Review: the redeeming feature of chan 's films has always been the action , but the stunts in the tuxedo seem tired and , what 's worse , routine 
Sentiment: negative

Review: it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film 
Sentiment: negative

Review: 's an unhappy situation all around 
Sentiment: negative

Review: 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: sinks into by-the-numbers territory .