The Crow (VHS, 1994)

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If youre a Brandon Lee fan, this is the movie to see. The first Crow movie and best of the sequals. Brandon Lees final performance.

This is a classic film starring Brandon Lee as Eric Draven a young musician who along with his Fiance' Shelly is killed the night before their wedding (Brandon in fact died during the final filming of this true treasure..accidently shot on day 50 of a 58 day filming schedule..Brandon died 12 hours later from severe blood loss after the bullet tip lodged in his spine..Brandon died 2 weeks prior to his real life Wedding to Eliza Hutton..his final words were reported to be "someone say cut"..he lapsed into a coma from the shock and never woke up. as Eric returns from the grave he begins his journey of revenge against the scumbags who took away his and Shelleys futures..enlisting the help of the then Dect. played by Ernie Hudson who stayed with Shelley as she lay dying and now looks after their little Friend Sarah..now busted down to beat cop after asking one too many questions about their murders he happily aids Eric in his Vendetta..Watch as Eric does what every Victim and Family of a Victim wishes they could do get revenge eye for an eye..."The Crow" is a heart pounding testiment to what true love can accomplish..yes, true love knows no bounderies! had Brandon Lee survived we would be enjoying several "Crow" sequals, but with his passing we are left with this brilliantly acted, written and directed film..Brandon you can be proud..You are missed God Bless and RIP..a bit of trivia Brandon Lee died on March 31st, 1993 at 1:05 pm from severe blood loss after being shot he was two weeks away from his wedding day..exactly 2 yrs to the day and time Selena Quintanilla Perez also died..March 31st, 19995 at 1:05 pm from severe blood loss from being shot!!She was two weeks away from her 24th birthday and two days away from her 3rd Wedding Ann. His death was ruled accidental the prop guy responsible for the accident lost his license and can no longer work in movies..Selenas death was ruled homicide and the killer Yolanda Saldivar received a sentence of life with possiblity of parole after 30 yrs! Two lives needlessly lost one from a stupid careless mistake, the other from a senseless crime both greatly missed!!

This flick has a little of everything...a dark, angry villain...a cold blooded, venomous villainess...a comic relief...drama...pathos...tongue-in-cheek dark humor...a handsome, dark hero. This film became legend mainly because of the tragic death of its star, yet it is worthy of mention for many other reasons. The soundtrack. The revenge for love theme winding its way from start to finish. Its cold bloodedness. Its sweet innocence. Its pain and depth of fear. Its metaphysical overtones and the theme that true love will overcome hell itself.

This film brings to light the need to be loved in many people, and the lack of ability to love in many others. The film follows a young couple in love through their cold-blooded, cruel murders by a gang of heartless and soulless men, through the reverberations that heinous murder sent through its many witnesses and helpless victims. It follows the trail of young Sarah, who adored Eric Draven (Brandon Lee) and his beautiful fiance, who in turn loved her like the family she has never had. Sarah's mother is a woman who drifts through a drug-riddled life from man to man, helpless to escape her own tortured prison, and unable to give her street-urchin child the care, protection and love every child needs.

The story follows the policeman who investigated the double homicide, and who lost his detective's shield because he didn't believe it was a random act of violence. By asking too many questions of too many people. The policeman who watched Eric Draven's lovely fiance die in agony in the emergency room after being brutally assaulted and stabbed and beaten by men intent of getting her "out of the way" because she dared protest the forces at work in her neighborhood. The policemen who has befriended and protected Sarah, who now has no one of her own.

But Fate has no plans to let the killers and their bosses escape retribution. Eric reincarnates with the help of a mysterious crow, purported to assist souls to travel from earthbound pain to the release of the afterlife. Trapped in the ugly darkness of despair, the reincarnated Draven rises from his grave on the anniversary of their deaths, and makes his way back to their ruined, abandoned apartment on Devil's Night...the night before Halloween.

The evil forces at play are in for a grim reckoning, and as Eric Draven dons the stylized black and white skeletal harlequin makeup he used in his life when he was the leader of a rock band, and draws a tight black long sleeved T-shirt over his bullet riddled body, then wraps his ribs and forearms in shiny black tape, the hell hound retribution begins.

This highly stylized and gripping comic book adaptation is the stuff all good cult movies are made of...suspense, revenge, excitement galore, and a hellishly handsome, hell-bent hero out for blood.

I love this movie, and although it makes me sad to know that Brandon Lee died in a freak accident while making it, I watch it often, just to remember him as a living, virile, and wonderful young man.

The movie is dark and sad, but also full of hope. It's really sad to see Brandon Lee in this because you know he died making this film. Also the interview at the end brought tears to my eyes. It's kind of funny how throughout the whole movie I kept thinking he reminds me of Heath Ledger and his upcoming Batman movie. And both of them died when they were just 28. What a waste of two very good looking talented young men. See the movie!!!

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