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

[Q]: when the film features richard lynch in the role of chief villain , you know that you can expect nothing more than a b grade action movie .
however , since this film also featured michael madsen , more than capable character actor , this time in the role of protagonist , the author of this review decided to give the film some benefit of the doubt .
however , the very first scenes show
clear b grade action credentials
- madsen plays richard montana , tough policeman who raids a drug warehouse and make life miserable for local crime lord mario gio ( played by lynch ) .
however , the raid was only partially successful , and montana is getting the rap .
so , he begins his own private war against gio , trying to penetrate his organisation pretending to be corrupt .
in the process , he meets gio 's mistress gina zamora ( played by rosie vela ) and starts relationship with her too .
although it does n't stink like many of the similar films can , inside edge is mostly forgettable b grade action routine .
nobody in this film actually puts much effort , including madsen or lynch , and this is especially case with uninspired screenwriter william tannen or director warren clarke .
the only not so forgettable element in this film is presence of former supermodel rosie vela , who , apart from showing her more than impressive looks , shows some of the singing talent too .
however , this is n't reason enough for viewers to spend hour and half watching a film that they would , in most likelihood , forget the next day .
[A]: N


[Q]: synopsis : a mentally unstable man undergoing psychotherapy saves a boy from a potentially fatal accident and then falls in love with the boy 's mother , a fledgling restauranteur .
unsuccessfully attempting to gain the woman 's favor , he takes pictures of her and kills a number of people in his way .
comments : stalked is yet another in a seemingly endless string of spurned - psychos - getting - their - revenge type movies which are a stable category in the 1990s film industry , both theatrical and direct - to - video .
their proliferation may be due in part to the fact that they 're typically inexpensive to produce ( no special effects , no big name stars ) and serve as vehicles to flash nudity ( allowing them to frequent late - night cable television ) .
stalked wavers slightly from the norm in one respect : the psycho never actually has an affair ; on the contrary , he 's rejected rather quickly ( the psycho typically is an ex - lover , ex - wife , or ex - husband ) .
other than that , stalked is just another redundant entry doomed to collect dust on video shelves and viewed after midnight on cable .
stalked does not provide much suspense , though that is what it sets out to do .
interspersed throughout the opening credits , for instance , a serious - sounding narrator spouts statistics about stalkers and ponders what may cause a man to stalk ( it 's implicitly implied that all stalkers are men ) while pictures of a boy are shown on the screen .
after these credits , a snapshot of actor jay underwood appears .
the narrator states that " this is the story of daryl gleason " and tells the audience that he is the stalker .
of course , really , this is the story of restauranteur brooke daniels .
if the movie was meant to be about daryl , then it should have been called stalker not stalked .
okay .
so we know who the stalker is even before the movie starts ; no guesswork required .
stalked proceeds , then , as it begins : obvious , obvious , obvious .
the opening sequence , contrived quite a bit , brings daryl and brooke ( the victim ) together .
daryl obsesses over brooke , follows her around , and tries to woo her .
ultimately rejected by her , his plans become more and more desperate and elaborate .
these plans include the all - time , psycho - in - love , cliche : the murdered pet .
for some reason , this genre 's films require a dead pet to be found by the victim stalked .
stalked is no exception ( it 's a cat this time -- found in the shower ) .
events like these lead to the inevitable showdown between stalker and stalked , where only one survives ( guess who it invariably always is and you 'll guess the conclusion to this turkey ) .
stalked 's cast is uniformly adequate : not anything to write home about but also not all that bad either .
jay underwood , as the stalker , turns toward melodrama a bit too much .
he overdoes it , in other words , but he still manages to be creepy enough to pass as the type of stalker the story demands .
maryam d'abo , about the only actor close to being a star here
( she played the bond chick in the living daylights ) , is equally adequate as the " stalked " of the title , even though she seems too ditzy at times to be a strong , independent business - owner .
brooke ( d'abo ) needs to be ditzy , however , for the plot to proceed .
toward the end , for example , brooke has her suspicions about daryl .
to ensure he wo n't use it as another excuse to see her , brooke decides to return a toolbox he had left at her place to his house .
does she just leave the toolbox at the door when no one answers ?
of course not .
she tries the door , opens it , and wanders around the house .
when daryl returns , he enters the house , of course , so our heroine is in danger .
somehow , even though her car is parked at the front of the house , right by the front door , daryl is oblivious to her presence inside .
the whole episode places an incredible strain on the audience 's suspension of disbelief and questions the validity of either character 's intelligence .
stalked receives two stars because , even though
it is highly derivative and somewhat boring
, it is not so bad that it can not be watched .
rated r mostly for several murder scenes and brief nudity in a strip bar , it is not as offensive as many other thrillers in this genre are .
if you 're in the mood for a good suspense film , though , stake out something else .
[A]: N


[Q]: my summer was recently saved by two very different movies .
on opening night , i saw american pie 2 and laughed like a moron .
then a few nights later , i watched and thoroughly enjoyed joel hershman 's greenfingers even though it did n't feature a trip to band camp , girl - on - girl action , or seann william scott .
however , i felt just as good leaving american pie 2 as i did after leaving greenfingers , which tells the offbeat tale of british murderer colin briggs ( clive owen of croupier ) .
after spending roughly half of his life behind bars , he is transferred to a more lenient facility , edgefield .
the picaresque , rustic prison allows its inmates to learn a trade , while enjoying accommodations generally found at most colleges .
at first , briggs does n't want to be there .
he 's used to living as a prisoner and wants to be left alone .
however , his ailing roommate , fergus ( david kelly of waking ned devine ) , wears briggs down through his benign nature .
the two become friends , with fergus giving colin a packet of violet seeds as a christmas gift .
briggs is astonished when the violets grow in the limestone soil , and begins a fight with three other prisoners when an errant soccer ball smashes his beloved flowers .
after the prison 's governor ( warren clarke ) reprimands them , he 's awed at what briggs has accomplished .
and he 's struck by an idea -- briggs , fergus and the other men will grow a garden on the prison 's grounds .
greenfingers , which is " inspired by actual events , " becomes a bit like a sports movie after that .
despite their differences , the men come together and through hard work and love earn a spot at the big game -- in this case a prestigious garden show .
one renegade , in this case , briggs , will prove to have talent .
of course , love will also rear its head ( no , not " prison love " ) . to hershman 's credit , he does n't pump up the drama or try for cheap laughs , like last year 's lame marijuana comedy saving grace .
i had to keep pinching myself when i did n't see a single scene of a hardened con sneezing over a pot of pansies , or the men giving high - fives over a particularly stunning batch of wildflowers .
the movie deals with people and scores on that concept .
it 's wonderful
seeing briggs turn from a bitter prisoner to a man who cares again . give credit to owen for keeping his cool in a part that begs for overacting .
his speech to the parole board about being reborn through gardening is the best scene of its kind since morgan freeman 's last stand in the shawshank redemption .
owen 's bedside scenes with kelly , who lends the film a human touch , are a marvel to behold , emotionally gripping without being sappy .
written by hershman , greenfingers contains plenty of laughs .
most come courtesy of helen mirren , who shines as the world - class gardener who works with the inmates but fears for her daughter primrose ( natasha little ) when she starts dating briggs .
the mother ca n't believe what he 'll do if her daughter " burns the sunday roast .
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nothing is forced in greenfingers .
the funny lines come forth naturally in conversations and not from punch lines .
primrose and briggs ' relationship takes awkward steps .
even when briggs decides to go back to edgefield , it 's done for reasons of loyalty , not because the movie requires him to do so .
after grimacing through the forced screwball antics of movies like america 's sweethearts and the princess dairies , it 's an almost indescribable pleasure to see a director taking his time to
tell a story very well .
[A]:
P