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.
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 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
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 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.
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!!
@@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
The cut scenes in DMC3 were choreographed by Yudai Yamaguchi he choreographed Versus too :) he also directed battlefield baseball, a pretty interesting film!
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
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.
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.
