Review: melodrama ( gored bullfighters , comatose ballerinas ) with subtly kinky bedside vigils and sensational denouements 
Sentiment: positive

Review: more self-absorbed women than the mother and 
Sentiment: negative

Review: makes sure the salton sea works the way a good noir should 
Sentiment: positive

Review: a searing , epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be , 
Sentiment: positive


Review: a rip-off twice removed , modeled after ( seagal 's ) earlier copycat under siege , sometimes referred to as die hard on a boat .