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In this task, you must classify if a given review is positive/negative, indicating your answer as P or N.
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there is nothing like american history x in theaters or on video .
no other feature film takes such a cold hard look at the lure , the culture , and the brotherhood of white supremacy .
nice guy ed norton jr .
( who sang in everyone says i love you )
plays derek , a twenty - year old skinhead .
dad 's subtle racism grew large in derek , after gang members killed his father .
dad was fighting a fire when they shot him .
now derek keeps his head shaved and has a giant swastika tattooed over his heart .
derek is more interested in the ideas of white supremacy than in its culture of violence .
at a basketball court , black and white tempers flare .
derek channels the aggression into a game , black versus white , for ownership of the courts .
when the choice presents itself , derek goes for game point instead of the sucker - punch .
cameron ( stacy keach ) steps in to derek 's life as a surrogate father .
he takes derek under his wing and nurtures his racist feelings .
keeping his own criminal record spotless , he uses derek as a leader and organizer for high - visibility racial intimidation .
derek obliges by leading his younger and dumber friends in race - motivated mob crimes .
at the bottom of the chain , derek 's younger brother danny ( edward furlong , made famous in terminator 2 ) joins the skinheads not for ideological or intellectual reasons , but because he admires his brother and he wants to belong .
one night three black youths break into derek 's truck , which is exactly what derek has been waiting for .
outside in his shorts and his tattoo , he shoots them all .
the third would - be thief , unarmed , is only wounded .
in the key scene of the film , derek commands the kid into a position where he can be killed with one glorious , enraptured , awful stomp .
( the fun - spoiling nc-17 of orgazmo seems even more inappropriate , considering american history x was rated r .
what sort of country is this that says sex comedies are a bigger threat to our youth than brutal , ecstatic violence ? )
the police arrive just as derek kills the last thief .
derek does not resist the cops , and as they spin him around to cuff him , the film slows down .
derek raises his eyebrows and smiles at his little brother in a chilling , sadistic , satisfied grin .
now in prison , derek faces new challenges .
as the black man in the laundry tells him , " in the joint , you the nigra , not me .
"
there is a clique of swastika - wearing skinheads , but they are not interested in the ideology of white supremacy .
they only use the symbols as a means of intimidation .
derek finds himself truly alone , truly in danger , and truly afraid .
when derek finally gets out of prison , he finds that his friends from the gang have also changed .
without derek 's leadership , they have shunned the white supremacist ideology for the white supremacist culture .
it is the final factor that makes him realize how badly he 's screwed up .
in the end , he spends quality time with is brother trying to undo the respect and admiration he had earlier inspired in danny .
the film ends a little too deliberately , too neatly after the unchained emotion and violent glee of the rest of the film , but it barely detracts from the overall experience .
edward norton gives an oscar - worthy performance .
although some of his dialogue seemed to be written without enough conviction , norton 's performance compensated .
( an example that comes to mind is his pep talk before looting the store . )
he also captured the essence of an older brother .
he took his responsibility as a role model to his younger brother very seriously , very lovingly , both before and after his change of heart .
though clearly not for all tastes , this film is bold and daring .
the subject matter is ugly , cruel , and at times hard to look at .
nevertheless its subjects are part of humanity 's great face .
kaye gives us a good look at this fascinating , if distasteful , american subculture .
answer:
P


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capsule : annoyingly unentertaining , obvious and paper - thin buddy / cop / drug / sexy - witness movie .
presence of director michael bay shows none of the talent he demonstrated in the rock .
i 've seen this movie already , i said , as i looked at the box art .
no , i have n't even seen a trailer for the movie ; i do n't even know what it 's about , but i can look at the way they 're promoting it , and i know i 've seen it already .
i thought : it 's about these two cops .
and they 're buddies , sort of .
they 're at each other 's throats a lot , but they really do like each other .
and everyone else in their department hates them 'cause they 're hot - shots .
and they have some kind of diametric opposition in their relationship .
and one day they 're in the middle of cop business as usual when they get mixed up in this plot that involves a really sadistic bad guy with lots of henchmen who can never hit anything with the billions of rounds of ammo they are always carrying .
and the bad guy is a drug lord .
and there 's a witness , and she 's this sexy thing who rubs both of them the wrong way .
and their supervisor wants their badges for breakfast when they blow up half the town bringing this guy down .
i only missed the bit about the badges .
the rest i got dead - on .
and i had n't even left the video store yet .
the cops in this movie are will smith and martin lawrence , and the bad guy is the immensely underutilized tcheky karyo .
smith plays a cop who has a trust fund and is thus not a cop for the money ; martin l .
is a family man ( shades of the now - tired lethal weapon dynamic here ) whose wife and he are at total odds .
this leads to some strained scenes about lawrence 's " not getting any " , and some totally unneccesary bits with him skulking around his own house , thinking his partner is now his wife 's " back door man " .
not funny ; tiresome .
bad boys gets some of its incredibly meager selling points from the presence of will smith and martin lawrence .
will smith is a natural , and i 'm happy to see him in movies like six degrees . . .
and men in black .
he 's funny and charming without trying to be ; he really does seem to be enjoying himself .
martin lawrence is a different story ; he 's so uptight and verbally constipated
that sitting through his improvised riffs are a trial .
movies like this are not about originality .
i know this .
they are about style and energy and synergy between actors .
i know this , too .
and yet , while watching bad boys , which its glamorous photography and impossibly exact stunt choreography , i felt fed up .
i 'd seen con air , which despite being completely implausible , was still great fun , because it tried however feebly to put some new life into the mix .
bad boys is a dry run -- and overlong , too , clocking in at just over two hours with a lot more by - play than i felt could be justified .
i could write this movie .
you could write this movie .
many people have .
many people will continue to write this movie , over and over again .
other people will buy it from them , and make it , and we will pay money to see it .
more the fools we all .
in a terrifyingly prescient line from his book
a scanner darkly , phil k .
dick once mused that the mcdonaldburger ( as he called it ) would eventually eclipse money as the token of cultural and financial exchange .
one day we will all just sit in our living rooms and sell the same burger back and forth to each other .
the same could be said about this movie .
i have the sinking feeling we 're going to see it again .
soon .
answer:
N


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vannesa kensington : ` austin , do you smoke after sex ? '
austin powers :
` i do n't know baby , i 've never looked ! '
and so begins our journey into the most anticipated sequel of the summer season .
austin powers 2 , the sequel to the sleeper hit of 1997 , is filled to the brim with uproarious sight gags and lurid toilet jokes that will make you keel over with hilarity .
the mind of mike myers is obviously a very bizarre place .
myers returns as the swinging 60 's spy and his arch - nemesis , the bald headed dr .
evil , who is given much of the spotlight here .
there 's an early scene in which dr .
evil and his son scott ( seth green ) appear on a jerry springer segment entitled
` my dad is evil and wants to take over the world ' , hosted by springer himself .
most of these talk - show gags , spoofing everything from oprah to regis and kathie lee , are no longer as funny as they once were .
happily , this is an exception , especially when a fight breaks out between dr .
evil and the other guests .
( sample dialogue- ` come back here you mother # @%$^ ! !
you want a piece of me ? ' )
the audience was in stitches .
there are many good things about this sequel .
dr .
evil is now assisted by mini - me ( verne troyer ) , a pint - sized clone who is the result of an experiment gone awry .
mini - me is the most perfect new character that any fan could ask for , and troyer does a terrific job of mimicking everything that his big brother does , pinkie and all .
mindy sterling returns as frau farbissina , evil 's loud - mouth assassin sidekick , and here we are treated to a brief romantic liaison between the two in an underground bedroom chamber .
this works surprisingly well
.
afterward , there 's even a meeting at the coffee machine , where their awkwardness is expressed in a scene you would expect in any normal office environment .
oh , yes . . .
the plot .
after a short honeymoon with vanessa kensington ( elizabeth hurley ) that goes disastrously wrong , powers is back on the case to thwart the diabolical plans of dr .
evil .
in the original , the subject of the day was cryogenic freezing that enabled the characters to hop between two time periods .
here , it 's time travel .
dr .
evil has this crazy plan to steal austin 's mojo ( the source of his sexual powers ) , so he jumps through a time portal back into 1969 when powers is still is his freezing chamber .
there , he employs a grotesque 600-pound scottish assassin named fat bastard ( also myers ) to commandeer the mojo , so that our future hero is left completely shagless .
meanwhile , austin is informed of evil 's wrong - doing by basil exposition ( michael york ) , and is supplied with his very own time - traveling device in the form of a volkswagen beetle .
once back in 1969 , powers meets a foxy cia operative named felicity shagwell ( heather graham ) , and learns of dr .
evil 's plans to destroy washington dc with a lazer on the moon .
in one of the many uproarious jabs at star wars , evil calls the moon base a ` death star ' .
if there ever was a movie that knew from the start it was a complete joke , it 's austin powers : the spy who shagged me .
ap2 has many hilarious moments , much more so , than the original austin powers .
but what it does n't have is the confident support system that the first boasted , and the jokes are now more scattershot and hit - and - miss .
while myers has a knack for delivering clever , inspired gags , he sometimes does n't know when to call it quits .
the hilarious scene in the original involving mustafa ( will ferrell ) and his refusal to die is played out here in a disappointing and tired manner .
robert wagner , as dr .
evil 's # 2 man , has only one scene early on in the film , where he lacks all the focus of the character .
one nice surprise is rob lowe , as the young # 2 , who patterns wagner 's voice and movements right down to a tee .
there are more recycled jokes from the predecessor , including kristen johnston as ivana humpalot ( an unfunny rendition of alotta fagina ) .
but myers has clearly put so much dedication into this project , and many bits are side - splittingly funny .
do n't miss an extended visual gag in a tent , where the shadows leave much to the imagination . . .
. of the new characters
, graham does n't leave much of an impression .
her performance is merely okay , and she lacks the gung - ho enthusiasm that made elizabeth hurley so enjoyable before her .
and as for fat bastard . .
.
well , he provides one or two hilarious moments , but all of the obesity jokes and bathroom talk go too far .
but my most severe complaint : mr .
bigglesworth was only in one scene ! !
but , with gritted teeth , i managed to get over that .
this sequel will not leave fans disappointed ; it 's more often than not a laugh riot .
and , i look optimistically to the future , where i foresee more installments to the austin powers collection .
if myers can up the quota of fresh ideas , we should be in store for much more .
( c ) 1999 , jamey hughton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
jamey hughton ( 15 ) has written a weekly column in the starphoenix , saskatoon , sk since november , 1997 .
he was a 1999 writing finalist in the canadian ytv achievement awards .
answer:

P