Review: a playful spirit 
Sentiment: positive

Review: it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film 
Sentiment: negative

Review: 's an unhappy situation all around 
Sentiment: negative

Review: this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by scott kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo 
Sentiment: negative


Review: sinks into by-the-numbers territory .