The Crow (1994)

• Year: 1994
• Released: 13 May 1994
• Country: United States
• Adwords: 5 wins & 7 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109506/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/The_Crow
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-crow
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: R
• Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
• Runtime: 102 min
• Writer: James O’Barr, David J. Schow, John Shirley
• Director: Alex Proyas
• Cast: Brandon Lee, Michael Wincott, Rochelle Davis
• Keywords: revenge, martial arts, cult film, based on comic, superhero,

	7.5/10
	71/100

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On the night before Halloween, somewhere in Detroit’s dark underbelly, the vicious henchmen of the violent criminal kingpin, Top Dollar, murder the up-and-coming rock star, Eric Draven, and his innocent fiancée, Shelly Webster. But, such is the injustice of the devoted couple’s untimely demise on the eve of their wedding, that, as Eric’s restless soul is escorted to the other side, a merciful crow intervenes, bringing his spirit back to settle his unfinished business. Now, with the baleful raven as his sole link between this world and the next, Eric Draven’s pale body miraculously rises from its cold grave, granted permission to take his rightful revenge on his enemies precisely a year later, on Halloween Eve, like an implacable supernatural avenger. However, Eric’s time in this world is limited. Can death’s redemption reunite the eternal lovers?

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The Crow Movie Reviews

One of the greatest comic book movies ever put on the big screen!

This might be a very controversial thing to say, but I think that The Crow is one of the best films of 1994, it’s after Pulp Fiction and Shawshank Redemption. One of the most tragic things about The Crow is that actor Brandon Lee died on set, he got shot in a scene that originally wasn’t in the script, but was added last second. It was something that could’ve been easily prevented and the actor could have survived if the fire arm had been examined by the weapons examiner, except he was absent that day. It ended up having real bullets in the barrel and Lee ended up getting legitimately shot and dying during hospitilization. (Rest in peace.)

Saying that, Brandon Lee’s iconic performance as The Crow/Eric Draven will live on for eternity. Some scenes had to be done without Brandon Lee because he had died on set, so they cleverly used light and shadow and/or special effects to cover up the fact that it’s not Brandon Lee.

The makeup for Brandon Lee’s Eric Draven is iconic and the ending is extremely moving. It also features one of the best sword-fight like battles of all time!

The script is fantastic, the cinematography for certain scenes is masterful. It’s one of those films like The Dark Knight or Inception that lived up to my expectations and exceeded them. Literally everything about this movie is amazing, the gothic set design is beautiful, go check it out if you haven’t, it’s one of my all time favorites.

Brandon Flips Them The Bird

It’s said that The Crow of all birds is the one charged with the special mission of bringing souls to heaven once they’ve departed this mortal coil. But when one soul leaves behind some business that really needs finishing The Crow can bring you back. Such is the premise of the film The Crow where Brandon Lee is brought back to the mortal coil on a vengeance quest.

It’s a simple plot not exactly anything original from many other vengeance films with a supernatural twist. The main problem with The Crow is that if you’re not a follower of the comic strip on which it is based certain subtleties of the strip probably escaped by attention. Still the film can and was enjoyed by me on a different level.

The film did spawn several sequels, sadly though Brandon Lee was not in them. His accidental death in a shooting scene on the set of The Crow has passed into legend, to eerily familiar to his father Bruce Lee’s death. Apparently though enough of the film was shot so that it could be released without having to be done over as was the case with Solomon And Sheba when Tyrone Power died, also on that set.

I could see also that Brandon Lee even through the pasty white makeup of his undead character Eric Draven that he was quite the charismatic fellow. That The Crow sparked a television series and several sequels is a testament to Lee’s performance. Michael Wincott who played the leader of the gang of thugs who killed Lee and fiancé Sofia Shinas is also memorable as is Jon Polito as the pawnshop owner.

I’d check The Crow out if I could. Brandon Lee invested a great deal of character within the character and sadly his life as well.

More a romance than revenge movie

At first glance, THE CROW seems to be just another revenge saga, with an added goth twist to appeal to fans of KISS and Marilyn Manson. Thankfully I was mistaken, because this is an emotional roller-coaster of a movie that is both fun and moving, violent yet sensitive. It certainly strikes the viewer as a film in which opposing values gel together quite brilliantly. And, whatever critics may say, it will always be a strangely unique movie, in which the tragedy of Lee’s on-set death runs parallel to the death and rebirth of his screen character. As such the movie has a spooky, almost legendary air to it, a real one-off to a film. But Lee’s death – although deeply upsetting – is not a good reason to watch this movie, having nothing to do with the film itself.

Director Proyas (DARK CITY) keeps things dim and shadowy throughout. The film seems to take place over the length of one hellish night, so expect brooding darkness, silent alleys and many shots of Lee’s surreal, mime-painted face. The plot is simple; he dies, is reborn, and takes revenge on the bad guys, but Lee’s relationship with a teenage friend heightens the emotion, as does Ernie Hudson’s sympathetic cop who understands the hero’s inner feelings and understanding. The bad guys are mostly psychotic rather than evil, all presided over by the sinister yet suave Michael Wincott, one of my favourite underrated actors. Others such as Candyman (Tony Todd) and Sully from COMMANDO (David Patrick Kelly) flesh out the ranks of the victims. Many stunts, explosive action sequences, violent moments and shoot-outs keep the plot moving, but I found this film to be more of an appealing, romantic and deeply sad love story than anything else. Worth catching.