It packs a significant punch, grabbing you right away and never really letting go -- even when it descends into predictable action-caper cliches.
The Crow (1994)
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Reviews Counted:35
Fresh:30
Rotten:5
Average Rating:7.1/10
Consensus: Essentially mindless and deficient of plot, but filled with style and dark, lurid energy, The Crow is an action-packed visual feast.
Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: Legend goes that crows ferry the dead across to their resting place. However if the death demands revenge then the crows will assist the avenging souls. On the eve of his wedding, Eric Draven and... Legend goes that crows ferry the dead across to their resting place. However if the death demands revenge then the crows will assist the avenging souls. On the eve of his wedding, Eric Draven and his fiancee are attacked by criminals, she is viciously assaulted and both are murdered. Draven, once a loving man, returns to the nightmarish city. With the crow as Charon, Draven steps out of the night as a killer instead of a victim. Exploiting his undead ability to heal quickly, he delivers murderous justice with both glee and bitterness to each criminal who snuffed out his life on the brink of happiness. [More]
Starring: Brandon Lee, Ernie Hudson, Michael Wincott, David Patrick Kelly
Starring: Brandon Lee, Ernie Hudson, Michael Wincott, David Patrick Kelly, Jon Polito
Director: Alex Proyas
Director: Alex Proyas
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Reviews for The Crow
A spectacular-looking new film that sets new standards for visual style.
The film that killed and immortalized its star still holds up quite well . . . I doubt (Lee) would have been so fondly recalled had he died on the set of Laser Mission.
I liked Lee in the title role. He just deserved to be in a better film.
Lee is sensational on all counts in a final performance that brims over with athleticism and ardor.
[The] film is much more interesting visually than in story, which is merely a superficial excuse for the violent dispatching of bad guys.
If he had to die so soon, this movie is the best and most appropriate sendoff Lee could have hoped for.
[Proyas] employed a lot of talent in order to make this film heavy with the dark atmosphere of gritty, rainy megalopolis without hope for its inhabitans.
The Crow allows no room for the viewer to take a breath, as it blazes with breakneck speed from scene to scene.
Bursting with startling images, eclectic staging, and gorgeous neo-gothic set design...it looks and feels truer to its roots than any dozen Batmans or Dick Tracys.
It is a stunning work of visual style - the best version of a comic book universe I've seen - and Brandon Lee clearly demonstrates in it that he might have become an action star, had he lived.
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November 24, 2009:
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It still needs a leading man, but according to producer Ryan Kavanaugh, the upcoming relaunch of "The Crow" is still on track -- and everyone's excited about the script. More...
July 08, 2009:
New Crow Won't Be a Remake ![]()
Fear not, fans of the original "Crow" -- it looks like Stephen Norrington's planned reboot won't be a remake, but instead "a whole new story about a whole new character." More...
December 19, 2008:
Weekly Ketchup: The Crow and The Phantom get rebooted
As if we need further reminders of how the world's current situation resembles the Great Depression, this week, four of of the ten top headlines have their origins in the era... More...
December 15, 2008:
The Crow Gets a Reboot ![]()
Relativity Media is negotiating to acquire the rights to a "reinvention" of "The Crow," and has hired Stephen Norrington to write and direct. More...
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