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

Example Input: a movie like mortal kombat : annihilation works ( and must be reviewed on ) multiple levels .
first , there 's the rampant usage of randian subtext that pervades the entire movie .
but occasionaly , almost as if making an ironic , self - depreciating remark , the movie tosses in clearly marxist imagery .
no no . . .
just kidding .
had you going there for a moment , did n't i ?
in all seriousness however , and to be fair to the movie , it * is * necessary to provide two viewpoints : that of a movie watcher unfamiliar ( or only marginally familiar ) with the whole mortal kombat phenomenon , and that of a fan of the first movie and/or a fan of the games .
the first movie ( mortal kombat ( 1995 ) ) concerned itself with a martial arts tournament that would decide the fate of earth ( and it 's 5 billion inhabitants ) .
the mortals won , and in theory this should have prevented the emperor shao khan from taking over the earth .
unfortunately , shao khan was a poor loser , and the very final scene in mortal kombat showed him arriving anyway , ready to take over the planet , as our heroes assumed a fighting stance .
the first movie was extraordinarily entertaining for those ( like myself ) who are fans of the game .
i 'd even go so far as to say that many folks who did n't know about the game probably enjoyed the movie .
the writers and directors knew the limitations of both their cast and of the basic story itself , and they did n't try to overachieve .
there were a lot of really cool fight scenes ( with really cool accompanying music ) , intersperesed with some distracting ( but ultimately non - intrusive ) bits of fluff passing itself off as a plot .
and , as we know , the movie was a smashing success at the box office .
mortal kombat :
annihilation picks up precisely where that movie left off , with some introductory exposition to clue in those who may not have seen the first movie .
shao khan has decided that he 's going to take over the earth
* anyways * , and to hell with some silly rule about mortals winning the tournament .
thereafter follows approximately 85 minutes of film that alternates between being confused , being trite , being silly , and being just plain stupid .
one gets the general impression that the producers of the movie thought " hey , that last movie was such a success that we can get more money and make a * real * movie now . " too bad they did n't simply stick with the formula from the first movie .
i could write volumes about the things that are wrong with this picture , but here are the high points :
* the acting is truly bad .
sandra hess ( playing the sonya blade character ) is particularly execrable , especially in scenes where she tries to convince us that she loved johnny cage ( a character from the first movie who gets greased at the beginning of this movie ) .
* in one of the worst pieces of mis - casting
i think i 've * ever * seen , james remar plays raiden , the god of thunder .
in the first movie , christopher lambert played raiden and played his character as though he was in on the joke :
a french actor playing a japanese thunder god being revered by chinese mystics .
i generally like it when actors are cast against type ( tim " tiny " lister , jr . being cast as the president of the u . s .
in the fifth element , for example ) , and remar has always been one of my favorite " utility " actors but he 's so totally wrong for this part that he does n't even have the luxury of amused self - awareness .
*
there are too many characters that are introduced as being potentially important , but then never seen again .
* there are a number of completely meaningless story sidetracks , including a muddled scene where liu kang ( robin shou ) seeks out nightwolf ( litefoot ) , has a mystical hallucination , and then wanders off with jade ( irina pantaeva ) .
for these reasons ( and many others ) , i can only give the movie a 2 . . . . . . unless you 're a huge fan of the games and/or the first movie .
in that case , the following critiques also apply : * sandra hess , while being an even worse actress than bridgette wilson ( who played sonya blade in the first movie ) , is much more convincing as a fighter .
wilson looked like she was simply mimicing some movements taught to her by the fight choreographer .
hess looks like she actually knows some martial arts , and puts together a much more believable fight scene .
* in the fights , each of the characters does at least * one * thing they do in the game ( and often more ) .
sonya does her " kiss of death , " jax does his " earthquake , " liu kang does his " animality , " and so on .
a big bonus for those of us who were looking for similar moves in the first movie and found them only rarely .
*
there are n't as many fight scenes in this movie as there were in the first , because the folks making the movie mistakenly try to hang a more robust plot in between .
silly , silly folks .
and the lamest fight involved two of the women in what turns into a mud - wrestling match .
lame and so obviously sexist
even i ( politically incorrect , for the most part ) noticed and remarked upon it .
* the special effects are generally better , except for the final fight scene between the emporer and liu kang in which both perform their " animalities .
" motaro and sheeva are both more convincing and lifelike than goro was in the first movie .
for folks like myself who loved the first movie and enjoy the games , i give this a 5 .
you 'll probably like it , but not nearly as much as you liked the first one .
Example Output: N

Example Input: ' run lola run ' , a german import that gained a stellar reputation at the sundance film festival , is a dazzling and kinetic film that deals with the subjects of fate and chance .
for a berserk and retroactive 81 minutes of non - stop movement , we follow a fiery - haired heroine named lola ( franka potente ) as she sprints to save her boyfriend from the clutches of drug dealers .
lola has roughly twenty minutes to somehow retrieve 100 , 000 marks in time to save manni ( moritz bleibtreu ) from being killed by the dealer .
but , in something of a pseudo- ' groundhog day ' approach , director tom tykwer gives lola three separate chances to best navigate her way toward the goal .
in these trio of episodes , we gradually learn the unique effects of fate , for even if tiny changes are made in lola 's journey , the future can be seriously altered .
' run lola run ' is an experience like ' fight club ' or ' the matrix ' , in that each film takes you through a super - charged wormhole of bending reality in surreal and exciting ways .
in addition , all three movies have a visual style that separates them from the rest of the pack .
' lola ' is no exception , with stylish quick - flash camera work and cinematography that serves as scintillating eye candy from the get - go .
tykwer 's world is a landscape of mood and color , with brilliant shades of red and pink ( including lola 's fiery hair ) used as effective symbolism throughout .
with it 's visual style and mind - blowing pace , ' run lola run '
is one of the more invigorating movies of the year .
even more so when considering the fact it 's all stuffed rather nonchalantly into an 81-minute time period .
as a heroine , potente does little more than run wildly through the streets ( as the title suggests ) , but
she has a certain flair and charisma .
her exemplary running form made me wonder if she is actually a track star .
meanwhile , bleibtreu does an equally fantastic job of bringing the dopey but passionate manni to life .
both actors perform beyond the call of duty .
the dazzling fun comes from predicting what each episode holds in store for lola , and the outcome is ultimately rewarding - several twists and turns are unique and unexpected .
the other characters lola runs into ( both purposely and inadvertently ) include her banker father ( herbert kraup ) and a friendly security guard ( armin rohde ) , but aside from the two leads , no one has more than a few minutes of screen time .
additional stars that could n't possibly be ignored are cinematographer frank griebe and editor mathilde bonnefroy , who are both responsible for the film 's eye - catching visual elegance .
' run lola run ' is subtitled , so be prepared to meet the challenge of reading the lightning - fast dialogue - occasional sections of it are especially fast .
this is only one of the minor chores involved in watching .
the other is the sense that we never get to really recognize who the real people are in this hyperactive situation .
most are just chess pieces in tykwer 's elaborate game of visual presentation , and he never really makes a significant move with any .
but , the average viewer is likely to be
so absorbed in the action that few will realize the lack of potency in a few elements of the screenplay .
a few petty gripes aside , this film is a wild , exhilarating ride that turns maniacally on its wheel of originality .
most people believe foreign films are mainly boring , talky character studies .
perhaps ' run lola run ' will recharge their batteries .
not only does this film offer insight into some intriguing questions of fate and destiny , it also delivers a white - knuckle visual rollercoaster ride of overwhelming audacity .
like how the experience must have been for the persistent title character , ' run lola run ' is exhausting .
Example Output: P

Example Input: in the wake of the smashing success of " rumble in the bronx , " it 's looking more and more likely that more jackie chan films will see american release .
rumor has it that one of these films will be drunken master ii .
the version i have is a copy from the laserdisc ; it 's widescreen and bilingually - subtitled , as are most hong kong films these days .
availability over here in the united states is very limited ; these films must either be purchased via pirates or sought out from asian distributors such as tai seng .
the subtitling on the copy i have is slightly hard to read ; the letters are white and a bit small .
although the american release will almost certainly be dubbed , this review is of the subtitled version , so please keep that in mind if you 're reading this review to help you decide whether to go out and see it .
to be fair , i must admit that i 've never been very fond of " period - piece " martial arts movies -- the ones set in some nebulous china of the distant or not so distant past .
perhaps it 's because most of those i 've seen were filmed on inferior stock , with either butchered dubbing or all - but - illegible subtitling , or perhaps it 's because their plots all tend to be very similar to each other and , in many cases , all but nonexistant .
in fact , many of them get so wrapped up in their subplots that they seem to forget their main plot entirely until only a few minutes before the end .
or , for that matter , it might be because the jackie chan films with more modern settings ( armour of god , rumble in the bronx , etc . ) tend to have more spectacular stunts , often involving large motor vehicles and large explosions , whereas period pieces simply have the martial arts .
having said that , i must now turn right around and say that drunken master ii is a remarkable exception to all or most of the above , is one of the better martial arts films i 've seen , and i quite enjoyed it .
surprised ?
well , so was i .
drunken master
ii is about a young man named wong fei - hong ( played by jackie chan ) who is a master of the drunken boxing style of kung fu .
where he learned this style is uncertain , as his father , wong kei - ying ( ti lung ) is steadfast in his opposition to fei - hong 's practicing it rather than some more normal style of kung fu .
apparently , fei - hong is some sort of figure from chinese folklore , rather like paul bunyan is for americans , but i 've heard very little about this , and could quite well be wrong , so i 'll leave analysis of that to the people who know it better .
one of my friends points out that the character of wong fei - hong is also featured in the " once upon a time in china " movies , but i have not yet seen those .
the plot of drunken master ii is somewhat hazy , as are the plots to many such films , but if you 're watching a jackie chan film , odds are you are n't expecting something on the order of " war and peace " .
the story seems to revolve around those evil foreigners who are spiriting away ancient chinese relics ( and hence , china 's cultural heritage ) while overworking , underpaying , and beating up chinese workers in a nearby steel mill .
however , this plot merely serves as a framework for the other main story of the film -- fei - hong 's perpetual struggle to win his girlfriend , supplicate his father , keep his ( pregnant ) mother ( played by anita mui ) from fighting , and keep from getting beaten up by evil foreigner thugs .
the macguffin that drives the plot ( s ) is a precious antique jade imperial seal which is being taken away by the evil foreigners .
in the beginning , fei - hong accidentally steals it while trying to recover an identically - wrapped box containing the medicinal ginseng his father was bringing back for a customer .
in the process , he clashes with another thief , who is himself trying for the seal but ends up instead with the ginseng .
after fei - hong narrowly avoids getting caught with the seal by the evil foreigners ' lackies , thanks to some timely intervention by a general 's son ( a cameo appearance by andy lau , who would later take on the starring role in drunken master iii ! ) , comedic chaos ensues back at the wong household when fei - hong and his mother attempt to come up with a replacement for the missing ginseng .
and so it goes .
and the plot thickens later on , such as when fei - hong 's girlfriend maneuvers him into a kung fu match with a rival , or when fei - hong and the thief , now revealed to be a loyalist manchu officer trying to recover the seal and stop the evil foreigners , are attacked en masse ( another grand kung - fu movie tradition ) , but i think i 've already spent more time on the plot than it really deserves .
let 's move on to the real draw of jackie chan movies . . .
the action .
there 's plenty of martial arts action to be found in this movie .
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of course , in a kung fu film , that 's to be expected .
however , this is n't just another kung fu movie ; this one has jackie chan doing the fight and stunt choreography , and
jackie chan is a genius .
the primary martial arts " style " featured in the film is drunken boxing , a form of kung fu which attempts to draw the adversary off his guard by making it seem like the fellow using it is drunk .
further , for the purposes of this film at least , drunken boxers fight better when they actually _ are _ intoxicated . . .
but there 's a fine line between just drunk enough and drunk into a stupor .
under normal circumstances , the idea of someone staggering around looking sloshed but managing to fight effectively and even incredibly might seem rather stupid , but jackie pulls it off with flair .
the kung fu sequences are so intricate in their staging and execution that it is pointless to try to describe it on paper , so i 'll just say that the fights -- especially the big climactic fight at the end -- in themselves make the movie worth watching .
another thing drunken master ii has going for it is the stunt work .
even without motor vehicles ( well , not counting a train ) , there are some remarkable stunts in this film .
among other things , jackie dives off a balcony into a table and crawls across hot coals ( not once , but at _ least _ twice , if you count the outtake shown during the credits ) .
( quicktime movies of these stunts can be found through the www movie database . )
unlike in american films , these stunts are _ not _ faked .
drunken master
ii stars several veteran actors of the hong kong movie scene , including jackie , ti lung ( " a better tomorrow " 1 & 2 ) , and anita mui ( the " heroic trio " series , " rumble in the bronx " ) .
the performances are first - rate , especially when it comes to the comedy parts of the film .
the scene where fei - hong and his mother conspire literally behind fei - hong 's father 's back to cover up for the missing ginseng root is hilarious , as is the scene where fei - hong 's mother , having just revealed that she is pregnant , is threatening to hurt herself ( in order to draw her husband 's anger away from fei - hong ) .
jackie has developed his knack for physical comedy into a sort of mastery over the years , and he 's in fine form all through drunken master ii . as far as cinematography is concerned , it certainly works for this film .
it 's nothing spectacular , but is at least a dozen times better than
all those old kung fu movies of the 70s .
the picture is crisp and clear .
one thing i find particularly worthy of mention is that , at least in the copy i have , the screen was wider than any film i 've ever seen on videotape before -- almost a whole 1/3 of the screen was blocked out above and below .
( watch this on a bigscreen tv or movie theater if you can . )
it will be an utter shame if this film is eventually pan - and - scanned for american video release .
drunken master
ii shows the full potential of " period piece " kung fu movies , and it 's good enough to overcome even my usual distaste for such movies .
the plot does meander a bit , but that 's to be expected in this type of film .
if you like this kind of movie , you 'll love this movie , and if not , well , give it a chance anyway .
if nothing else , the martial arts and stunt sequences are by themselves worth the price of admission or rental .
Example Output:
P