The Crow

The ordinary business of motivation is of far less importance than the general atmosphere of cartoony retribution and doom. It’s a potent slice of goth fantasy anarchy.

The film is haunted by a reworked script that may be weighed down by Lee's memory, making it a bit of a morality play and a little faux sentimental.

Alex Proyas's pulp revenge fantasy, based on a comic-book saga by James O'Barr, is dark, moody, and seductively overwrought; it's an amazingly pure expression of morbid adolescent romanticism.

It's a pleasure to welcome The Crow -- a bird of a very different feather.

As exploitation pictures go, I've seen a whole lot worse.

The Crow, starring the late Brandon Lee, is like one long fright night. Even though it was photographed in color, the edge-of-darkness atmosphere descends on the audience like a shroud.

The Crow easily overcomes its camp and inconsistent CGI by simply being itself.

Full of dark skies, foreboding urban streets, smoke, fire, anger, and leather, The Crow is a Goth-rock fantasy of eternal love and righteous vengeance made tragically immortal by the death of its star, Brandon Lee, during production.

a unique visual aesthetic and strong script

As it stands, The Crow endures as a testament to Lee’s untapped potential...