Versus Blu-ray
'Versus' Director: Ryūhei Kitamura (2000) Arrow Blu-ray | 2K restoration | Japanese w/ English subtitles
A mysterious face-off in a mythic wooded clearing between two escaped convicts and a carload of sharply dressed yakuza holding a beautiful woman captive ends in hails of bullets and showers of blood..
A relentless one-of-a-kind sensory assault chock-full of hyperkinetic fight scenes, gangster shootouts, sword-slashing violence, and gory zombie samurai horror, Versus was a key title amongst the barrage of innovative horror and action movies that appeared as if from nowhere from Japan at the turn of the millennium, leading to a new wave of appreciation for Asian extreme cinema.
Special features include:
- Audio commentary by Kitamura, cast, and crew
- Two-part behind-the-scenes documentary exploring the film's production
- Archival featurette featuring interviews with Kitamura, cast, and crew
- Deleted scenes with audio commentary by Kitamura, cast, and crew
- Nervous and Nervous 2, two "side story" mini-movies featuring characters from the main feature
- Versus FF Version, a condensed, 20-minute recut of the film
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork