The Crow

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“Soulmates Eric and Shelly are brutally murdered. Given a chance to save the love of his life, Eric must sacrifice himself and traverse the worlds of the living and the dead, seeking revenge.”

I tried. I really, really, really tried to give this movie a chance. With names like Bill Skarsgård and Danny Huston, I had hope for something salvageable. Instead, I found a cash grab with sloppy fights and gore for the sake of gore. The romance, the art and the soul of the story was washed away.

To start: It takes a long time for him to even become the Crow. Which is kind of the point of the movie. Instead, we’re fed a rushed high school style romance that didn’t have the connection we felt in the original movie. Then, we’re given a purgatory that could have been a wonderful way to introduce the Skull Cowboy (a character that had to be cut from the original after the tragic death of Brandon Lee) but instead it’s used like a prop for more birds.

And the villain? We feel nothing for or against him because again, it’s used more as a staging to justify more graphic violence. Danny Huston is a charismatic actor that should have been given more lines and such to make us understand the depth of our villain more.

SPOILERS FROM THIS POINT

The ending was so lame. There was no big showdown or fight between the two. He just kills him. And Shelly gets to live while Eric is still in that purgatory. None of it made sense.