# Versus (2000)

> A ruthless escaped convict and feuding gangsters battle resurrected dead and an ancient evil in a wildly kinetic Japanese samurai-yakuza zombie spectacle.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/3249

## Facts

- Runtime: 120 min
- Genres: Horror, Fantasy, Action, Thriller, Adventure
- Director: Ryuhei Kitamura
- Cast: Tak Sakaguchi, Hideo Sakaki, Kenji Matsuda, Minoru Matsumoto, Yuichiro Arai, Chieko Misaka, Kazuhito Ohba, Takehiro Katayama
- TMDB rating: 6.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0275773/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: breakneck
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: frantic, gruesome, irreverent, cult movie night, late night horror marathon

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