Review: more enjoyable than its predecessor 
Sentiment: positive

Review: one it follows into melodrama and silliness 
Sentiment: negative

Review: makes the princess seem smug and cartoonish 
Sentiment: negative

Review: tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by scott kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo 
Sentiment: negative


Review: the movie is a lumbering load of hokum but ...