 2004's 'Ultimate Versus', featuring over 10 minutes of new and revised footage
- Audio commentary by Kitamura and producer Keishiro Shin
- Audio commentary by Kitamura, cast, and crew
- New visual essay on the career of Kitamura by Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp
- Behind Versus, a two-part behind-the-scenes documentary exploring the film's production
- First Contact: Versus Evolution, a featurette exploring the film's origins
- Tak Sakaguchi's One-Man Journey, an archival featurette on the actor's visit to the 2001 Japan Film Festival
- Film festival screening footage
- Team Versus, a brief look inside the Napalm Films office
- Deep in the Woods, an archival featurette featuring interviews with Kitamura, cast, and crew
- The Encounter, an archival interview with editor Shuichi Kakesu
- Deleted scenes with audio commentary by Kitamura, cast, and crew
- Nervous and Nervous 2, two "side story" mini-movies featuring characters from the main feature
- Featurette on the making of Nervous 2
- Versus FF Version, a condensed, 20-minute recut of the film
- Multiple Trailers
- Image Gallery
- Sakigake! Otoko versus Juku, a featurette on the newly shot material for 'Ultimate Versus'
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the following:
- Versus (120 Mins)
- Special Features - Disc 2:
- This disc includes the following:
- Ultimate Versus (131 Mins)
- Special Features
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Reviews (1) of Versus
play it loud - Versus review by CP Customer
Fun, gory but not overstylised fight movie. Minimal dialogue but lots of claustrophobic action set in a forest. Cliches abound with nods to all previous zombie movies and a great punchy soundtrack if you're into Japanese techno
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