Ok, I admit it. I like kung fu zombies, in the right situations. I also enjoy a good Abba tune. Sue me. This movie doesn’t have any Abba, but it’s got some ass kicking zombies, and that's all right by me.

We have another Japanese zombie movie here, and by all accounts, these movies are kicking the shit out of other countries in this grossly underappreciated genre. The storyline is as follows: There are 666 portals to the other world. Somewhere in Japan is the 444th portal, which is the Forest of Resurrection. Enough said about that. Cue to the asskickings.

Two inmates (with cool "Lawbreaker" overalls on) are busted out of prison by the local Yakuza. They eventually meet up with each other in the aforementioned Forest of Resurrection. Why the Yakuza busted out these two guys is not really known by us or even by the people in the movie. It was a direct order from their mysterious ass kicking boss. One thing leads to another and then a guy gets capped. Seconds later he returns from the dead (as if resurrected) and starts whipping ass. After this, all shit breaks loose.

There is a pretty good plot behind this movie, and I don’t really want to ruin it for you. Needless to say though, there is plenty of blood, severed limbs, tons of bullets, ripped out hearts, fists through heads, kickass Japanese music, posing beyond belief, mucho one liners, superior fight choreography, and enough asskickings to fill my backyard. The precise ingredients for Japanese zombie mayhem!

The gore is awesome. Much blood and guts. You can always tell when a person gets cashed in, because he spits out a mouthful of fake blood. This might seem childish by some standards, but it’s right up my alley. Violence is also at a premium. Many bullets, blades, and superhuman strength guarantee that. Not a lick of nudity however. You hardly notice. The main female is strangely attractive however.

Acting is not bad. There are some really over the top characters. There is one that would ordinarily annoy the shit out of me, but I somehow looked over his shenanigans. There are many many one liners and posedowns. Every scene has some kind of overdramatic pose.

The camerwork is where this movie really shines. Lots of rotating camera angles and still shots. It looks like they really thought this through. The flashbacks give me chills from their authenticity. I'm such a drama queen!

The music is superb and evokes the proper emotions at the precise time. The storyline is solid, though it is a bit quirky. For example, you have a whole little side story of a couple bounty hunters that doesn’t really amount to much. The overall concept of resurrection is done to perfection, if not entirely original. There are also some legitimately funny parts in this movie.

Overall, this movie is solid as fuck. If you are not into martial arts, or cheesy one liners, you might not like it. If you are, then you are in for a treat. The zombies in this movie are kind of a by-product of the inherent violent nature of the film, and are not really the focus. If you kill 30 people in a Forest of Resurrection, you are going to get some fucking zombies.

Anyway, this movie gets Paynecraft's Seal of Asskicking Approval. I give it 9.5 out of 10 mouthfuls of fake blood.

This movie was fueled by room temperature Guinness and early 80's Judas Priest. It gets no better my friends.

If you're looking for a movie with style, Versus is it. Kill Bill without the babes but ten times the gore, and zombies. I loved it.

The martial arts are excellant, I'm not usually a fan of action, but this flick had a story and zombies, two things usually missing from American action flicks. The story is a little complicated at times, and the ending takes a little thought, but it's very rewarding to watch. The overdrama Paynecraft mentions is one of the best parts of the flick, that guy was fucking wacky and somehow made it creepy as hell.

I do recommend watching in the original Japanese with the subtitles, the Japanese actors were much better. The cheesy lines were delivered badly by the english voices, and in the original Japanese you can hear sarcasm. I do think all the cheesiness was intentional, and both clever and amusing.

There were actually several amusing parts of this flick, when the "runt" is getting smacked by this one badass chick and he keeps trying to talk, it had me rolling.

A very impressive flick, this isn't run of the mill at all. At one point there's a huge karate fight and the soundtrack (which was perfect throughout) is just drums. The sounds of the punching and grunting joined right into the music, very cool.

Ultra-gory, mostly in the form of gaping bullet holes entirely through bodies, which we peek through. At one point a guy punches his fist entirely through a head, then drops the eyeballs he grabbed on the way through. Not only gory, but really fun gore. The blood spitting, while simple enough, was very effective.

8.5 out of 10 crawling, tongue-wagging psychopaths

Versus was a trip outside of the films I'm used to seeing, but it was a great trip. I'm not much for foriegn films, but Versus is something different. It wasn't an "Oh My God!" or make you jump type of film. It was more of a pleasure to watch.

Everyone knows I pretty much hate action/horror films. But the Kung-fu/Swordplay and even the super human strengths did not bother me. It just flowed so well with the style of the film I didn't even care, going with the story you'd expect it. Unlike some American films were it just seems entirely out of place. Here the camera shots and movements just made it three times cooler.

The zombies weren't a huge factor, more of obstacles in front of the actual story. Not your average zombies either, but it still stuck with me. It's hard not to notice some of the cheesiness, but for the most part I enjoyed some of it. Actually I enjoyed the final sword battle more than any of the Matrix films. The ending was a little new, but thats what I liked about it.

Definetly not for everyones taste, but I'm willing to watch it a second time.

8 out of 10 Handless cops

A while back Paynecraft lent me this movie. I wanted to watch it but I wasn’t killing myself to get to it either. Last night while flipping through channels I hit the beginning on Showtime. I wasn’t going to watch it (hello? I had it sitting here for weeks), even my husband was like, “Uh didn’t Payne lend you this movie forever ago?” (Translation: You dumbass you’re going to watch this on Showtime when you’ve had the DVD forever?) I just thought I would see the beginning to get a feel for it. Well I couldn’t stop watching.

This movie is one of the Best Movies Ever! I can’t believe all this time I could have been watching it over and over! Major ass kickings, awesome soundtrack, incredible choreography, enough gore to satisfy a room full of Horrorwatchers, and super hot Asian guys all come together to make one of the best kickass martial arts/zombie movies ever. Hell I’ll say it; this is the best kickass martial arts/zombie movie ever!

9 out of 10 movies that would have been 5 out of 5 if they didn’t have the girl getting hit all the time.

Versus... there's so much to say about this film. Not in the deep, profound, American Beauty sort of way - but a lot to say nonetheless.

I had this sitting around my house for over a month much like BQ. I popped it in one night and it blew my mind. This is the sort of movie that doesn't really have a classification. It's artsy in some ways, comedic in others, lots of kung fu is going on, and of course - who could forget the zombies. I really wouldn't even place this under "horror", but it IS choc-full of violence, maiming, dismemberments, the whole "9".

As fantasy as it is, it's very well choreographed and the characters are just about all loveable - and the ones that are not are still a comedic trip. It seems to me in this movie they tried to make many of the characters "cool". I'm completely down with that - they pulled it off well.

This film had it all. The characters were wild, the women were beautiful, and the plot takes sci-fi/horror to another plane of existence altogether. The ending was very different, but it fit the movie perfectly. This is another must see - not just for horror fans - but for damn near everyone. Versus rocked.

8 out of 10 times I saw cool poses that I, for one, would never do in the midst of combat.