Tak Sakaguchi, Hideo Sakaki, Chieko Misaki
A pair of escaped convicts meet up with a group of gangsters by a
remote forest road. After an arguement over a girl the mobsters have kidnapped,
shots are fired and one of the gangsters is killed. ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: July 29, 2003
Stats: 1,459 reviews
The contribution that Japan has made to the world of screen violence can hardly be overstated, and in the 21st Century there seems to be a new renaissance of sheer bloodiness. Movies like BATTLE ROYALE, ICHI THE KILLER and VERSUS really set new standards for out and out shocking ...( read more)
A group of gangsters kidnap a girl and meet a pair of escaped convicts in the woods awaiting their boss for instructions. Little do they know that he's an unkillable demon who can re-animate the corpses of their dead victims...Well if that synopsis sounds ridiculous, it gets sill...( read more)
Action that will leave you dizzy along with good production are the main attractions to this mixed bag of zombies, martial-arts, guns, and gore. You don't actually care about the characters who are so poorly written because you are just bewildered by some amazing fight choreogra...( read more)
I was expecting a bit more from this one, Kitamura has some creative camera ideas but needs to get over the fact that he didn't directed "The Matrix" films.
The film stretches way longer than it should, with long pauses of the two leads just standing around trying to look cool. ...( read more)
Wild, campy, over-the-top gorefest with a cast headed up by the beautiful Tak Sakaguchi. This is just plain fun. A great zombie romp as long as you don't take it seriously.
Kind of like a cross between John Woo and The Evil Dead. Extremely entertaining and full of great gore and humor!
THIS FILM IS THE DEFINITION OF AWESOME! I was totally blown away by its action, violence, unique fight scenes and the always present "cool factor". Ryuhei Kitamura (Azumi [2003]) brings his truly first remarkably fun film that defined his great style of filmmaking. This made my w...( read more)
What an absolutely pointless waste of time. I am astounded it has a runtime of almost 2 hours when the story could have easily been condensed into 10 minutes, or less.
this movie started off as being one of the greatest things i had ever seen. zombies, samurais and much delightful gore! if only it had been about 30-45 minutes shorter, maybe it could have remained that way.
Fun Japanese horror action fantasy loaded with gore, zombies, bullets flying, brains splattering and more. It's like John Woo meets "Dead Alive", great fun for every zombie fan.
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This movie is all about the action and the laughs. Don't bother with the story here. The "Ultimate" version even takes it to a whole new level with many new action scenes, including the three henchmen (Revolver woman, Red Haired kicker, and the lady with the fast hands) taking out a group of zombies themselves. This was way better than them just arriving in the car in the original version. I believe the soundtrack is a little different as well.
I know many of us are waiting for a sequel and hopefully it gets made. In the meantime The Ultimate Versus will have to do along with the ending of Alive (Tak and Hideo go at it again in a mini-battle).
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