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Yar, you be here: The Crow > Customer Reviews The Crow Customer Reviews (28 - 30 of 51 Reviews)The Best Of All Thrillers
The Crow is not a horror film because it doesn't scare you as much, but the thriller fits it because it is creepy to think about a crow who ressurects the dead. This film is decent and the effects aren't that advanced due to it being made eleven years ago. The Crow is about a rock musician who dies and is then ressurected by a dying crow. I know ti doesn't sound like much but, belive me, it is. The Crow is now kind of forgotten because most people who have seen it might want to see the awful sequels. The Crow: City Of Angels was a horrible movie, and he acting was dreadful. THe only good thing about The Crow-Salvation is that they got a talented actress, Kirsten Dunst, to play a horrible role. I would just stick to this one. If you want to check out the next two, then do it. I'm just warning you that they aren't very good. "I want you to tell me a story..."
The Crow is my favorite movie ever, there is just no questioning it. It is the ultimate revenge story, life after death story, and yes a breathtaking love story. The timeless themes of this movie have turned it into a cult classic. On Devil's Night, or the night before Halloween, Eric Draven (Brandon Lee) and his fiance Shelly (Sofia Shinas) are brutally murdered at the hands of a gang of thugs working for Top Dollar, the ruthless king of the city's underground. One year after their deaths, Draven is resurrected, watched over by a strange crow. After recollecting what happened to him and his fiance, he begins to take revenge on the people that took away not only his life, but his love. Lee's character Draven is supported by great, gritty and raw actors Ernie Hudson, Michael Wincott, Rochelle Davis, Angel David, Michael Massee, and Jon Polito. The bad guys are extra bad, and the good guys are extra good. This amazingly talented supporting cast propel the story even further. As for the disc itself, the presentation of the movie on DVD couldn't get better, and the extras on the second disc like footage of deleted scenes, including some outtakes, poster concepts, and of course, the famed final interview with the film's star, the late Brandon Lee. On the subject of Lee, I think that he is the reason this movie is what it is today. The passion that he had for the role of Eric Draven gave an entirely different dimension to the character. This has turned Draven into the ideal white knight, and has turned Brandon Lee himself into a legend. I'm sure that Lee would have moved on to better things had a cruel accident hadn't taken his life. If you have seen The Crow, you have the highest regards of it, from me at least, and I hope that that is enough to persuade you to see what is perhaps the perfect movie. Works on it's own and a comic book adaptation
It's always odd watching the last on screen performance of an actor. Especially when that actor had so much promise and potential than to see it cut short in a freak accident. Watch the film based on what it tells and shows you, not the fact that it's main star was tragically killed on set and you'll find a great movie, a capable comic book adaptation and a last great performance. Devil's Night(day before Halloween), rock musician Eric Draven and his fiance Shelly Webster are killed by a group of thugs over new apartment laws. One year later, he's brought back to life and watched over by a crow. With a mind for revenge, he hunts down all the people who killed him and his fiance. Before he did the god awful I Robot, Alex Proyas envoked such a unique atmosphere to his 2 best known films: Dark City and this. The atmosphere and the setting is perfectly done and matches the tone of the film. For all those curious as to the manner of Brandon Lee's death it's kind of confusing and just looking at it you wouldn't think it was real. A gun had to be loaded and fired in front of the camera. One of the prop masters dry-fired it so an empty cartridge got into the gun barrel. The next scene required the gun to be fired at Brandon so the gun was filled with blanks only with double the gunpowder to give it a loud bang only the cartridge was fired and it hit Brandon. Outside from that stuff, it really is a great movie and you should give it a chance and watch a great performance(the other people are good too)
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