Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven—watched over by a hypnotic crow—returns from the grave to exact revenge.
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.
– Michael Wilmington,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Apr 2013
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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.
– Peter Rainer,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr 2013
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As exploitation pictures go, I've seen a whole lot worse.
– Jay Boyar,
Orlando Sentinel,
10 Apr 2013
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It's a pleasure to welcome The Crow -- a bird of a very different feather.
– Desmond Ryan,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
10 Apr 2013
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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.