This movie was made with a poor budget of 10,000 bucks, but it actually looks like a 50 million dollar action movie directed by Takashi Miike, John Woo or Corey Yuen or that famous hongkonese filmmakers. It's so hilarious for me. And the guy with the blood in the face, it's simply amazing! He looks gorgeous with that black jacket and that brown-colored pupils. Azumi, The Midnight Meat Train, No One Lives, Downrange, Godzilla: Final Wars, Aragami, Sky High, Alive, and this movie Versus. This man, Kitamura, is a genius! (Some people's gonna say that The Midnight Meat Train is a shit, but i don't give a fuck what people say, that POV scene was well executed).
I never understood the ending until now even after 16 years watching the movie. The forest of resurrection reincarnates people's soul into their fated roles. The protagonist died here in the final battle so he restricted as the evil opposite. The Bad guy died too and was resurrected as the good guy so the ending makes sense when they reverse their roles. The 666 gates are points of resurrection for all souls and place them into their fated roles they must play in an endless cycle of battle between Yin and Yang; good and evil.
Me neither! I was lucky enough to catch this on Starz at nearly 3 am. I only managed to see it one more time. 2 other Asian films that also left impressions on me was 'Returners' & 'Ong Bak'. All 3 aired between 1am-4am, for some reason. I've never managed to track them down since early '00's.
@@christallh24 Yeap, same. Returners, Azumi, Versus, So close, Aragami, I catch them all around 2008 and I havent forget them since then, Kitamura is a fucking genius 😅 Also Silmido, Mongol and some Kitano's movies were great.
One of the best action scenes filmed in the last 20 + years. Probably one of the best scenes Kitamura ever directed in terms of style, characters, cinematography, and choreography. Having two great indie actors portraying characters to the exact level of need also makes the scene have such dynamic impact. And this flick first popped out - before the extra scenes were shot later - at the time of the Matrix making everyone drop their jaws in the West thanks to Yuen Woo Ping.
It's a shame they didn't film it. I mean intentionally shaking the camera for no reason, you can't see a thing. They could be standing in place and klinging the swords lightly and the cameraman shaking camera around and it would not matter. Worst shaky camera ever seen in my life. Time to declare war on shaky cameras for fuck sake.
@@mudza92 I have to agree as well. The choreography may have been great, but no one can appreciate it because of how it has been shot and edited. It’s just really hard to follow.
@@eufrosniad994 Well in my honest opinion, the only moment that was really hard to follow was from 1:30 to 2:00, which indeed has poor camera work and alot of frenetic cuts, but after that, i think the fight is somewhat well filmed and quite easy to follow (with the exception of the "air fight" sequence) But maybe that's just me.
@@TheDrunkenMaster88 ……Dude it’s a fun film. I prefer the deluxe DVD’s because I watch the making of wayyyyyyyy more than the actual movie. Yeah it ain’t Shakespeare - and American action films are????!?!???…😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 As someone who has made indie films meself, I just find it a flick. I would think someone naming themselves after Yuen Woo Ping’s legendary Jackie. Chan’s game changer in the 70’s would kinnnnnnddddda understand just fun cinema..(?) Style over substance seems to be the Hollywood way. Watch the making of Versus and you’ll see the whole movie is made tongue deeply imbedded in cheek. Where as John Wick is a laugh riot to me.
It's amazing how dangerous this fight scene was to film. They filmed it at full speed, swinging heavy (albeit blunted) swords at each other at full strength. It was harder for Tak (the one in the trench coat) because one of his eyes was covered and the other one had a coloured contact lens in, giving him a very narrow field of vision for which to detect incoming sword strikes.
It's a shame they didn't film it. I mean intentionally shaking the camera for no reason, you can't see a thing. They could be standing in place and klinging the swords lightly and the cameraman shaking camera around and it would not matter. Worst shaky camera ever seen in my life. Time to declare war on shaky cameras for fuck sake.
I am feeling some intense DMC-Vibes in this Movie cause i saw this flick Hand in Hand with my first playtrough of DMC1 on the PS2. The aesthetic is similar and i fell totally in Love with for this piece Till now
The cut scenes in DMC3 were choreographed by Yudai Yamaguchi he choreographed Versus too :) he also directed battlefield baseball, a pretty interesting film!
The extra fight sequences shot over a year later were totally n0t necessary in my view. I remember seeing this film on bootleg DVD’s and imports at Asian video stores many years ago and just freaking loving it. Never forget that old white plastic DVD case!!
Is it just me or was the protagonist maybe the role model for Dante (Devil May Cry)? I mean he wears a long coat, has a sword and two guns and has this though guy attitude.
If you have seen the movie, at the end you will find out who was really the bad guy.... I loved this film, and mostly that plot twist at the ending. "There´s nothing left to destroy"
Nah, Dante was modelled along the lines of Alucard from Hellsing and Vash from Trigun. The author of Hellsing even tried to sue Capcom over it and the author from Trigun told him it he could sue Capcom for Dante, then he could sue him for modelling Alucard after Vash. I don't think a lawsuit ever happened.
@@kyrozudesoya1829 speaking of anime/manga, the real template for Dante was Cobra from Space Adventure Cobra where the main character always dress red clothes, has a devil may care attitude with a face expression that can change from smile to serious according to the situation and even has a companion named Lady
@@kyrozudesoya1829 Maybe but the character itself and his attitude is way closer to the protagonist of Versus. Especially Vash from Trigun is a totally different character who is a pacifist and goofy while Dante is that though guy with "cool" lines like the versus guy. And like I said Dante and the Versus guy fight in a similar way with a combination of guns and a sword. Vash is hardly fighting at all. Mostly reacting to others trying to fight him. Vash and Alucard have red coats but other than that nothing in common with Dante. This versus guy looks like a asian version of him just totally in black instead of white hair and red coat. Even a similar hair cut.
@@theboltthrower8661 oh yeah thats why it needs a sequel. i wanna see bad guy version vs sakaguchi vs good guy version of sakaki this time. roles reveresed
@@MILDMONSTER1234 i still cant believe they never did a sequel. its way way too late now but in another universe i can imagine sakaki as the hero and sakaguchi as the villain this time just like the ending showed
Imma cry aparenty the script of versus 2 which never happened showed sakaki as the hero this time whos realized his mistakes hunting down sakaguchi who is now the villain that sold out and destroyed everyone and everything and in the end sakakis character destroys sakaguchi gets the girl. And remember prior to this it is 1-1 tie and sakaki would would break the rubber match as a hero
Also he'd injured himself several times in the fight scenes before this one, chipping his tooth whilst cocking a gun and hurting his ribs falling down a hill
That guy with the long black trench coat and blood on his face looks a lot like Johnny Young Bosch who acted as Adam Parker from the Power Rangers series and who also voice acted as Nero from Devil May Cry.
omg stop with remakes! ffs what we need is more original stuff! which is what Versus is! more of that, no more remakes, only creative bankrupt people and sheep want remakes because they have no taste
Its called 'The Fate' by Nobuhiko Morino. That moment where he returns the blade, the exhale with the cracking of his vocal chords then the sharp inhale after (or vice versa). I've only been able to do it once and can't for the life of me learn how I did it that one time. Truly beautiful cinematography and that song coming in as it does never fails to level me.
What does it matter if it's real or not! I don't know about you, but when there's a fight scene i like to know *what the flying fuck is going on and be able to fucking follow it!!*
free my boy hideo sakaki i dont belive he sexually haressed anyone. 1 he doesnt need to just look at the guy women throw themselves at him 2 he has wife and 2 kids why would he risk it and hes reputation.
This movie was made with a poor budget of 10,000 bucks, but it actually looks like a 50 million dollar action movie directed by Takashi Miike, John Woo or Corey Yuen or that famous hongkonese filmmakers. It's so hilarious for me. And the guy with the blood in the face, it's simply amazing! He looks gorgeous with that black jacket and that brown-colored pupils. Azumi, The Midnight Meat Train, No One Lives, Downrange, Godzilla: Final Wars, Aragami, Sky High, Alive, and this movie Versus. This man, Kitamura, is a genius! (Some people's gonna say that The Midnight Meat Train is a shit, but i don't give a fuck what people say, that POV scene was well executed).
Midnight Meat Train is awesome
I never understood the ending until now even after 16 years watching the movie. The forest of resurrection reincarnates people's soul into their fated roles. The protagonist died here in the final battle so he restricted as the evil opposite. The Bad guy died too and was resurrected as the good guy so the ending makes sense when they reverse their roles. The 666 gates are points of resurrection for all souls and place them into their fated roles they must play in an endless cycle of battle between Yin and Yang; good and evil.
I can't believe this movie is almost 20 years old now.
Me neither! I was lucky enough to catch this on Starz at nearly 3 am. I only managed to see it one more time. 2 other Asian films that also left impressions on me was 'Returners' & 'Ong Bak'. All 3 aired between 1am-4am, for some reason. I've never managed to track them down since early '00's.
@@christallh24 Yeap, same. Returners, Azumi, Versus, So close, Aragami, I catch them all around 2008 and I havent forget them since then, Kitamura is a fucking genius 😅
Also Silmido, Mongol and some Kitano's movies were great.
@@christallh24 Just curious, was it the full cut?
Imma cryyy
The amount of times Ive replayed this fight scene. Reminds me of DMC and BLADE.
The fight coordinator for this movie also worked on dmc
One of the best action scenes filmed in the last 20 + years. Probably one of the best scenes Kitamura ever directed in terms of style, characters, cinematography, and choreography. Having two great indie actors portraying characters to the exact level of need also makes the scene have such dynamic impact. And this flick first popped out - before the extra scenes were shot later - at the time of the Matrix making everyone drop their jaws in the West thanks to Yuen Woo Ping.
It's a shame they didn't film it. I mean intentionally shaking the camera for no reason, you can't see a thing. They could be standing in place and klinging the swords lightly and the cameraman shaking camera around and it would not matter. Worst shaky camera ever seen in my life. Time to declare war on shaky cameras for fuck sake.
@@mudza92 I have to agree as well. The choreography may have been great, but no one can appreciate it because of how it has been shot and edited. It’s just really hard to follow.
@@eufrosniad994 Well in my honest opinion, the only moment that was really hard to follow was from 1:30 to 2:00, which indeed has poor camera work and alot of frenetic cuts, but after that, i think the fight is somewhat well filmed and quite easy to follow (with the exception of the "air fight" sequence) But maybe that's just me.
Really? Terrible camera and cutting. Pure style over substance.
@@TheDrunkenMaster88 ……Dude it’s a fun film. I prefer the deluxe DVD’s because I watch the making of wayyyyyyyy more than the actual movie. Yeah it ain’t Shakespeare - and American action films are????!?!???…😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 As someone who has made indie films meself, I just find it a flick. I would think someone naming themselves after Yuen Woo Ping’s legendary Jackie. Chan’s game changer in the 70’s would kinnnnnnddddda understand just fun cinema..(?) Style over substance seems to be the Hollywood way. Watch the making of Versus and you’ll see the whole movie is made tongue deeply imbedded in cheek. Where as John Wick is a laugh riot to me.
considering that this movie's budget was only 10k, it is quite remarkable what they accomplished with it
This is from the Ultimate version, when they had enough money to go back and shoot pickups to extend scenes like this
@@aresef The original fight scene without the inserts was no slouch either, though.
この映画大好きだった
懐かしい あの刀 手榴弾みたくピンを抜くとこ 格好良いと思った
こういう映画がいっぱい続くんだって思ってた 何作か続いたし面白かった
もっと続いて欲しかったなー
The OG devil may cry
It's amazing how dangerous this fight scene was to film. They filmed it at full speed, swinging heavy (albeit blunted) swords at each other at full strength. It was harder for Tak (the one in the trench coat) because one of his eyes was covered and the other one had a coloured contact lens in, giving him a very narrow field of vision for which to detect incoming sword strikes.
It's a shame they didn't film it. I mean intentionally shaking the camera for no reason, you can't see a thing. They could be standing in place and klinging the swords lightly and the cameraman shaking camera around and it would not matter. Worst shaky camera ever seen in my life. Time to declare war on shaky cameras for fuck sake.
Damm so he was really fighting for his life
@@mudza92 You clearly haven’t seen Jason Bourne
One of my all time favorite low budget movies!
Best Movie Filmed in a Forest. Give them the award. Forever.
@@ANunes06 Yeah i think so! And i love the soundtrack! Only japanese movies have videgameish music in their movies ;) !
I am feeling some intense DMC-Vibes in this Movie cause i saw this flick Hand in Hand with my first playtrough of DMC1 on the PS2. The aesthetic is similar and i fell totally in Love with for this piece Till now
the cost maybe low but their works is fully within heart
@@GenyaArikado 5
In 2023 I'm waiting on the new TAK film 1%er.......!
Came back here after hearing the news of Arrow Video making a remaster of this bad boy
北村龍平はこれとLOVEDETHだけは見れる
One of the best fight in underrated
One of the best fights and movie of all time
After watching this, the Highlander became so cheap.
excuse you
dont compare
Один из лучших поединков.
途中で武器入れ替わってしまうとこ好き
Everytime I see versus I think of devil may cry.
the guy who this helped make dmc
Me too. I believe the "Dark Hero" of this movie is one of the main influences to the character Dante.
The cut scenes in DMC3 were choreographed by Yudai Yamaguchi he choreographed Versus too :) he also directed battlefield baseball, a pretty interesting film!
WoodBlock707 creator of fight scenes was choreographer in this movie;)
Yeah he looks like Dante
The fight choreographer went on to to the action scenes for devil may cry 3
Source?
Who name?
Hiroyuki Yoshida did Stunt in Versus and directed the action scenes in DMC 3
Nice!
The guy had red eyes it's looks like oda nubonaga in senguko basara video game
The extra fight sequences shot over a year later were totally n0t necessary in my view. I remember seeing this film on bootleg DVD’s and imports at Asian video stores many years ago and just freaking loving it. Never forget that old white plastic DVD case!!
現在榊さんは監督としてもほぼ一流という。
しかしながら延々白兵戦が続いているだけなのにメリハリもあって
全然飽きない。
Dante vs Vergil
現代でも普通に通じるアクションだと思うんだが何で誰も真似しないんだろう？
Holy shit, I own this on dvd but I forgot how gritty this shit was
この頃の方が熱意と勢いがあるなあ。今は演技力は上がったのかもしれないけれど歳は否めないもの
there you go the movie that inspired dante vs virgil
Haha only 20 years ur still young. Fight!
Poorly filmed, never liked this one. I grew up on HK films, not the Jet Li double fests, they were shite too. This is very meh.
Well this is japanese not chinese
Is it just me or was the protagonist maybe the role model for Dante (Devil May Cry)? I mean he wears a long coat, has a sword and two guns and has this though guy attitude.
If you have seen the movie, at the end you will find out who was really the bad guy.... I loved this film, and mostly that plot twist at the ending.
"There´s nothing left to destroy"
Nah, Dante was modelled along the lines of Alucard from Hellsing and Vash from Trigun. The author of Hellsing even tried to sue Capcom over it and the author from Trigun told him it he could sue Capcom for Dante, then he could sue him for modelling Alucard after Vash. I don't think a lawsuit ever happened.
@@kyrozudesoya1829 speaking of anime/manga, the real template for Dante was Cobra from Space Adventure Cobra where the main character always dress red clothes, has a devil may care attitude with a face expression that can change from smile to serious according to the situation and even has a companion named Lady
@@kyrozudesoya1829 Maybe but the character itself and his attitude is way closer to the protagonist of Versus. Especially Vash from Trigun is a totally different character who is a pacifist and goofy while Dante is that though guy with "cool" lines like the versus guy. And like I said Dante and the Versus guy fight in a similar way with a combination of guns and a sword. Vash is hardly fighting at all. Mostly reacting to others trying to fight him. Vash and Alucard have red coats but other than that nothing in common with Dante. This versus guy looks like a asian version of him just totally in black instead of white hair and red coat. Even a similar hair cut.
Wish they would crowd fund the sequel already. Put that on fig.
💯
4:48 Ichigo Kurosaki Hollow from bleach
One of the best and satisfying fight scène of all time :)
hollywood needs to get kitamura to do a remake or sequel to this movie.
The best part of this movie, was the ending´s plot twist, didn´t expect that.
@@theboltthrower8661 oh yeah thats why it needs a sequel. i wanna see bad guy version vs sakaguchi vs good guy version of sakaki this time. roles reveresed
@@theboltthrower8661 the ending was sequel baiting and i hate that
@@MILDMONSTER1234 i still cant believe they never did a sequel. its way way too late now but in another universe i can imagine sakaki as the hero and sakaguchi as the villain this time just like the ending showed
Imma cry aparenty the script of versus 2 which never happened showed sakaki as the hero this time whos realized his mistakes hunting down sakaguchi who is now the villain that sold out and destroyed everyone and everything and in the end sakakis character destroys sakaguchi gets the girl. And remember prior to this it is 1-1 tie and sakaki would would break the rubber match as a hero
good fight scene with awesome soundtrack
I think about 10:15 - 11:15 at least once a day.
この記念すべき作品から拓さまに出会いたかった😭
⚔拓さま素敵💖💖💖
Old but Gold
all old is gold
why else would current day always be ripping off all the gold oldies
Also he'd injured himself several times in the fight scenes before this one, chipping his tooth whilst cocking a gun and hurting his ribs falling down a hill
Best movie ever. Reincarnation till the hero hero wins,
30年前位かなぁ、初めてこれ見たの。色褪せない、何度も見ちゃいます！😊
The movie is2000
That guy with the long black trench coat and blood on his face looks a lot like Johnny Young Bosch who acted as Adam Parker from the Power Rangers series and who also voice acted as Nero from Devil May Cry.
That guy looks like Dante.
I've heard rumors that Dante was based off this movie but can't confirm, would make sense
Best scene👍👍
TAK∴様～❤️のせりふ俺はぜたいに負けないだよかこいい❤️確かに負けないもん✨❤️
I fell in love with Tak in about '07 after watching 3 of his films at Gencon
The main character looks oddly similar to Dan Smith from Killer7.... I don't know why....
Ой,наконец-то сошлись. Посовещаться
Best fight scene ever
2:20 when that track hits like 👨🏻🍳
Да ничого особенного. Саша белый против пацана.
Is that Ray Fujita? His fighting style is real.
собрались поразмышлять,отроки
2021?
二枚目すぎ✨
I want this guy to remake Highlander
omg stop with remakes! ffs
what we need is more original stuff! which is what Versus is! more of that, no more remakes, only creative bankrupt people and sheep want remakes because they have no taste
из могилы подыму! служить
Shot at 9:43 oozes style
この時の拓様最高です‼️
VSおもろかっなー 最初河村隆一かと思ったのは内緒 北村作品といえば荒神も名作
лес у нас не хуже,если что.
すげー\( ﾟдﾟ)/!!
wiiber!!
собсно маятник
Девка опять-же из симпатичных. И иккстрасенс.
ничего,разрешим ещё всё. настанет благодать.
иногда. при свете солнца. сойдуца ещо добры мОлодцы
i need the end song where can i get it
The whole soundtrack is on youtube
да ну.
чё?
Пожалуй и начнём. Как-нить.
8:31 Métal Gear Solide Cyborg Hommage
For a minute thought that was gonna be the flash gordon song in the beginning 🤣
Вот она. Людина. 140 000 рокiув.
若い頃の拓ちゃんかっこいい
I really like the music starting around 8:49. Where can I find the soundtrack?
its on itunes and spotify though I'd recommend searching for the composer Nobuhiko Morino to ease the search list
It's on TH-cam for free too... I've been meaning to do a remix of it for YEARS.
Its called 'The Fate' by Nobuhiko Morino.
That moment where he returns the blade, the exhale with the cracking of his vocal chords then the sharp inhale after (or vice versa).
I've only been able to do it once and can't for the life of me learn how I did it that one time. Truly beautiful cinematography and that song coming in as it does never fails to level me.
damn it why is it so hard to find versus clips! i wanted to watch the 10min forest fight
i remember this but i didnt think i saw this movie lol
да на здоровье
Долго соображали
classic :)
You easily see the new added scenes. Their hair looks different and the colors aren't 1 to 1.
Yeah, I blame the hair stylist for that.
สุดยอด
4:08
"The hell is this thing for?"
04:15 "What a smooth and strong steel for a sword..."
I hope there's a full movie of this
There is its called Versus
Nice techniques!!
ヒカルからの人👍
O yes just watch it bro !
U should like, nice choregraphy fight and comedy?
撮りかたが重い(￣＿￣)🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋
The added scene was pretty crappy.
這什麼電影啊？
ヴァーサス
Anyone know what kind of sword the main guy is using? The one in the long coat's sword I mean.
+Al Speid its called a Dai-katana
ɷɷɷɷ I Haveeee Watchedd Thisss Movieee Leakedd Versionn Hereee : - t.co/NdLgwVlw7a
@ArchCreek you can find the dubbed version here on youtube..... why would you click on some shady link of some guy anyway?
Ryuhei, when the fight scenes in your ACTION movie are imFUCKINGpossible to watch......GIVE UP!!!
What does it matter if it's real or not! I don't know about you, but when there's a fight scene i like to know *what the flying fuck is going on and be able to fucking follow it!!*
At least it isn’t Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, compared to that; this scene is the second coming of christ
joke joke joke...
Overrated movie
Nah it's kino, unironically one of the most interesting action films
says the guy with a username that is reminiscent of the most overrated movie series that ever existed....
@@stefanforrer2573 "just launch our biggest ship at their fleet guys - wait, wuut???"
free my boy hideo sakaki i dont belive he sexually haressed anyone. 1 he doesnt need to just look at the guy women throw themselves at him 2 he has wife and 2 kids why would he risk it and hes reputation.
snowwhite from future over here. hideo sakaki basicly plays himself in this film if alligations are true...
There can be only One. :)