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In this task, you must classify if a given review is positive/negative, indicating your answer as P or N.
question:
it 's tough to be an aspiring superhero in champion city .
just ask mr .
furious ( ben stiller ) , the blue raja ( hank azaria ) , and the shoveler ( william h . macy ) .
they 're trying to break into the biz , but captain amazing ( greg kinnear ) , the city 's hero numero uno , hogs all the action .
the good captain has his own problems .
because he 's all but eliminated crime , amazing 's endorsement deals are falling through .
the public craves a major slugfest , so amazing engineers the parole of his one - time arch enemy casanova frankenstein ( geoffrey rush ) .
frankenstein succeeds beyond expectations ; he captures capt .
amazing before setting out on his scheme to destroy the city .
so , no one is left to save the day but our would - be superheroes , but their abilities are more " little league " than " justice league .
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the raja hurls forks at foes , the shoveler hits them with a shovel , and mr .
furious just yells at people ( stiller is doing essentially the same character he played in a guest appearance on " friends " ) .
after a painful first strike , the guys hold auditions for teammates and add the bowler ( janeane garofalo ) , who carries her dead father 's skull in her bowling ball ; invisible boy ( kel mitchell ) , who can only use his powers when no one is looking at him ; the spleen ( paul reubens ) , who blows devastating winds from his rear ; and the sphinx ( wes studi ) , a mysterious figure who will teach them to fight .
" mystery men " boasts one of the most talented and eclectic casts ever assembled .
in addition to those already mentioned , the credits include lena olin as frankenstein 's evil shrink , comedian eddie izzard and the fugees ' prakazrel michel as disco - themed thugs , singer tom waits as an inventor of superhero weapons , artie lange ( from " mad tv " ) as another thug , claire forlani ( from " meet joe black " ) as a waitress mr .
furious is pursuing , louise lasser ( from " mary hartman , mary hartman " ) as the blue raja 's mother , and actor / magician ricky jay as capt .
amazing 's manager .
the cast includes four oscar - nominated actors !
when i saw the list of players early last year , i figured the result would be a can't - miss comedy .
yet , i must report disappointment .
the script is probably the worst of 1999 .
nearly every joke misfires .
the stabs at comic books are too obvious to be funny .
( for example , no one can recognize capt .
amazing in his secret identity because he 's wearing glasses . )
the fart jokes surrounding the spleen are surprisingly the only gags that work .
the cast tries hard , especially hank azaria , whose character adopts an effete british accent while in costume , but the script is just too lame to run .
answer:
N

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i would appreciate it if you did n't do that again .
" starring jet li , bridget fonda , tch ?
ky karyo
, burt kwouk .
directed by chris nahon .
rated r .
it 's no secret that martial arts film often use their plot simply to get from one action sequence to another .
when the fight scenes are enough to justify paying admission , there is no problem with this , as in most jackie chan projects and a lot of the hong kong actioners .
when they are n't , well , we 're in bad shape .
kiss of the dragon , jet li 's second consecutive american misfire , plays like one big miscalculation , and fails even as the most rudimentary entertainment .
now before i start getting e - mails angrily touting the genius of jet li , let me explain myself .
li is as spectacular as ever here , and i do n't think anyone would ever dare call his martial - arts - star skills into question .
the problem is n't with him , it 's with the movie 's tone .
the much touted fight - scenes here are filmed with such unflinching , unrelenting brutality that they are unpleasant to watch .
they 're joyless , perfuctory ; li 's rogue chinese detective is more of a killing machine than a hero , a terminator with a black belt instead of a metal skeleton .
but even the terminator in judgement day had a sympathetic side .
the plot is n't relevant , but if you 're curious ,
it 's some nonsense about a chinese law enforcement officer ( li ) sent to paris to investigate a possible drug ring and encounter a corrupt chief of police ( tcheky karyo ) , who kills people and does sinister things with no motivation whatsoever .
oh yeah ,
and li 's character is also an acupuncture expert who is able to ease pain and/or kill at the touch of a needle .
" kiss of the dragon " is the name of an acupuncture maneuver , in which you stick a needle in a precise location on the back of the victim 's neck , somehow redirecting all of the body 's bloodflow to the brain and killing the poor sap more or less immediately .
there 's a vague attempt to humanize li by having him fall in love with a downtrodden prostitute , whose daughter is being held hostage , for some reason , by the villain .
this is one of the worst love stories i have ever seen on screen , even worse than the one in pearl harbor .
there 's no conviction whatsoever as the movie barely pays lip service to it ; it 's only here because someone apparently thought there should be some kind of boy - meets - girl subplot .
kiss of the dragon was written by luc besson , whose screenplay the messenger : the story of joan of arc , for all of that film 's flaws , was at least thoughtful .
i do n't know why the guy got himself involved in this train wreck
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but perhaps he wanted to so something more mainstream after the neverending weirdness of the fifth element and the aforementioned stylized biopic .
i suppose you could call this mainstream , but i 'll choose the bizarre any time of the day .
if action scenes in a movie are going to be brutal instead of dazzling , you need a story to justify watching them .
the filmmakers behind kiss of the dragon should have rethought their strategy .
no one will walk out of this misbegotten project smiling , but i hear rush hour 2 is coming in just a few weeks .
answer:
N

question:
the year is 1962 and the military is conducting nuclear testings .
involved in these tests is hank marshall ( jones ) , an army colonel who is critical of the above - ground tests that are being done .
he urges below - ground tests which no one will consider at the time until it is learned that the soviets have conducted underground tests of their own .
marshall is also troubled by a turbulent marriage to carly ( lange ) who is topless on the base 's beach in full view of the entire personnel .
hank 's reaction is one of amusement .
he 's been here before and he deals with it in the only way he knows how .
the problem is carly is a manic - depressive and when she is n't flirting with any man who happens to be near her , she 's fantasizing about a fictious world where she 'd rather be .
typical of the mental illness , she also is promiscuous and foul - tempered .
the mood swings are quick and violent and the torment she puts her husband and their two daughters is considerable .
from hank 's reports which state his opposition to the army 's methods of testing , he is transferred from hawaii to alabama .
carly patterns herself after movie stars and tries to become marilyn monroe , bleach - blond and all .
the new home in alabama is pretty run - down and depressing and sets carly off on a violent tantrum .
after meeting his new commanding officer ( booth ) , hank sees an all too familiar pattern begin to repeat .
carly openly flirts with the co .
hank tries to deal with the situation , but his only resort is to carry her off and throw her into a nearby pool .
arguments ensue .
the family becomes even more alienated .
the co is very interested in pursuing an encounter with carly and sends hank off to observe an underground test which causes the irradiation of two local ranchers , much to the vocal objections of hank , who spots them but is unable to cancel the detonation of the bomb .
back at home , the two girls try to hold things together but they wonder why their father ca n't deal with their mother 's problems .
one daughter says , " he 's blind and she 's crazy .
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the other answers , " they 're perfect for each other .
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it reaches the breaking point when the older girl ( locane ) and a boy , the co 's son ( o'donnell ) see her mother and the co making love in an abandoned shed .
she forces her mother to tell hank and get it all out into the open .
hank returns home and finds his wife in the middle of a musical put on by the military wives , including the co 's wife ( snodgress ) .
he confronts the c .
o .
but not about carly .
he is upset over the coverup surrounding the accident during the testing .
a fight breaks out between the two when the co accuses hank of not being able to satisfy his wife .
hank is arrested .
what follows is manipulation and revenge on the part of the co .
he convinces carly to commit hank to a hospital for observation .
instead , they fill him with so many drugs that he can barely cope .
he foams at the mouth and can not even finish sewing a leather wallet as presents for his daughters .
carly is determined to free her husband from the clutches of the army and succeeds in doing so only by being the strong one in the family for the first time .
the film has an upbeat ending with hope that the family has found a way to deal with its problems .
the performances are solid throughout .
jones is sympathetic and loving and is most effective in those quiet moments when he tries to deal with his wife 's rage .
he comforts her and offers protection .
lange gives a strong and spirited portrayal of a woman on the edge who draws up the courage to try and put things right for her family .
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locane is very good as she fights to keep her family together while struggling with her own doubts as to whether she even should .
blue sky is based on the story of the stagner family .
the screenplay was written by rama laurie stagner ( with arlene sarner and jerry leichtling ) .
the film marks the final work of tony richardson who died shortly after its completion in 1991 .
he had made such classics as look back in anger ( 1958 ) and tom jones ( 1963 ) .
orion pictures underwent bankruptcy and caused the film to sit on a shelf for three years .
the film joins an alread promising fall line - up of films and is well worth catching for the performances alone .
answer:
P