The story is just another take on Versus, a movie previously done by Kitamura. There is nothing new here and it's pretty talky. While that is not a bad thing per se, there is nothing in the dialogue that makes it really worth while. And as mentioned, we have seen this better in "Versus" before.
You could say it's a bit of curse for Kitamura. But I do wonder, why he chose to make his part in the "Dual Project" (two movies by Japanese directors with the same starting premise, the other being 2LDK), a Versus copy, instead of coming up with an original idea. It would have benefited much. I do know though, that some people did like the dialogue and some people here, like the fight scenes too. The latter are good no question, but you have to endure quite a bit of dreadful "nothing happening" until you get to those. The movie is definitely too long
You could say it's a bit of curse for Kitamura. But I do wonder, why he chose to make his part in the "Dual Project" (two movies by Japanese directors with the same starting premise, the other being 2LDK), a Versus copy, instead of coming up with an original idea. It would have benefited much. I do know though, that some people did like the dialogue and some people here, like the fight scenes too. The latter are good no question, but you have to endure quite a bit of dreadful "nothing happening" until you get to those. The movie is definitely too long