Review: epps has neither the charisma nor the natural affability that has made tucker a star . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: is too pedestrian a filmmaker to bring any edge or personality to the rising place that would set it apart from other deep south stories 
Sentiment: negative

Review: a thriller with an edge -- which is to say that it does n't follow the stale , standard , connect-the-dots storyline which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: has failed him 
Sentiment: negative


Review: sade achieves the near-impossible :