Review: what could have easily become a cold , calculated exercise in postmodern pastiche winds up a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves , and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling 
Sentiment: negative

Review: their idol 's energy and passion for detail 
Sentiment: positive

Review: the magic 
Sentiment: positive


Review: know why steven seagal is considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good or make any money