Review of The Crow: Salvation (2000) by Matt C — 17 Feb 2007

On the third go-round the formula is wearing thin. Apparently half of the people who die a wrongful death in the world get to come back for vengeance, or so it seems.

This is not very well directed or written, and though Kirsin Dunst and Eric Mabius deliver nuanced performances the rest of the cast is mailing it in. What subsequent directots have failed to realize is what was so great about The Crow: it is a unique (as in it will probably not be recreated), violent, beautiful gothic romance at heart. It generates true pathos, and everything else stems from there. The feeling of loss and sacrifice is very real, and the cast did a brilliant job of fleshing out their admittedly mostly 2-dimensional characters. The sequels try to rehash the formula with one or two minor changes but they are escentially playing the notes without knowing the tune.

This film is not very good at all, though pretty much harmless.