Review: the strain of its plot contrivances and 
Sentiment: negative

Review: of great monster/science fiction flicks 
Sentiment: positive

Review: , they ca n't go wrong . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: to the edge of their seats 
Sentiment: positive


Review: , often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story