Review: make underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the action scenes have all the suspense of a 20-car pileup , while the plot holes are big enough for a train car to drive through -- if kaos had n't blown them all up . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: great film noir 
Sentiment: positive

Review: ... the maudlin way its story unfolds suggests a director fighting against the urge to sensationalize his material . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: much colorful eye candy , including the spectacle of gere in his dancing shoes , hoofing and crooning with the best of them