Review: allowing us to remember that life 's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced 
Sentiment: positive

Review: to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest 
Sentiment: negative

Review: is the sort of low-grade dreck that usually goes straight to video -- with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography , complete with visible boom mikes 
Sentiment: negative

Review: clare peploe 's airless movie adaptation 
Sentiment: negative


Review: to sort the bad guys from the good , which is its essential problem