Review: director lee has a true cinematic knack , 
Sentiment: positive

Review: could have given audiences the time of day by concentrating on the elements of a revealing alienation among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation 
Sentiment: positive

Review: leguizamo and jones are both excellent and the rest of the cast is uniformly superb . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: a surprisingly flat retread , hobbled by half-baked setups and sluggish pacing . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: be captivated , as i was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star , and