Review: what makes shanghai ghetto move beyond a good , dry , reliable textbook 
Sentiment: positive

Review: seems too simple and the working out of the plot almost arbitrary . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: is a gory slash-fest 
Sentiment: negative

Review: shows crushingly little curiosity about , 
Sentiment: negative


Review: off with an inauspicious premise , mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings and then ends with a whimper .