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

Input: Consider Input: breakdown is an moderately entertaining , if underwhelming , thriller .
kurt russell and kathleen quinlan play couple jeff and amy taylor , taking the scenic route to california through redneck country .
however , while in the middle of nowhere , their jeep decides to break down , leaving them stranded .
a friendly truck driver , warren ( walsh ) , offers to give them a lift to town .
although jeff rejects the offer ( he wants to stay with his car ) , amy agrees , hops into warren 's lorry , and promptly disappears .
jeff wonders where the hell she is , and when he later catches up with warren and warren says he has never seen amy in his life , the plot thickens and jeff goes on a chase to find his wife .
although comparisons can be made with this film to deliverance ( 1972 ) and the vanishing ( 1993 ) plot wise , the latter two are far superior character and script wise .
kurt russell is o .
k as jeff , although he can seemingly only pull of one expression , which is angry .
throughout the whole film , he looks angry ( or just pissed off . )
quinlan is o .
k again , but again
she can only pull off one expression , which is looking dorky .
throughout the whole film , she looks dorky .
j .
t walsh ( who , sadly , recently passed away ) is fine as warren ( who we soon find out is a kidnapper )
although his actual character is pretty weak , and not really menacing enough .
the supporting cast do their best aswell , with rex linn as a doubting sheriff , and the other kidnappers .
the story , written by first - timer jonathan mostow ( who also directs ) is o .
k ,
if surprisingly familiar and sometimes extraordinarily stupid .
some of the things the characters do in this movie is beyond the bounds of idiocy .
there are some flaws with the plot also , as the characters do the complete opposite to logical ( presumably to keep the story ' exciting ' ) and also the fact that the story just is n't strong enough to sustain the audience 's attention .
the picture moves along very slowly also .
it almost threatens to drop dead .
the picture does pick up towards the end , but by then it 's too late .
mostow directs the action sequences well enough , however .
the film does n't really come to a satisfying conclusion , either .
the ending tries to be bleak , but just comes off annoying
.
breakdown could of been a far more enjoyable picture
had it had a stronger cast and director .
instead , it just turns out to be merely average .
a missed opportunity .
overall rating= review by david wilcock

Output: N


Input: Consider Input: as a revolutionary war hero in the patriot , mel gibson provides another macho man performance for hollywood audiences .
you know the type : his shirt is always shredded , his face always scarred , he has a soft spot for his loved ones and a " to kill " list for his enemies .
oscar - hungry director / executive producer roland
emmerich did not intend to , but he made the stereotypical action hero for the 18th century .
as gibson delivers lines like , " before this war is over , i am going to kill you , " schwarzenegger in commando or stallone in cobra immediately come to mind .
oddly enough , the patriot is as much an epic three - hour - tear - fest like gladiator , as
it is a ninety - minute guilty pleasure .
at times absorbing , at others enjoyably insipid , this is good , bloody summer fun .
i probably would have despised this film had it not been released over the july 4th weekend .
some of the images are so zealously americanized ( the flag is used as a lifesaving weapon for example ) , that independence day seems the only appropriate time of year to wholeheartedly accept it .
like emmerich 's id4 , this is obvious propaganda where the americans are the hapless underdogs motivated by freedom for all .
sure it 's predictable and melodramatic , but for a moment after leaving the theater , i was dumbfounded with patriotism .
and is n't that the point of the patriot ?
gibson plays benjamin martin , the lionized french and indian war veteran , who , at the beginning of the film , is emotionally suffering after his loving wife passed away .
he is left to father seven children at his south carolina estate along with black servants ( not slaves ! ) . as the revolutionary war rumbles miles away , martin swears to keep his family close and away from the battlefields .
but when the oldest son enlists anyway and another is murdered by a wicked redcoat colonel ( jason isaacs ) , martin quickly decides to save the day ( or save the fate of america as presented by emmerich ) .
forming a band of aggressive farmers and using guerilla tactics considered unfair in the art of war , martin becomes the number one target of the british army .
the best parts of the patriot are the scenes in which martin and his rugged militia men outsmart the british armies left and right .
every time the farmers attacked the unsuspecting enemy , to see the disbelief on british general cornwallis ' ( tom wilkinson ) face was priceless entertainment .
and as the tension gradually formulates with the running time , a final battle is inevitable .
as for the numerous battle scenes , they are expertly done . clearer and more realistic
than those of gladiator , the gruesome images are what give this film an r rating .
you really get a sense of how warfare was performed during that time period .
everything is performed in an orderly ( but still quite gory ) fashion - one side shoots , then the other side , then the remaining soldiers charge .
it 's organized , strategic and , according to martin , ineffective .
there is a very interesting contrast between the traditional battle style and martin 's take - no - prisoners method .
what drives martin to these supposedly unfair actions , are the originally brutal tactics of colonel tavington . played wonderfully by jason isaacs , tavington is the type who loves to glare down from his horse at civilians , who nervously avoid eye contact .
this character is viciously evil ; he kills women and children and then laughs about it on the way home ; even his eyes are evil .
his portrayal has sparked some controversy in britain , some claim that he falsely represents his countrymen as " cowardly " and " sadistic .
"
i disagree with this accusation .
tavington does not represent his country ; his unnecessary executions shock his own colleagues and even anger his general .
besides tavington , the redcoats remain stick figures that are neither glorified nor patronized . and stick figures make the easiest enemies in these kinds of movies - why give the audience a reason to love the bad guys ?
heck , why not spend the entire film glossing up the good guys ?
the patriot is three hours of fictional fireworks .
with an action hero seeking revenge and a comic book villain ready to take him down , it 's a lethal weapon for the colonial times .
god bless america !
and god bless the patriot !

Output: P


Input: Consider Input: more than forty years ago , the " sword and sandals " genre of historical epic ruled the box office .
during the 1950 's hollywood sought to give audiences a reason to turn off their televisions and go out to the movies by offering the grand spectacle of the roman empire in cinemascope .
" ben - hur . "
" cleopatra .
" " the robe . "
" sparticus .
"
" the fall of the roman empire . "
" quo vadis .
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sometimes brilliant , sometimes campy , the roman epic was the technicolor funeral pyre of classic hollywood .
since then , epics have appeared infrequently ( " the last emperor , " " braveheart " ) and some of the best have been small - screen affairs produced in the 1970 's ( " roots , " " shogun " ) .
yet , the phrase " we who are about to die salute you " has been absent until now .
" gladiator " begins in germania in a .
d .
180 .
roman general maximus ( russell crowe ) has conquered yet another group of barbarians for his emperor marcus aurelius ( richard harris ) , and he is eager to retire to his plantation in spain where his wife and son are waiting .
however , the emperor is worried that his decadent weakling son commodus ( joaquin phoenix ) will prove a poor successor , so he wants to make maximus his heir as a transition toward rome becoming a republic again .
when commodus hears the plan , he strangles his father and orders maximus and his family murdered .
maximus escapes from the executioners , but he arrives home too late to save his wife and son .
a caravan of slavers pick up the wounded hero and carry him off to north africa .
( why the caravan happened to be cruising by maximus ' place is never explained . )
an african named juba ( djimon hounsou ) treats maximus ' wounds .
proximo ( oliver reed ) , a gladiator who won his freedom , purchases maximus and juba as fodder for the arena .
of course , maximus proves as able a gladiator as he was a soldier , and his fame spreads .
when commodus reopens the coliseum , proximo brings his troupe of warriors to rome to compete .
our hero wins the hearts and minds of the cheering crowds and finds that he has an ally in commodus ' sister lucilla ( connie nielsen ) .
the similarities to " braveheart " are obvious : an evil king , a determined warrior seeking revenge for his murdered family , the aid of a lovestruck princess .
also , like mel gibson 's epic , " gladiator " has a primarily visceral appeal and is driven forward by the hero 's anger .
it 's a simple tale of good versus evil .
maximus has all the manly virtues : nobility of purpose , courage in battle , loyalty to king and country , physical stamina , and devotion to family .
commodus is his opposite in every way : a sniveling , selfish coward who is intended to disgust the audience .
the opening night crowd in my theater was about 70 % male , and that seems appropriate .
" gladiator " is a guy movie ( would the opposite of a " chick flick " be a " dick flick " ? ) .
there 's much pumping of testosterone and chopping off of body parts in gruesome battle sequences .
( those easily offended by gore should stay away . )
lucilla is the only female character , and what sparks there are between her and maximus are dampened by his devotion to his dead wife .
joaquin phoenix gives an astounding performance .
in the scene where commodus kills his father , phoenix shows the pain of a son who has never had his father 's love or pride .
throughout the picture , phoenix manages to give depth to a character who 's scripted as a caricature of evil .
i 've been a russell crowe fan since " romper stomper .
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this role does n't offer him the complexities of his parts in " l . a . confidential " and " the insider " -- essentially his job is to grunt heroically -- but his voice , which has a richard burton resonance textured by a clint eastwood rasp , is perfect for the genre .
the late oliver reed gave us the best work of his career in his last role .
i hope it will be rewarded with an oscar .
my only major quibble with " gladiator " is its stylized look .
several scenes are tinted .
we 've seen a lot of the tinted look lately , particularly in " payback " and " the matrix .
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i do n't get the appeal of the style , which makes feature films look like tv ads .
in " payback " it was merely annoying , but in " gladiator " it bleaches the color out of the grand spectacles that are the raison d'etre of the roman epic .
( perhaps it 's meant to gloss over the imperfections of the computer - generated shots . )
also , the battle scenes are filmed in a strange herky jerky style that seems to be slo mo and fast forward simultaneously .
( it reminds me of the way the flash runs in the comic books , leaving a half - blurred trail of images of himself behind . ) with a more realistic look , " gladiator " could be even more satisfying than " braveheart " because it has a tighter script and a more fulfilling conclusion .
bottom line :
a rousing action film enriched by fine performances but tarnished by stylistic choices .


Output: P