The Crow (1994)
Average Rating: 7/10
Reviews Counted: 50
Fresh: 41 | Rotten: 9
Filled with style and dark, lurid energy, The Crow is an action-packed visual feast that also has a soul in the performance of the late Brandon Lee.
Average Rating: 7.2/10
Critic Reviews: 14
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 2
Filled with style and dark, lurid energy, The Crow is an action-packed visual feast that also has a soul in the performance of the late Brandon Lee.
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Movie Info
Based on the graphic novel by James O'Barr, this fantasy follows Eric Draven (Brandon Lee), a rock musician who is murdered along with his fiancée, Shelly (Sofia Shinas), by a group of marauding thugs who terrorize the decaying city in which they live. One year to the day after his death (which happens to be Devil's Night), a mystical crow appears at Eric's grave; Eric rises from the dead and, with the bird as his guide, goes on a mission to avenge himself against Top Dollar (Michael Wincott),
Jan 1, 1994 Wide
Jan 1, 1998
LionsGate Entertainment
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Cast
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Brandon Lee
Eric Draven -
Ernie Hudson
Albrecht -
Michael Wincott
Top Dollar -
David Patrick Kelly
T-Bird -
Angel David
Skank -
Rochelle Davis
Sarah -
Ling Bai
Myca -
Lawrence Mason
Tin Tin -
Michael Massee
Funboy -
Bill Raymond
Mickey -
Marco Rodriguez
Torres -
Sofia Shinas
Shelly -
Anna Thomson
Darla -
Tony Todd
Grange -
Jon Polito
Gideon -
Michael Berryman
Skull Cowboy (cut ou... -
Todd Brenner
Paramedic #1 -
Lou Criscuolo
Uniform Cop #1 -
Henry Kingi
MJ -
Kim Sykes
Annabella -
Elizabeth Thompson
Medicine -
Tierre Turner
Jugger -
Jeff Imada
Braeden -
Norman Max Maxwell
Roscoe -
Tom Rosales
Sanchez -
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Jeff Cadiente
Waldo -
Tim Parati
Bad Ass Criminal
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All Critics (50) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (41) | Rotten (9) | DVD (18)
Alex Proyas's pulp revenge fantasy, based on a comic-book saga by James O'Barr, is dark, moody, and seductively overwrought; it's an amazingly pure expression of morbid adolescent romanticism.
Top CriticIt's a pleasure to welcome The Crow -- a bird of a very different feather.
As exploitation pictures go, I've seen a whole lot worse.
The Crow, starring the late Brandon Lee, is like one long fright night. Even though it was photographed in color, the edge-of-darkness atmosphere descends on the audience like a shroud.
What's scary about The Crow is the story and the style itself: American Gothic, Poe-haunted nightmare, translated to the age of cyberpunk science fiction, revenge movies and outlaw rock 'n' roll, all set in a hideously decaying, crime-ridden urban hell.
If The Crow is forgettable entertainment, it can stand as an eerie epitaph for an actor who looked like he was on the way to better things.
This lurid thriller is long on nasty shocks but short on spontaneity, intelligence, and good acting.
The Crow also runs a huge villain deficit.
The movie's central value and its most melancholy tone -- Lee's star presence. It's amazing and it's tragic.
A stylized revenge fantasy of dark beauty.
The Crow is a visually immersive, emotionally wrought comic adaptation and one of the best gothic tales ever made.
Stronger visually than thematically, this romantic film noir is utterly seductive
Style over content, sure, but what style...
[Features] a heartfelt romantic core and some handsome, acrobatic action sequences that do justice to Lee's undoubted martial mastery.
Simply more of the same gritty superhero nonsense that appeals to depressed 15-year-old boys. And it's not done all that well, either.
A gorgeous black valentine that captures the essence of adolescent misery, coupled with a wildly romantic vision of the power of pure love to overcome all obstacles -- even the grave.
One of the most stunning, yet haunting, films ever made
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- Skank: [frantic upon seeing Eric's picture] That's him! That's him! But he looked different. He was all painted up white like some sort of dead whore! I've seen him! T-Bird, he sent me in some road beers, right? Then he took him away. But, I chased him down. And he flash fried T-bird to his fucking car! [puts his flask to the sky] Aww, T-Bird here's to you buddy! [drinks his flask] "Fire it up! Fire it up! Fire it up!"
- Top Dollar: [amused by Skank's behavior] Maybe we oughta just video tape this; play it back in slow motion.
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- Shelly: I love you.
- Eric Draven: Say that again.
- Shelly: I love you.
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- Top Dollar: I want you to set a fire so goddamn big, the gods'll notice us again, that's what I'm sayin'. I want all of you boys to be able to look me straight in the eye one more time and say: ARE WE HAVING FUN OR WHAT?! (to Skank) Hey, you! What's your name? Skank? You don't feel that?
- Skank: I feel like a little worm on a big fuckin' hook!
- Top Dollar: "I feel like a little worm on a big fucking hook." Well, boy, your mama must be damn proud of you!
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- Top Dollar: Quick impression for you: Caw! Caw! Bang! Fuck, I'm dead!
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- T-Bird: FIRE IT UP! FIRE IT UP!
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- T-Bird: (recognizes Eric) I know you. I know you. I knew I knew you, I knew I knew you! But you ain't you. You can't be you. We put you through the window. There ain't no coming back. This is the really real world, there ain't no coming back. We killed you dead, there ain't no coming back! There ain't no coming back! There ain't no coming back!
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- The Crow - Die Krähe (DE)
