Review: hilariously , gloriously alive 
Sentiment: positive

Review: 's a clear-eyed portrait of an intensely lived time , filled with nervous energy , moral ambiguity and great uncertainties . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: stanley kwan has directed not only one of the best gay love stories ever made , but one of the best love stories of any stripe . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: become apparent that the franchise 's best years are long past 
Sentiment: negative


Review: it works well enough , since the thrills pop up frequently , and the dispatching of the cast is as often imaginative as it is gory