In this task, you must classify if a given review is positive/negative, indicating your answer as P or N.

Q: "
i would appreciate it if you did n't do that again .
" starring jet li , bridget fonda , tch ?
ky karyo
, burt kwouk .
directed by chris nahon .
rated r .
it 's no secret that martial arts film often use their plot simply to get from one action sequence to another .
when the fight scenes are enough to justify paying admission , there is no problem with this , as in most jackie chan projects and a lot of the hong kong actioners .
when they are n't , well , we 're in bad shape .
kiss of the dragon , jet li 's second consecutive american misfire , plays like one big miscalculation , and fails even as the most rudimentary entertainment .
now before i start getting e - mails angrily touting the genius of jet li , let me explain myself .
li is as spectacular as ever here , and i do n't think anyone would ever dare call his martial - arts - star skills into question .
the problem is n't with him , it 's with the movie 's tone .
the much touted fight - scenes here are filmed with such unflinching , unrelenting brutality that they are unpleasant to watch .
they 're joyless , perfuctory ; li 's rogue chinese detective is more of a killing machine than a hero , a terminator with a black belt instead of a metal skeleton .
but even the terminator in judgement day had a sympathetic side .
the plot is n't relevant , but if you 're curious ,
it 's some nonsense about a chinese law enforcement officer ( li ) sent to paris to investigate a possible drug ring and encounter a corrupt chief of police ( tcheky karyo ) , who kills people and does sinister things with no motivation whatsoever .
oh yeah ,
and li 's character is also an acupuncture expert who is able to ease pain and/or kill at the touch of a needle .
" kiss of the dragon " is the name of an acupuncture maneuver , in which you stick a needle in a precise location on the back of the victim 's neck , somehow redirecting all of the body 's bloodflow to the brain and killing the poor sap more or less immediately .
there 's a vague attempt to humanize li by having him fall in love with a downtrodden prostitute , whose daughter is being held hostage , for some reason , by the villain .
this is one of the worst love stories i have ever seen on screen , even worse than the one in pearl harbor .
there 's no conviction whatsoever as the movie barely pays lip service to it ; it 's only here because someone apparently thought there should be some kind of boy - meets - girl subplot .
kiss of the dragon was written by luc besson , whose screenplay the messenger : the story of joan of arc , for all of that film 's flaws , was at least thoughtful .
i do n't know why the guy got himself involved in this train wreck
,
but perhaps he wanted to so something more mainstream after the neverending weirdness of the fifth element and the aforementioned stylized biopic .
i suppose you could call this mainstream , but i 'll choose the bizarre any time of the day .
if action scenes in a movie are going to be brutal instead of dazzling , you need a story to justify watching them .
the filmmakers behind kiss of the dragon should have rethought their strategy .
no one will walk out of this misbegotten project smiling , but i hear rush hour 2 is coming in just a few weeks .

A: N
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Q: along his carreer , mel gibson has collected several successes , not only from an economic point of view but also from an artistic point of view .
for all that , i think no one could guess the skills and abilities now disclosed in braveheart .
the australian actor decided to produce and direct a film about sir william wallace , a popular scotch hero of the 13th century , where he would also perform the principal role . accepting so huge challenge , mel gibson run the risk of stain all his work of years , with a suppoosed failure , just to see recognized , by everyone , all his potentialities and , that way , to consolidate his position in hollywood .
it was , definitely , an enormous risk
but i 'm sure mel knew exactly well what he was going to face .
braveheart is , in fact , a magnificent and magisterial film .
for three hours we are completely absorbed by the narrative 's rhyitm which never gives place to a single moment of monotony or uninterest .
the william wallace 's story is the story of so many others brave liberty 's defenders who fought and gave the life for that essential value , along the centuries .
seeing himself and his people victims of injustices and violent repression , william wallace dares to face the powerful edward i , king of england , in a war by the autonomy of scotland .
as the victories succeed the number of fighters with wallace goes growing up .
his courage and inteligence are admired by everyone , including the princess isabelle of wales , wife of edward 's son .
however , william wallace was also surrounded by enemies and some of them were closer than he thought .
braveheart may not be an historically corrected movie but the nature of its message make us think about the importance that we give to liberty , nowadays .
mel gibson directs with a lot of brilliancy a brilliant cast .
patrick mcgoohan has a very nice performance
as edward i , the king longshank .
the scene when he waits for the death and loses his voice is really good .
sophie marceau , as princess isabelle , has along the movie no more than fifteen minutes of performance but mel gibson gave to those minutes such a very special treatment that princess isabelle soon becomes one of the major characters in braveheart .
i also liked the performances of angus macfadyen , as robert the bruce , and , of course , mel gibson , as william wallace .
however , i think this time the mel gibson 's work as director was much better than his work as actor .
the excellent music composed by james horner is another thing that helps braveheart to be the success that it really is .
when we join that music to the beautiful scotch landscapes , view by the camera of john toll , then we realize all the beauty of this film .
braveheart is , in my opinion ,
one of the best movies of 1995 !
i 've heard some people saying that mel gibson is gon na be a new david lean .
for now , let 's see if braveheart equalizes the 6 oscars of lawrence of arabia .
it wo n't be easy !
it 's gon na be one more challenge for mel gibson .

A: P
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Q: there is a rule when it comes to movies .
a sequel is never as good as the original .
there are very few exceptions to this rule , and texas chainsaw massacre : the next generation is not one of them .
now if you also take into consideration that the original chainsaw massacre was a really bad movie , and that this is n't even the first sequel to it ,
you have a recipe for a very painful viewing experience .
do n't be fooled by the presence of up and coming talents
matthew mcconaughey ( a time to kill ) and renee zellweger ( jerry maguire ) .
they made this movie before they were stars .
judging by their performances they also made it before they took any acting lessons .
it 's a wonder they ever worked in hollywood again after appearing in this turkey .
apparently the producers of this film realized just how bad it was , because it sat unreleased for years until someone decided that they might be able to capitalize off the success of mcconaughey and zellweger .
apparently the two young stars were none too happy about this thing ever seeing the light of day .
and i do n't blame them , they would have been better off if this had been some sort of porno flick starring the two of them .
unfortunately for them
it is a horror film in which zellweger plays your typically stupid horror film character . while mcconaughey plays a guy who wears a mechanical brace on his leg that he controls with a television remote control .
( hey , do n't say i did n't warn you . ) to make matters worse
, leatherface , the chainsaw wielding maniac , who was never the scariest of psychopathic killers at the best of times , has now become a full blown cross - dresser , and spends the entire movie in drag .
there is a plot to this movie but
it is n't worth mentioning .
let 's just suffice to say that a group of teenagers are in the typical wrong place at the wrong time and are left to the mercy of remote control man ( mcconaughey ) and his lipstick wearing chainsaw revving half - witted sidekick .
man , i ca n't get over just how bad this movie is .
this film has absolutely no redeeming qualities .
even the obligatory topless babe shot was n't enough to hold my interest for more than 2 seconds .
the writing is bad , the direction is even worse , but both of those things look good in comparison to the acting .
this is the sort of movie that they should make people in prison watch .
a guarantee you , if criminals thought that they would be subjected to this film they would never break the law again .

A:
N
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