History Film / Versus

* CastTheExpert: Tak Sakaguchi, and several other cast members including the Fighter Cop and short-haired yakuza, are genuine martial artists.

* OffhandBackhand: Matsuda shoots an approaching zombie without even looking at it.

* OffhandBackhand
* OneWordTitle

* RuleOfCool

* AntiHero: Prisoner KSC2-303 is an escaped criminal responsible for unknown crimes whom he never remembers and while not evil like "The Man" or the rest of the gangsters is certainly rude and harsh.
* ArchEnemy: Prisoner KSC2-303 has "The Man," a necromancer he's destined to battle each time he reincarnates.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: [[spoiler: Prisoner and The Girl seem like to have some sort of attraction one for another but we never know if they will become romantically involved or else. It's implied that in the 10th century the Girl was the love interest of Prisoner's past self.]]

Ryuhei Kitamura's ''Versus'' is a movie released in the year 2000. It is an insane, over-the-top romp of violence involving zombies, Yazuka, assassins, two very strange policemen, an immortal villain and Prisoner [=KSC2-303=], played by Tak Sakaguchi.

* KillTheOnesYouLove: suggested during one of the flashbacks.

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: The film combines zombies, yazuka, kung-fu, gunplay, wizardry and more.

* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Played straight for most of the movie. While the bad guys' faces are literally coated with blood, [=KSC2-303=] only gets dirty near the end, and The Girl remain pristine the entire time.

An American remake has been announced, and a sequel is set to be released in 2014.

* BoomHedashot: [[spoiler:Prisoner [=KSC2-303=] kills the one-handed cop this way]].

* GangstaStyle

* TrouserSpace: The scrawny Yakuza keeps on pulling guns out of the seat of his jeans. Not PantsPositiveSafety because they're always '''new''' guns(one even has the price tag still attached).

* SheFu: The short-haired female yakuza is one of the better fighters. [[spoiler: pity all that damage is cumulative.]]

* MilesGloriosus: The "Fighter Cop" mentions how he has the ability to smell trails like a bloodhound, has mastered every form of martial art known to man, and how his reflexes are "a hundred times faster than Mike Tyson's!" We never see any of these abilities at work except [[spoiler:the last one, and then he's either ''too'' fast, or just can't do it twice.]]
** The Director's commentary confirms that he was, in fact, way too fast.

* CoolShades: Subverted. With its own guitar riff(that fades out after The Girl shakes her head)! According to the Director's Commentary, that bit didn't go ever very well in Japan. Once it got to America, however...

* DualWielding: Matsuda dual wields fighting knives briefly. Prisoner wields both CoolSwords briefly.

* DualWielding: Matsuda dual wields fighting knives briefly.

An American remake has been announced.

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[[caption-width-right:220:Movie poster from Wikipedia]]

''''Versus'''' is a Japanese film released in 2000. It is an [[ActionFilms action]]/[[HorrorFilms horror]] (and depending on your mood, [[ComedyFilms comedy]]) tale. A prisoner (identified only by his number, [=KSC2-303=]) escapes, shackled to another man. The other is a {{Yakuza}}, and convinces [=KSC2-303=] to accompany him to a forest where they'll meet up with his Yakuza colleagues. When the Yakuza arrive, they are towing a girl they've kidnapped. A standoff ensues, which quickly devolves into violence - and it becomes clear that this forest is not quite normal, as it seems to [[CameBackWrong resurrect dead people]]. [=KSC2-303=] evades the Yakuza and flees into the forest with the girl as the Yakuza deal with the myriad victims they have buried there over the years. As the lead Yakuza pursues them, it becomes apparent that the three of them are not just who they appear to be, and that [[Reincarnation they've been here before]]...

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!!This film provides examples of:

* NoNameGiven: In fact, none of the characters in this movie have names. [=KSC2-303=] is the closest we get; everyone else is credited via description ("The Man", "The Girl", etc.)
* TrouserSpace: One of the Yakuza (small and scrawny, butt of jokes) keeps losing his gun - and pulling another from the seat of his blue jeans.
* Yakuza: One faction of characters are members.
* CameBackWrong: Bodies in the Forest of Resurrection come back, but...
* CoolSword: There is a katana in this movie which has a pistol grip for a handle. It's right on the poster.
* ButtMonkey: The aforementioned gun-loser, who is a continual victim of...
* ComedicSociopathy: The gun loser gets beat down. A lot.
* {{Reincarnation}}: At least three of the main characters, it turns out, have been through this before.
* DeadHandShot: The movie opens with two men shackled to one.
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''''Versus'''' is a Japanese film released in 2000. It is an [[ActionFilms action]]/[[HorrorFilms horror]] (and depending on your mood, [[ComedyFilms comedy]]) tale. A prisoner (identified only by his number, [=KSC2-303=]) escapes, shackled to another man. The other is a {{Yakuza}}, and convinces [=KSC2-303=] to accompany him to a forest where they'll meet up with his Yakuza colleagues. When the Yakuza arrive, they are towing a girl they've kidnapped. A standoff ensues, which quickly devolves into violence - and it becomes clear that this forest is not quite normal, as it seems to [[CameBackWrong resurrect dead people]]. [=KSC2-303=] evades the Yakuza and flees into the forest with the girl as the Yakuza deal with the myriad victims they have buried there over the years. As the lead Yakuza pursues them, it becomes apparent that the three of them are not just who they appear to be, and that they've been here before...