Review: , why not invite some genuine spontaneity into the film by having the evil aliens ' laser guns actually hit something for once ? 
Sentiment: negative

Review: proves unrelentingly grim -- and equally engrossing 
Sentiment: negative

Review: that zings all the way through with originality , humor and pathos 
Sentiment: positive

Review: however 
Sentiment: negative


Review: 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