The Crow: Salvation (DVD, 2001)

I was a little wary of buying this DVD after watching the horrid Crow 2! I kept remembering, so I thought, that I'd seen a Crow sequel that I really enjoyed, so I took a chance. I was glad I did!

This installment takes place not in a really big city like LA or Detroit as before, but in Salt Lake City. The movie starts out with 21 year old Alex Corvis being sent to the electric chair after 3 years of failed appeals. Corvis was convicted of murdering his rich family girlfriend, stabbing her 53 times. Corvis' contention was that a man with an odd pattern scar on the inside of his forearm actually did it ala "The Fugitive." As Corvis is frying, he sees the scarred man in the gallery. An electrical storm causes a surge that horribly burns his face. After, while lying in the prison morgue, A crow awakens him. He peels away the burned dead skin to reveal the usual Crow mask, only this time it's not clown makeup, but new skin & scars that make the trademark harlequin mask.

As expected, Corvis goes on a rampage to vindicate himself & find the real killers. His pursuit leads him to a band of corrupt cops & also to some very unexpected sources. His vengeful killings are as always quite imaginative & brutal, full of violence & mayhem. There is the usual weird henchwoman to the kingpin who discovers the source of Alex's power, (I really never quite understood the reason for needing this aspect?) but killing the crow is not what temporarily robs Alex of his powers. He is supposedly vindicated & made mortal again only to find out later that it was a trick. I don't really understand how this could possibly happen & it is one of the aspects of the film I don't like. The other is that, unlike the 2 previous films, Alex kills many innocents, in this case, many cops who are just trying to do their jobs. This at least confirms the old adage that "Bad cops kill good cops!" In the end, Alex destroys the bad guys/girl & saves the girl!

Corvis is played by relative unknown, unless you are one of the many fans of the TV series "Ugly Betty", Eric Mabius. Mabius plays the part well being both heartwarming & chilling! We do get a couple of big name actors in this film in the form of William Atherton (best know for the 1st 2 Die Hard movies) who plays Alex's girlfriend's wealthy tycoon father & Kirsten Dunst who plays her sister. Neither has a really huge part in this film, but both end up being very pivotal to the plot. I was disappointed that Dunst did not take up the mantle of the "Grace" character from the previous movie, but after what they did with the "Sarah" character in 2 as opposed to 1, I guess I'm glad they didn't!

This sequel proved to be a much better tribute to the excellent 1st film than the T&A S&M fest that was the hideous "Crow 2: City of Angels!" "Crow 3:Salvation" was just that to the series! An excellent sequel that was more befitting the the theme of the original!

Brandon Lee was fantastic it' s a shame that he left us so young ..my daughter and I have the other Crow videos the 2nd one is also great Thank you

I love the fact that no matter what you throw at the main character in this movie nothing stops him from reaching his goal, and then finally resting in peace. I bought this movie because i had seen the last half of it on the sci-fi chanel and it really caught my intrest

I loved the movie the crow thanks so much.we well be looking to bye from u more.we got it on time.we have a lot of crow stuff. love it.

The crow came in real good shape and was mailed to me very quickly. Thanks
The Crow movie was great. I've seen this movie before but, I wanted it in my own movie library. I've watched it over and over again. The first Crow movie is the best, the second one is very good and same with the third one. But, the fourth one was bad, I didn't like it at all. Brandon Lee was the best Crow. I liked this movie because it was more of a mystery. Eric Mabius was very good also.

This was bought for a gift.Receiver loved the movie.Actually requested the movie.All in all I got it for a Bargain price.

The acting was good for the most part, except for Ms Dunst who was outstanding. I see why she has been chosen to be in the Spiderman movies.
Mr. Mabius was believable, but did not look as "troubled" and angry as he should.
The make up was too ficticious. If its going to look fake it should have been painted like in the previous movies. In the "City of Angels" the scene where the makeup was applied was super fantastic, filled with an eerie surrealism that transported you to where it took place. You even felt the cold and damp environment of the place, the movie came alive. I was expecting something "larger than life" in this one but it did not happen. Make-up says a lot, and so little was said in this one.
The cinematography was believable and well achieved. The color balance could have been a bit more developed.
-Zorri

Great movie, and i had to add it to my collection of good movies. Its the 3rd in the series. The seller had a great feeback score so this was a perfect transaction for me.

that we did not know it was even made hard to find got it at a great price
bought because my brother is very hard to buy for and you do not know what to get him