29 out of 30 people found the following review helpful:

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Is that gasoline I smell ?

JediSi from , 29th August, 2007

Although Brandon Lee did not have many films to his credit, this one turned him into a legend.

Shelly and Eric were very much in love. But no one gets married on Halloween, not in Detroit. Shelly is raped and beaten by city boss Top Dollar's thugs, only to die 30 hours later in a hospital. Eric is shot and pushed out a window. A year later death is no longer what it was as Eric Draven, accompanied by a Crow and gifted with new powers and a world of grief and pain, is brought back to life to avenge his love's death.

Director Alex Proyas claims he has never seen a sequel to his film on the basis that no one could do justice to the main character like Brandon Lee... I agree with him. Lee's performance as the vengeful soul is one of the greatest I have ever seen on film. He exhibits confidence, cunning and menace, while at the same time communicating just enough pain and depression to stay true to his character.

Made with passion, performed with intensity, designed with precision and influence, 'The Crow' is an unheralded masterpiece of the 20th Century.

Greed is for amateurs. Disorder, chaos, and anarchy: now that's fun!

Brandon Lee, rest in peace.

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15 out of 18 people found the following review helpful:

I Don't Know Why........

imran from , 24th July, 2004

I don't know why but this film has always appealed to me, maybe it's the savagely dark edge of watching a film about a man's return from death knowing the making of it killed it's star. While this is never going to going down as one of the greatest films of all time, these facts simply combine to produce a genuine sense of melancholy which has given this movie a certain aura which very few movies can hope (or really want to) emulate.

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11 out of 11 people found the following review helpful:

wonderful

A Customer from Scotland, 23rd March, 2004

To be honest i came to watch this film thinking its only so popular because the lead star died in the making of it, but i was wrong.

it is both moving and thought provocing. The violence is not too graphic and you really are made to feel the pain of the main character.You begin to hope that he is successful in his plight to seek revenge on those that ruined his life.

The excellent performace by Brandon Lee saddened me to think that he will never again get to make such a great performance.

definatly one to see, and i plan to buy it now.

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11 out of 13 people found the following review helpful:

A Truly Great Film

Matthew Solomon from Bedfordshire,England, 11th July, 2004

This film is awesome.
Brandon Lee plays Eric Draven a struggling rock musician in a dark violent city. One day himself and his wife are killed by a local gang. But its Halloween and one year later Eric returns with vengence on his mind.
Brandon Lee puts on a fantastic performance, his acting is flawless and you really start to feel the pain in his character. It is hard to watch his fight scenes without seeing the similarity to his father, the late Bruce Lee. Ignore all its sequels- this is THE film to watch. Brandon Lee simply is the Crow and no-one else can fill those shoes.
Unfortunately this film is famous not for its greatness but because of the fact it killed Brandon Lee.
Before filming a gun scene, a gun wasnt properly cleaned and a bullet fragment was left in the barrel. When the scene was shot this bullet piece hit Brandon in the stomach and he died a few days later in hospital.
Much of the film had to be completed by computer visual effects due to Brandons tragic death, but it is so well done you cannot tell.
This film shows that had he lived, Brandon Lee could easily have obtained the super-stardom that his father was robbed of by death.

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Good based on liking it years ago!!

A Customer from Gateshead, 17th January, 2010

I have rated this film good when really it was pretty average - however I used to love it when it first came out. Worth a watch and Blu-Ray makes it a lot better but was slightly disappointed as it wasn't the classic I previously thought!!

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The Crow [blu-ray] Quality ?

A Customer from London, 18th December, 2009

I Purchased The Blu-Ray Version of this when first released (hmv) and got refund as I found:-

1 - The film is advised as a 'Full HD' version of the film.

2 - Only the menu is in 1080p/24

3 - the Film itself is rendered at 1080i/50

4 - Quality on the bluray appears to be less than what can be acheived from home upscaling of the collectors' edition on DVD. A number of web reviews support this.

If you can find differing experience to this, please write your own tech review to convince me this is worth buying or renting From here on bluray.

Thanks! JonT

ps This is NOT a hardware issue. Please review on YOUR experience, not as a 'cure' for mine - cheers fellow film lover, quality geeks out there ?

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Absolute tripe!!

A Customer from Kingston upon Thames, 1st December, 2009

Just finished watching The Crow, and to be frankfully honest, couldnt hardly wait until it was over so i could get on here and warn everyone how bad it really was as. This B movie dragged on through a depressingly dark and dreary set with annoying camera shots flicking from one scene to another. Think it was supposed to be a horror type movie but turned out to be more of a comedy for me.

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"It can't rain all the time"

GenerationTrip from , 7th October, 2009

This film is a must see its an awesome film and i thought it was very good and the plot was amazing all in all a very very good film

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