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The Crow: City of Angels (1996)

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Reviews Counted:31

Fresh:4

Rotten:27

Average Rating:3.5/10

Consensus: The Crow: City of Angels is a sloppy pretender that captures neither the mood nor energy of the original.

Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Synopsis: This sequel to the 1994 hit movie centers on Ashe, who, along with his son, is brutally murdered on the streets of Los Angeles. But like Eric Draven in the first film, Ashe is resurrected, and... This sequel to the 1994 hit movie centers on Ashe, who, along with his son, is brutally murdered on the streets of Los Angeles. But like Eric Draven in the first film, Ashe is resurrected, and begins wandering the streets of a post-apocalyptic L.A. Aided and protected by a magical, mystical crow, Ashe sets out to get revenge on those who killed him and his child. [More]

Starring: Vincent Perez, Mia Kirshner, Iggy Pop, Thomas Jane

Starring: Vincent Perez, Mia Kirshner, Iggy Pop, Thomas Jane, Richard Brooks

Director: Tim Pope

Director: Tim Pope

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Feb 3, 1998

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Suffice to say, when people think of the moribund, brooding Eric Draven, they think of Brandon Lee, and this sequel isn't going to change that one iota.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

Despite poetic overtones, this film is a hack job--an overlit, underdirected, barely scripted longform music video celebrating violence and bastard amber gel.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
01/01/00
Susan Lambert
Susan Lambert
Boxoffice Magazine

More than anything I've seen from Hollywood lately, City of Angels smacks baldly of product -- it's a movie with a lousy script but a great look.

Full Review Source: Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus | comment Comment
01/01/00
Bryant Frazer
Bryant Frazer
Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus

This dark and brooding sequel is an absolute pain to watch.

Full Review Source: Cinematter | comment Comment
01/01/00
Madeleine Williams
Madeleine Williams
Cinematter

Substitutes brutal violence and gore for character development, probably hoping audiences won't notice what a confusing nightmare this whole mess really is.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

A pseudo-spiritual rock video for the symbolically challenged.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
01/01/00
E! Online

Worst of the Crow franchise, which should have ended with Brandon Lee and the entertaining first film.

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03/19/03
Brian Mckay
Brian Mckay
eFilmCritic.com

No review available.

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07/25/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

What really stymies this sequel is the lack of the melancholic air of loss and mourning that bolstered the cartoon histrionics of the original.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
01/01/00
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Empire Magazine

No review available.

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10/10/05
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily

This is a terrific debut for Pope, and City of Angels is the perfect antidote to the increasingly fluffy Batman films.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
01/01/00
Bill Chambers
Bill Chambers
Film Freak Central

No review available.

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05/06/05
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Film Threat

It verges on the misanthropic and necrophiliac; more in love with the absence of characters, their demise, than with flesh and blood.

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01/01/00
Keith Simanton
Keith Simanton
Film.com

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02/10/04
Spence D.
Spence D.
IGN Movies

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04/28/05
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat

The city of overacting, the city of bad writing and the city of truly dreadful sequels.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
02/14/01
Jack Mathews
Jack Mathews
Los Angeles Times
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Looks pretty, but bad scripting makes this an incoherent sequel to the goth classic/

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02/02/03
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

Utterly devoid of energy and shock value.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
01/01/00
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
05/20/03
Jeanne Aufmuth
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly

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08/21/03
John Esther
John Esther
Pasadena Weekly
 
 
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