Review: have seen before , but beneath the exotic surface ( and exotic dancing ) it 's surprisingly old-fashioned 
Sentiment: positive

Review: the filmmakers and studio are brazen enough to attempt to pass this stinker off as a scary movie 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the screenwriters dig themselves in deeper every time 
Sentiment: negative

Review: bears out as your typical junkie opera 
Sentiment: negative


Review: achieves its main strategic objective : dramatizing the human cost of the conflict that came to define a generation