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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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plot : this movie takes place over one day .
it 's a rookie cop 's narcotics training alongside a seasoned police veteran .
the rookie does n't know much about " street justice " , so the older cop teaches him about the way things work in the " real world " .
how even cops like themselves have to " bend the rules " and " break the law " every now and then , in order to catch the really bad guys .
critique : a pretty intense little movie with solid acting across the board , some ups , some downs and a thrilling ending , despite a couple of small flaws .
i really enjoyed this movie because it followed two extreme characters and put them in situations which had me wondering about what i would do if i were in their place .
the film gets right into the " dirty " side of , well .
..
the dirt on the streets , and proceeds to teach the rookie cop ( and us , the audience ) how things really work down there .
of course , we 're receiving this lesson from a man who has put away a lot of scum in his time , but the things he seems to be doing are n't exactly on the up - and - up either . and therein , lies the fun of the film .
do you agree that you yourself would need to break a few small laws in order to put away the people who break the really big ones ?
well , as the film moves along , we 're given two points of view in respect to this predicament , and to me , both sides made sense at some point or another . and
you got ta give a lot of credit to the screenplay for that , the director , who builds the film up wonderfully ( with the darkness of the day leading to the darkness in the script ) and the two actors who deliver their parts in spades .
hawke , first off , because he rarely plays these " commercial " roles but does so perfectly here , with a vulnerable side which has you feeling for the bastard right off the top .
and denzel , well , what can you say about mr .
washington that has n't already been said before ?
he comes through as per his usual high - level style here , and gives the audience a completely different side to his talent , of which , i personally would like to see more .
he 's nice
, he 's not so nice , he 's smart , he 's not so smart , he 's caring
and he 's a dog all the way .
the few problems that i did have with this film included the redundant nature of the whole thing at some point ( okay , we get it .
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you have to be nasty in order to deal with these nasty people .
.. move on ) and this one really major " coincidence " which involved a bathtub , that saved the day for one character , but seemed a little too " convenient " for my taste .
i also never really understood how washington 's character got out of a certain dire predicament , only to be seen driving his car in the very next scene .
but obviously these small flaws did n't taint my overall enjoyment of this tense drama , a film that gets you right into the streets , into the nooks and the crannies , and into the moral dilemma which lies between the justice system and the day - to - day drug busts .
see it if you want to wrestle with some of these issues yourself
, see it if you want to see denzel and ethan strike up a palpable chemistry on - screen , and see it if you like holding on to your seat - handles real tight during a movie .
in fact , see it for the scene in which ethan hawke plays cards with a host of gang - bangers alone .
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dang
, now that 's intense !
where 's joblo coming from ?
the corruptor ( 7/10 ) - crimson tide ( 9/10 ) - l. a.
confidential ( /10 )
- lethal weapon ( 8/10 ) - requiem for a dream ( 8/10 ) - seven ( 10/10 ) - shaft ( 7/10 ) - traffic ( 8/10 )
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P

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this is the worst movie i 've viewed so far in 98 .
the avengers = silly = man dressed in a bowler hat + woman wearing tight leathers
> evil scientists dressed in teddy bear suits + greater evil , sir august de wynter wearing kilt .
the question is what could have gone wrong with a potentially great idea with big name cast ?
the same question was probably asked of last year 's stinker batman and robin .
i feel the production got a little too smug ,
the script a little to smart and direction was somehow lost in the chaos of random events that collided together to form a movie .
my greatest criticism rests on the fact that there was no chemistry between emma peel and john steed ( thurman and fiennes ) ?
something that was a vital element of the 60 's tv serial of the same name .
the dialogue goes on and on about tea and other finer british perks , but does not allow much room for character development and interaction , except to perhaps grate on the viewer 's nerves .
one wonders why the dynamic pair bother kissing in the end except for pure english formality .
connery as sir august , does not fair better than thurman or fiennes .
his dialogue is as erratic as stormy weather , mostly embarrassing and poor quality .
if there is a movie you would prefer never to see , i believe the avengers would be a good choice .
for one thing , you will not have to witness a product that is far inferior to the three high profile names that is associated with the title .
i can not understand how something
so poorly produced could have been released , but i put it down to one of those freak happenings in nature , like lightning you ca n't see it coming until it hits you .
answer:
N

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mike myers , you certainly did throw us a ? frickin ' bone here in what you call ?
the biggest austin powers adventure yet . '
austin powers :
the spy who shagged me is the sequel to the 1997 smash comedy austin powers : international man of mystery .
many are skeptical about sequels , saying that the sequel is never better or as good as the original , but austin powers : tswsm goes beyond the first film .
austin powers :
the spy who shagged me stars mike myers in three different roles .
he reprises his role as the title character , austin powers , the shagadelic spy whose body was frozen in 1967 , and unfrozen in 1997 to stop his long time nemesis dr .
evil , also played by mike myers , from destroying the earth .
tswsm leaves off where the original stopped , with dr .
evil 's ?
frisch 's big boy ' space capsule floating through space .
dr .
evil returns back to earth by ejecting from his capsule , plotting to go back in his time machine to the year 1967 , in which he plans to steal austin powers ' " mojo " ,
what keeps austin going with spy talents .
upon his return to his secret lair , which is now a starbucks coffee shop , dr .
evil learns that his evil henchman , which includes the returning robert wagner as number 2 and mindy sterling as frau , have created a 1/8 size clone of dr .
evil , which is later named mini me .
the evil mini me replaces scott evil , played by seth green , as dr .
evil 's son in the madman 's mind ,
because dr .
evil thinks of scott to be only " quasi - evil .
"
dr .
evil has always wanted a son that is evil just like him , and now he has one .
dr .
evil tells mini me , " you complete me , " in a loving manner .
dr .
evil loving ?
wow !
mike myers ' third role is as fat bastard , a scottish henchman of dr .
evil 's , who is sent to steal the mojo from austin powers ' frozen body .
austin powers learns of dr .
evil 's trip back into the 60s , and uses his own time machine to take him back to 1967 , to try to save his mojo before fat bastard gets a hold of it .
once arriving in the year 1967 , austin travels to his " pad " , his smashing home / dance club , where he meets felicity shagwell , played by heather graham , a cia agent who is willing to help him in his journey to stop dr .
evil .
as the film progresses , hilarious one liners are thrown at us , mainly by dr .
evil , for example , " do n't go there , girlfriend ! " to the president of the united states .
many witty gags take place , note the entire tent scene , and just plain , funny scenes which are so stupid-
they 're funny
come a dozen per fifteen minutes .
take for example , scott evil going on the jerry springer show complaining about how evil his father is .
the way austin powers : tswsm uses its humor is clever , throwing a hilarious scene at you , followed by five minutes of one liners , followed by another outrageous scene , so
you never stop laughing .
there was honestly not one moment in austin powers :
tswsm where i was n't laughing .
the last film that i laughed so hard in , was well , austin powers !
it is apparent that mike myers knew how funny this film was while writing it .
the film even makes fun of itself in a line , something along the lines of , " it 's funny how england and southern california look nothing alike .
"
tswsm was filmed in southern california , but was supposed to take place in england .
i can tell you one thing-
he is having a lot of fun with this enormously popular character , which is all over television , newspapers , magazines , and the movie theaters .
i believe that dr .
evil got more attention in the tswsm than austin powers did .
dr .
evil provided more laughs , more memorable moments , and more interesting dialogue than austin
did this time around , who seems to missing the funny touch that he had in the first film .
i felt that austin really did have his mojo taken away , but from screenplay writer mike myers , not fat bastard . also making a great addition to the series is mini me , who is played by verne troyer .
even though the midget actor is 30 years old , he is adorable by dr .
evil 's side constantly .
the first austin powers film had barely any sentimental quality , such as lack of character development , barely any detailed plot characteristics , and barely any good acting , but austin powers tswsm
actually shows some quality behind the frequent humor .
mike myers , with his three roles , acts as eddie murphy did in the nutty professor , disguising himself completely in one of the roles .
( fat bastard )
all three characters are different , and mike myers does do a good job handling each one of them .
heather graham made a great addition with her talent to tswsm , and does a much better job than elizabeth hurley did , who gave a very flat performance in the original , speaking her lines without any feeling or emotion .
speaking of hurley , she can be seen in tswsm for a few brief moments .
hopefully , graham tags along for future austin powers adventures .
the bottom line- a groovy sequel that mike myers put all of his mojo into writing .
answer:
P