Reception
Versus gained mainly a positive reception. The Rolling Stone called the film"...A Japanese zombies-vs.-gangsters action-horror comedy that plays like Quentin Tarantino remaking THE EVIL DEAD while on a speed binge...". Sight & Sound praised the film by commenting "...With Kurosawa-style swordplay, martial arts and elaborately choreographed gun battles...". Harry Knowles of Ain't It Cool News commented on the film..."I've never seen anything like it, it's a new kind of movie." B.P. called the film... "Poetic and splendid, this movie thrilled me" and MADMOVIE claimed "Hollywood made Hong Kong-style movies will never come close to his (Ryuhei Kitamura) movie."
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