lifts the film high above run-of-the-filth gangster flicks 
(ROOT (S (VP (VBZ lifts) (NP (DT the) (NN film)) (S (ADVP (JJ high) (PP (IN above) (NML (NML (JJ run)) (NML (PP (IN -of) (HYPH -) (NP (DT the) (HYPH -) (NN filth)))) (NN gangster) (NNS flicks))))))))
(ROOT (S (VP (VBZ ) (NP (DT ) (NN )) (S (ADVP (JJ ) (PP (IN ) (NML (NML (JJ )) (NML (PP (IN ) (HYPH ) (NP (DT ) (HYPH ) (NN )))) (NN ) (NNS ))))))))