Review: the dramatic scenes are frequently unintentionally funny , and the action sequences -- clearly the main event -- are surprisingly uninvolving 
Sentiment: negative

Review: handles the nuclear crisis sequences evenly but milks drama when she should be building suspense , and drags out too many scenes toward the end that should move quickly 
Sentiment: negative

Review: nothing but one relentlessly depressing situation after another for its entire running time , 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand , and they 've told a nice little story in the process . 
Sentiment: positive


Review: a film of empty , fetishistic violence in which murder is casual and fun