Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Boring and formulaic

Ben Affleck has done some good work (e.g., Chasing Amy) as has Ms Thurman (e.g., Kill Bill), but the two of them together had zero charisma, and Mr. Affleck in particular looked like he was sleepwalking through his lines. The movie itself is a jumble of other, better-done movies such as Total Recall, T2: Judgment Day, Charade, Mirage and even North By Northwest. Also, as another reviewer pointed out, either the future can be changed or it can't, and the movie wants to have it both ways. Even John Woo, whose direction I usually enjoy, wasn't in top form. The ham-handed introduction of his trademark pigeons at the end of the movie does him no credit.