Review: the acting is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious , the direction is clumsy , the writing is insipid and the violence is at once luridly graphic and laughably unconvincing . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: for the testosterone-charged wizardry of jerry bruckheimer productions 
Sentiment: positive

Review: intelligence and originality 
Sentiment: positive

Review: true-to-life characters 
Sentiment: positive


Review: off the page , and for the memorable character creations