Gangsters, Zombies, and Ridiculously Big Guns. Oh, My!

For today's movie adventure, I will be taking a trip to Japan. No, I'm not going there physically, although that would make for an interesting chapter in the Tito Martel Saga. Rather, today is about the movie Versus.

Here's all you need to know about Versus: don't bother with remembering names of characters, as they don't have any, aside from the main character, who is given an identifying code similar to a prisoner (which he was in the beginning of the movie), don't try mushrooms while watching this movie (not that I recommend it), and there are lots of sword fights and ridiculously large guns. The plot? It's your basic good vs. evil plot, except that one of the characters has trouble remembering what side he is on, and a mysterious girl has to help him remember. Meanwhile, the other half of this equation is seemingly invincible, and "recruits" the dead to do some of his bidding.

The plot is kind of paper thin, and the dubbing into English sounds rather unconvincing, as both main characters could be in the path of a tornado and both sound as though nothing is happening. The fights put the entire House of Flying Daggers and Mortal Kombat movies to shame, and the zombie action isn't huge, but the blood factor is enough to satisfy horror fans. The Japanese won't be challenging the Italian horror community anytime soon, but with movies like Versus, Japan just might be worth checking out for horror movies, after all.