The latest offering from Takeshi Kitano is a solid comedy that is no where near the greatness of some of his earlier work but still quite an entertaining little film. It's about a bunch of old retired Yakuza who decide to make a new family together leading to some very funny moments scattered throughout and some fun performances from it's cast. Now apart from it's plot and some of it's comedy the film actually doesn't feel that distinctively Kitano, it's overall visual aesthetic is very standard and the film could probably pass as a general comedy directed by someone else. I'm sure it'll disappoint alot of Kitano fans (a current 5.4 imdb score would suggest that), but for me I really quite enjoyed and thought it was still pretty solid, even if it is far from greatness. ***1/2
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