Touches You

Load of rubbish!!

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

The first Crow film was a brilliant and Gothic re-visioning of a graphic Novel. Eric Draven was played by Brandon Lee who notoriously died during the making of the film. I loved the original. I watched this one hoping that it could at least hold a candle to the original. In the long run it's a totally different movie to the first. Yes this movie is still dark and gritty as the original but it's also has different feeling. The characters are different as well as the story line. This movie doesn't follow Draven. It follows a different character. You will definitely enjoy it more when you stop thinking of it as a sequel. It is it's own movie. Once you get that stuck in your head you'll find it much more enjoyable. For one thing this about revenge of a sons death. Not a girlfriend. I think this movie is a great movie and perfect for Halloween.

Many years after the first film, the spirit of the Crow resurrects another man (Vincent Perez) seeking revenge for the murder of his son.Now, apparently there is an extremely long cut that exists out there, approved by the director. The version we see today is heavily cut and put together by the studio, against the wishes or the writer and director. But, regardless of that, it is still a good movie.This film really captured the dark nihilism of the 1990s in a way that the first one did not. The music, the barren image of Los Angeles... this is very much the philosophical sentiment of the time. Movies and music in the 1990s did not have to leave the audience happy. Sometimes they left us empty, or feeling alone, and this film has much of that... even the heroes are lost souls.Also, excellent choice in casting Mia Kirshner. Whether it was from "Exotica" or from a screen test, whatever got her in this film was a good thing. She shines, even more than the Crow himself.

The first Crow... yeah, it's a good movie. I love it. Brandon Lee died, yeah, that sucks. If you watch both CoA and The Crow, you will know the big difference between these two movies. In the first one, you feel sorry for Eric Draven, yes. But there is absolutely NO substance, no personality(talking about Eric before he died, not the dead/zombie Eric), no nothing. It was his fiancée the one with personality. In the second film, not only is the ''son'' thing a lot more deep, but this guy actually has layers, things about him to discover and learn, you can see him torn away between the two worlds. In the first one, you don't even see Eric having a relationship with Sarah, he kinda just wanted his revenge and to go back to his dead girlfriend.Brandon Lee was brilliant as The Crow, but he lacked personality. Vincent Perez brought a lot of beauty to his character, he simply cannot fill the shoes of a good, beloved actor who died in the making of The Crow, because, well... how can you fill the shoes of this situation in particular?

naturally this movie was not going to live up to the original which is a classic. But, it has its good points. the set up was done well with the murder of the man and son enhanced by good cinematography. I also think the landscape was done well creating a post apocalyptic feel. i think in my eyes the best scene was when the crow retrieves his son from the river and buries him which was enhanced by music from the original crow(best scene id say). the bad points for me was character based, the crow's dialogue and witty remarks i found were not effective. the villains (besides Iggy pop who i think did well) were portrayed weak and not in depth. Main bad point for me was a real weak ending where the crow summons crows to fly through him and destroy the immortal bad guy. thought that was i really poor written ending.I suppose as this was a sequel they couldn't make the concept as subtle as the first one without completely replicating it. still it was enjoyable to watch again after 14 years. probably wont be watching any time soon again tho.oh and at least it didn't have Tara Reid