Versus (2000)

While many consider the film "Versus" an original break through, I was simply not impressed or entertained by it. There were moments that had my attention but those were unfortunately few and far in between. The acting was mediocre, the plot was meandering, and the comic moments came across as flat. I appreciate that the director, Ryuhei Kitamura, tried to incorporate so many different styles and succeeded in doing so for the most part, but it failed to keep me invested with the characters or the story itself.

The "hero" is simply known as Prisoner KSC2-303 and he is on the run from a group of Yakuza strongmen who want to kill him and a mysterious girl that they brought along to a secret meeting. The action of the movie takes place at the Forest of Resurrection, a location that is suspected to be one of the 666 portals on Earth that connects it to the Other Side. Prisoner KSC2-303 and the Girl run off and hide in the forest while the Yakuza follow, trying to capture the two before their boss, the Man, comes. Inside the forest, everyone encounters and is forced to fight a horde of hard to kill zombies. The film is a twisted mess of nonsense, sword fights, zombies, and eternal show downs.