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Summary: I really wanted to like it
Review: After the horrible first sequel, I was delighted to read many good reviews for this one. Unfortunately, it turned out to be more in the vain of "city of Angels" than the original. So many things in this movie are just plain wrong, the script often reaches ridicoulously silly points to drive itself forward. One horrid example: The Crow has just kidnapped a corrupt cop, one of those corrupt cops who are to blame for the rape and murder of his girlfriend. They drive in the cops car. Suddenly, for absolutely no reason, other cop cars turn up, even a cop helicopter, joining up to a silly car-action scene. At the end of that scene ALL cars AND the Helicopter explode, and the reason for those explosions is totally silly. Another example: The crow doesn't look much different as the crow than he did before he was electric-chaired. Still, nobody reckognizes him, not even the sister of his girlfriend, let alone all the corrupt cops he's chasing. The movie lifts many scenes from the original and turns them up to a mess. The big boss behind all those stupid corrupt cops turns out to have similar intentions than the villian in the original, but only in the last 15 minutes of this movie. For the rest, he's your standard corrupt cop, no personality at all. He's ripping off Dee Snider's "Strangeland" very obviosly when it comes to handle a hostage. The rest of his gang just faceless idiots, I could hardly tell one corrupt cop from the other. After all, the reason why they are corrupt is never solved. "He ruined all that we worked for" says Big-Corrupt-Cop. What exactly they worked for? It's never explained really. And one absolutely sorry scene has the crow entering a strip club, turning it to pieces, seeing a stripper handcuffed with little holes in her arm. Then he preaches that it ain't too late for her and that she should use her chance. This stripper is in the movie only that the crow can preach to her. It's awful. Everytime the scenes change we get a new song from the soundtrack. After about 3 times, this becomes so obvious that it's pretty annyoing. There are a few positive things: Eric Mabius is good as the Crow, and some cool direction ideas. That was it for me, the rest is equal to part 2. I didn't like it, but I tried. Stick to the original.
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Summary: Crow Fans Expect Too Much
Review: I am a fan of the Crow ... I am also a collector/re-seller of Brandon Lee and Crow merchandise. First point, he is not a God and the continued worship of Brandon Lee, while not without some merits, totally causes every project entitled The Crow to be unfairly vilified. In perspective: The Crow good movie ... but not earth shattering. City of Angels not great ... but not as terrible as everyone rates it, try watching it again after seeing the behind the scenes features on the DVD. Salvation: An enjoyable romp ... nice touches of pathos, humor, gore and the appearance of Kirsten Dunst (sadly clothed) does the movie no harm at all. Crow fans, come down off your high horses, none of the movies is close to the comic book, so just enjoy them for what they are ... Fun Movies and great escapism.
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Summary: The Crow:Salvation
Review: This movie was much beter than what expected.I`am a huge fan of the origanle movie.But second film wasnt nerly as good. So when I herd of this movie I wasnt shure if I should see it because I was worried that I would be dissapointed.But when I sat and watched I couldnt belive how good it was!It just bloo me away.The spicale F/X was awsome,and the plot was great. So I recomened you to by this movie.Trust me you will enjoy it.
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Summary: Not as good as the original, but better than the second
Review: The Crow: Salvation can be compared to the Highlander movies in a simple manner. First movie great, second movie horrid, and third film a decent apology for the travesty known as the second film. When I first watched this I was iffy as to what kind of film it would be, but I was pleasantly surprized by the movie. Kirsten Dunst puts in a strong effort again, and Eric Mabius was a fresh face on the scene. The villians were a bit tacky, but the story was updated for modern times with the whole back room of the strip club. If you want to just kind of suspend belief for a bit, and not compare this to the original, then you should like Salvation.
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Summary: This Crow doesn' fly for me.....
Review: I loved the first Crow. The second Crow was mediocre and had some gaping holes in the plot. The third Crow film fits the bill that the second film did. I wanted to like it I really did. But it just felt weak to me....very "made for TV". The biggest flaw I found in the film is that this Crow character doesnt do much for me. In the first two films The Crow is a dark and mysterious being with grace and style. This new Crow is just an average guy who kinda walks around looking like he doesn't belong in this part. He has short brown hair and isnt very scary or mysterious at all (which is very important for an undead superhero isnt it?). He is not an impressive fighter either and the guy is about as acrobatic as a wet sock in the dryer. I do give credit for trying to take this troubled series to a different place with this new Crow styly. But to me it falls flat. The script is only average as well with average acting. I HATE it when a movie trys to take my hand and lead me down a predictable path that I could easily figure out on my own (Like the actors explaining every single plot twist, even though it is obvious what is going on). I just didnt like it much.
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Summary: Get the Point!
Review: The legend that is the basis for "The Crow - Salvation" claims that when a person dies, there are times that the emotional burden they carry is too much to bring into the land of the dead. In these cases, their souls are returned to the land of the living by a crow and reunited to their bodies, so they can tie up the loose ends. This premise is a wonderful setup, with many opportunities for variety, emotion, and even a little action. When the major character in the film has returned from the dead to take care of unresolved emotional issues, you would expect a film with heart. You would expect soul-searching, pain, anguish, and redemption in every corner. Indeed, this is what made the original "Crow" such a wonderful film, and the potential is here, as well. The final film, however, appears to be the result of conflicting visions. Chip Johannessen's screenplay has all the emotional potential of the first film, in all of its painful beauty. When, at one point, a character wishes to be dead, the hero uses one of his special abilities to show just what it would be like, telling her that this is not what she wants. Quite often, though, director Bharat Nalluri seems to downplay all of this, shooting it as if he didn't care, using the crude and gritty hand-held camera when slick and atmospheric would have definitely been better to create the feeling of pathos. Instead, he turns his attention once again to the action, where "City of Angels" also got lost. Why is it that Hollywood is less afraid of bullets than it is of tears? What is worse is that Nalluri barely even can choreograph a decent fight scene, so the impact is entirely lost there, as well. I should also mention in honor of a friend that a helicoptor explosion is featured, and well done, though it hardly redeems the scene, or the movie. What is even more bizarre are the performances. Dunst, once so good at darkness in "Interview with the Vampire", appears to have been in too many sunny teenage movies and forgotten how to be depressed and sullen. Eric Mabius, as well, seems to hit one, maybe two, notes in his performace as Alex Corvis - rage, and anger. Throughout the entire movie he looks irritated, even when he should be showing some signs of humanity. The plot, as well, is a bit muddled, with logic and common sense taking back seat, just so we can get the the fighting a little bit faster. There are characters introduced who *could* be threatening, but are merely bizarre oddities. I found myself missing Michael Wincott's memories of his father as the villian in the original. I missed the strong sense that film had of who was who, and why they each did what. Again, in a movie where emotions are the beginning, why are they so easily ignored? When first finding information on this movie, I was a little excited. Maybe they would get it right this time, maybe gold could be struck twice. It's not that difficult a formula. It just seems that they missed the point again.
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Summary: An Almost Cool Film
Review: The Crow: Salvation walks a fine line between its two predecessors. While not as wretched as The Crow:City of Angels, it cannot hold a candle to the original. One of the things that struck me about this film is how they almost got it right. Several scenes are brimming with potential, only to have any glimmer of coolness wiped out by the next scene. The plot is standard Crow fare: person killed comes back for revenge. In this movie the person killed is Alex Corvis, played by Mabius who looks like he's about 19 (and in the film he's just turned 21 when he's executed. I guess he had exhausted all of his death row appeals in about a month or two when in reality he would have been sitting on death row for about 20 years). Nonetheless, he is put to death by electric chair (which is much more cinematic than lethal injection) and comes back to get revenge on those who framed him. The Crow: Salvation tries hard to be a murder mystery instead of a simple revenge-hack-and-slash piece, but the "twist" at the end is obvious as soon as all the major characters are introduced. Corvis begins hunting for a man with a mysterious scar on his arm (shades of The Fugitive). The main problem with The Crow: Salvation is that there is little to no empathy for Alex Corvis. There is too little information given about him before his death (other than he likes chess) so the audience has a hard time caring about his plight. At least in the original Crow, Brandon Lee's character had a bit more depth so you felt his pain as he hunted down the killers of his fiancee. Corvis comes across almost as a loser. Along his quest for revenge, he stumbles across a crooked police scandal and an entire subplot with Kirsten Dunst's character (who is largely wasted in this film, yet she gets top billing) who plays the sister of Alex's girlfriend. First the sister doesn't like Alex, then she's convinced he's innocent. This film is nailbitingly frustrating. When it hits its mark, its quite good (several scene ooze atmosphere) but when it falters, it stumbles quite badly. One of the more effective aspects about this film is the decision the filmakers made about Corvis' face. Instead of the usual facepaint, Corvis' markings are scars he received from his electrocution. Small details like that are what could have saved this film from direct-to-video obscurity. One other thing about this film I noticed is that the filmakers are making a huge assumption that the average viewer is familiar with the crow legend. It is never mentioned in this film why or how Corvis comes back except for the sudden appearance of a blackbird. If a viewer has not seen at least one of the other Crow films (most likely the first one) then they would be completely lost during this film. A little exposition would be helpful. One of the most interesting features of the dvd (besides the actual film) is the supplement on how the animal trainers trained the crows in the film. The sound is incredible on the dvd (it's DTS) but it seems wasted on a film like this. On the behind the scenes feature on the dvd, producer Jeff Most (who seems to have lost all interest in keeping this franchise alive after this film and City of Angels) compares the director of this film to Alfred Hitchcock, which was a very interesting comment if he was serious. It explains a lot.
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Summary: Stunned
Review: Okay, I'll admit, after the blahness of City of Angels, I was extremely hesitant to get Salvation. I lived in the city it was filmed in, and every time I turned around, they were closing off right where I needed to be (including my cemetery!) and I yelled at them for it. I am truly sorry I did. This movie r0x0rs. I was totally impressed with Eric Mabius' portrail of Alex. I really like the Crow v2.0 with all the new powers and dramatic actions. If they keep up with this good of upgrades to the Crow character itself, I will keep watching, though no one will top Brandon Lee or Eric Mabius' performances. I'm very please with this new feel, and can't wait till they do the next one (I pray it is as good). Love/Realitie Realitie hits YOU for 32,000 points of damage. You have been slain by Realitie. LOADING, PLEASE WAIT . . . .
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Summary: Just not very good...
Review: I read and liked the comic books, loved the first Crow, hated the second, and just had to see this one. Thankfully I only rented it. Almost the exact same story and characterization as the first movie (many of the characters even resemble their counterparts from the original), mediocre at best acting, a bad, unoriginal script (there are many scenes almost identical to the original movie with similar dialogue!), and very poor execution (no pun intended). I always thought the Crow was supposed to be more about Justice and love than plain old vengeance. Without giving too much away, this was just a bloodfest which does not fit into the whole idea of the Crow. See it if you must but don't waste your money buying it.
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Summary: SALVATION
Review: This movie is awesome movie way better than the second and almost as good as the first. Eric Mabius is an awesome crow and doesnt try to copy all of the other crows. He is a great actor and he made this film unbelievable and amazing, my friends even liked this movie and they dont even like any of the crow movies. To the director awesome job and i think that you should make the next crow movie. To sum it all up dont just rent this movie buy it.
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