In this task, you must classify if a given review is positive/negative, indicating your answer as P or N.
Example: plot : two teen couples go to a church party , drink and then drive .
they get into an accident .
one of the guys dies , but his girlfriend continues to see him in her life , and has nightmares .
what 's the deal ?
watch the movie and " sorta " find out . . .
critique : a mind - fuck movie for the teen generation that touches on a very cool idea , but presents it in a very bad package .
which is what makes this review an even harder one to write , since i generally applaud films which attempt to break the mold , mess with your head and such ( lost highway & memento ) , but there are good and bad ways of making all types of films , and these folks just did n't snag this one correctly
.
they seem to have taken this pretty neat concept , but executed it terribly .
so what are the problems with the movie ?
well , its main problem is that it 's simply too jumbled
.
it starts off " normal " but then downshifts into this " fantasy " world in which you , as an audience member ,
have no idea what 's going on
.
there are dreams , there are characters coming back from the dead , there are others who look like the dead , there are strange apparitions , there are disappearances , there are a looooot of chase scenes , there are tons of weird things that happen , and most of it is simply not explained .
now i personally do n't mind trying to unravel a film every now and then , but when all it does is give me the same clue over and over again , i get kind of fed up after a while , which is this film 's biggest problem .
it 's obviously got this big secret to hide , but it seems to want to hide it completely until its final five minutes .
and do they make things entertaining , thrilling or even engaging , in the meantime ?
not really .
the sad part is that the arrow and i both dig on flicks like this , so we actually figured most of it out by the half - way point , so all of the strangeness after that did start to make a little bit of sense , but it still did n't the make the film all that more entertaining .
i guess the bottom line with movies like this is that you should always make sure that the audience is " into it " even before they are given the secret password to enter your world of understanding .
i mean , showing melissa sagemiller running away from visions for about 20 minutes throughout the movie is just plain lazy ! !
okay , we get it .
. .
there are people chasing her and we do n't know who they are .
do we really need to see it over and over again ?
how about giving us different scenes offering further insight into all of the strangeness going down in the movie ?
apparently , the studio took this film away from its director and chopped it up themselves , and it shows .
there might 've been a pretty decent teen mind - fuck movie in here somewhere , but i guess " the suits " decided that turning it into a music video with little edge , would make more sense .
the actors are pretty good for the most part , although wes bentley just seemed to be playing the exact same character that he did in american beauty , only in a new neighborhood .
but my biggest kudos go out to sagemiller , who holds her own throughout the entire film , and actually has you feeling her character 's unraveling .
overall , the film does n't stick
because it does n't entertain , it 's confusing , it rarely excites and
it feels pretty redundant for most of its runtime , despite a pretty cool ending and explanation to all of the craziness that came before it .
oh ,
and by the way , this is not a horror or teen slasher flick . . .
it 's just packaged to look that way because someone is apparently assuming that the genre is still hot with the kids .
it also wrapped production two years ago and has been sitting on the shelves ever since .
whatever . .
. skip it !
where 's joblo coming from ?
a nightmare of elm street 3 ( 7/10 ) - blair witch 2 ( 7/10 ) - the crow ( 9/10 ) - the crow : salvation ( 4/10 )
- lost highway ( 10/10 ) - memento ( 10/10 ) - the others ( 9/10 ) - stir of echoes ( 8/10 )
Example solution: N
Example explanation: The phrases used in the review convey a negative sentiment (e.g. "presents it in a very bad package").

Problem: arnold schwarzenegger has been an icon for action enthusiasts , since the late 80 's , but lately his films have been very sloppy and the one - liners are getting worse
.
it 's hard seeing arnold as mr .
freeze in batman and robin , especially when he says tons of ice jokes ,
but hey he got 15 million , what 's it matter to him ?
once again arnold has signed to do another expensive blockbuster , that ca n't compare with the likes of the terminator series , true lies and even eraser .
in this so called dark thriller , the devil ( gabriel byrne ) has come upon earth , to impregnate a woman ( robin tunney ) which happens every 1000 years , and basically destroy the world , but apparently god has chosen one man , and that one man is jericho cane ( arnold himself ) .
with the help of a trusty sidekick ( kevin pollack ) , they will stop at nothing to let the devil take over the world !
parts of this are actually so absurd , that they would fit right in with dogma .
yes , the film is that weak , but it 's better than the other blockbuster right now ( sleepy hollow ) , but it makes the world is not enough look like a 4 star film .
anyway , this definitely does n't seem like an arnold movie .
it just was n't the type of film you can see him doing .
sure he gave us a few chuckles with his well known one - liners , but he seemed confused as to where his character and the film was going .
it 's understandable , especially when the ending had to be changed according to some sources .
aside form that
, he still walked through it , much like he has in the past few films .
i 'm sorry to say this arnold but
maybe these are the end of your action days .
speaking of action , where was it in this film ?
there was hardly any explosions or fights .
the devil made a few places explode , but arnold was n't kicking some devil butt .
the ending was changed to make it more spiritual , which undoubtedly ruined the film .
i was at least hoping for a cool ending if nothing else occurred , but once again i was let down .
i also do n't know why the film took so long and cost so much .
there was really no super affects at all , unless you consider an invisible devil , who was in it for 5 minutes tops , worth the overpriced budget .
the budget should have gone into a better script , where at least audiences could be somewhat entertained instead of facing boredom .
it 's pitiful to see how scripts like these get bought and made into a movie .
do they even read these things anymore ?
it sure does n't seem like it .
thankfully gabriel 's performance gave some light to this poor film .
when he walks down the street searching for robin tunney , you ca n't help but feel that he looked like a devil .
the guy is creepy looking anyway !
when it 's all over , you 're just glad it 's the end of the movie .
do n't bother to see this , if you 're expecting a solid action flick , because it 's neither solid nor does it have action .
it 's just another movie that we are suckered in to seeing , due to a strategic marketing campaign .
save your money and see the world is not enough for an entertaining experience .
Solution: N