Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: good idea but . . .

This movie had promise in the beginning. Unfortunately Ethan Hawke was surrounded by characters that couldn't keep up. Even Willam DeFoe fell flat. Special effects were ok but it seems like the movie production ran out of money and certain scenes got the budget treatment while others didn't. Lastly, were the sponsors of this movie Chrysler and Marlboro because there seemed to be a good chunk of time spent on filming the car as well as everyone smoking. I don't care so much about the smoking but it seemed almost over the top, like Johnny Depp in the Ninth Gate. 1.99 would have been a fair price but 3.99 was too much. More and more these days I find myself content to wait for movies to be available for streaming on netflix.