It's said that The Crow of all birds is the one charged with the special mission of bringing souls to heaven once they've departed this mortal coil. But when one soul leaves behind some business that really needs finishing The Crow can bring you back. Such is the premise of the film The Crow where Brandon Lee is brought back to the mortal coil on a vengeance quest.
It's a simple plot not exactly anything original from many other vengeance films with a supernatural twist. The main problem with The Crow is that if you're not a follower of the comic strip on which it is based certain subtleties of the strip probably escaped by attention. Still the film can and was enjoyed by me on a different level.
The film did spawn several sequels, sadly though Brandon Lee was not in them. His accidental death in a shooting scene on the set of The Crow has passed into legend, to eerily familiar to his father Bruce Lee's death. Apparently though enough of the film was shot so that it could be released without having to be done over as was the case with Solomon And Sheba when Tyrone Power died, also on that set.
I could see also that Brandon Lee even through the pasty white makeup of his undead character Eric Draven that he was quite the charismatic fellow. That The Crow sparked a television series and several sequels is a testament to Lee's performance. Michael Wincott who played the leader of the gang of thugs who killed Lee and fiancé Sofia Shinas is also memorable as is Jon Polito as the pawnshop owner.
I'd check The Crow out if I could. Brandon Lee invested a great deal of character within the character and sadly his life as well.
It's a simple plot not exactly anything original from many other vengeance films with a supernatural twist. The main problem with The Crow is that if you're not a follower of the comic strip on which it is based certain subtleties of the strip probably escaped by attention. Still the film can and was enjoyed by me on a different level.
The film did spawn several sequels, sadly though Brandon Lee was not in them. His accidental death in a shooting scene on the set of The Crow has passed into legend, to eerily familiar to his father Bruce Lee's death. Apparently though enough of the film was shot so that it could be released without having to be done over as was the case with Solomon And Sheba when Tyrone Power died, also on that set.
I could see also that Brandon Lee even through the pasty white makeup of his undead character Eric Draven that he was quite the charismatic fellow. That The Crow sparked a television series and several sequels is a testament to Lee's performance. Michael Wincott who played the leader of the gang of thugs who killed Lee and fiancé Sofia Shinas is also memorable as is Jon Polito as the pawnshop owner.
I'd check The Crow out if I could. Brandon Lee invested a great deal of character within the character and sadly his life as well.