Review: manages to accomplish what few sequels can -- it equals the original and in some ways even betters it . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: through balzac and the little chinese seamstress that transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem 
Sentiment: positive

Review: schticky chris rock and stolid anthony hopkins 
Sentiment: positive

Review: far more often than the warfare itself -- 
Sentiment: positive


Review: a series of riveting set pieces