The modules sequences are for sequences, not for dependencies.
A module’s dependencies are declared in another way: How to declare the depencencies for a module?
The method with sequences will work with the Magento_Review
module disabled.
See: How is the app/etc/config.php
file generated by the \Magento\Setup\Model\Installer::createModulesConfig()
?
A disabled module will just have 0 instead of 1 in the app/etc/config.php
file.