Review: the performances are amiable and committed , and the comedy more often than not hits the bullseye 
Sentiment: positive

Review: directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story 
Sentiment: negative

Review: mishandled here 
Sentiment: negative

Review: to a dumb story 
Sentiment: negative


Review: writer/director joe carnahan 's grimy crime drama is a manual of precinct cliches , but it moves fast enough to cover its clunky dialogue and lapses in logic .