Where do you return to, if you decided to take a path that may not lead you back to anywhere in particular? This is the story of two different paths taken, though as you can imagine they intermingle and even when not there is a way Kitano tells this, that we stay engaged with both stories.
Having said that, maybe it was because I missed Kitano as an actor in this, maybe because it never really gripped me as much as other things he did, I never felt this coming close to other things he did. That doesn't mean this is bad, not in the slightest. It is quite good and in comparison to other stuff, some may even say excellent. Depending on how or where you set the bar of course. Good acting too
Having said that, maybe it was because I missed Kitano as an actor in this, maybe because it never really gripped me as much as other things he did, I never felt this coming close to other things he did. That doesn't mean this is bad, not in the slightest. It is quite good and in comparison to other stuff, some may even say excellent. Depending on how or where you set the bar of course. Good acting too