Detailed Instructions: In this task, you must classify if a given review is positive/negative, indicating your answer as P or N.
Problem:a suave , cool , collected , rich , uptight bad guy = cliche .
a clumsy criminal oaf to add to the laughs = cliche .
a bad guy who owns a wild animal = cliche .
a crooked , chauvinistic law enforcer type = cliche .
at an intense moment , our main character tries to get away , but the car has trouble starting = cliche .
complaining about cliches = cliche .
ok , ok .
so we always hear about cliches .
but if there was ever to be a prime example , the real mccoy is it ! not one uttered word , not one frame of film , not one character in this whole movie is n't a cut and paste example of everything we 've ever seen .
they might as well use this as a training film : " how to make a bank robbery film in the 90 's " .
karen mccoy ( kim basinger ) is a bank robber who just got out on parole after a six - year stay at the state prison .
she wants to make things right and go straight , especially with the fact that she has a six - year old son out there who does n't even know she 's alive .
aware of mccoy 's bank robbing expertise , sniveling bad guy jack schmidt ( terence stamp ) uses the same six - year old to coerce mccoy into returning to her past .
he wants mccoy to pull off an elaborate heist of 18 + million dollars at the same bank she got caught trying to rob six years earlier , which , by the way , is somehow due to schmidt .
and if she refuses ? who knows what he 'll do to the kid .
( cue sinister laughter )
this movie is so pathetically pitiful
that it 's hard to know where to begin .
the aforementioned cliches are brutally abundant .
i ca n't stress enough how every single element , whether it be a character , the dialogue , a plot " twist " , etc . , is so damn generic that you 'll wonder if * anyone * is working behind the scenes , let alone in front of the camera .
basinger is absolutely vacant .
and where do they get off trying to make us emotionally attached to her ?
here 's someone that spent their time robbing banks , and now as she heads onto the street , we 're supposed to feel sorry for her .
as she confronts her son , who does n't even know who she is , are we supposed to break into tears ? ?
especially when neither basinger nor zach english , who plays the kid , has any depth or emotional - radiance whatsoever .
i suppose i should mention val kilmer .
yeah ,
that 's right
- he 's in it !
quite sadly too , seeing as how i can discuss everything about the movie and never mention his name .
and he got second billing !
to be fair , i will admit that kilmer had potential in his role as the bumbling criminal wannabe j .
t . barker .
unfortunately the script does n't allow much room for improvement , and when his character is used like bookends ( he never shows up in the middle of the film ! ) , we have no time to appreciate what he might have brought to this project .
the real mccoy
just ca n't keep it
's head above water
,
and soon , * very * soon , sinks into a cliched mess of movie .
the actors are like dummies being moved about by an unenthusiastic puppeteer , and the dialogue , particularly schmidt 's trite dialogue , falls like the niagra .
this is definitely one to avoid , folks .
the real mccoy is anything but !
Solution:
N