The Crow - Salvation (Dimension Collector's Series)

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Clean-cut kid Alex Corvis (Eric Mabius) is framed and executed for the brutal murder of his girlfriend (Jodi Lynn O'Keefe). He is revived by a crow spirit guide to hunt down the corrupt policemen who committed the crime, and ultimately to unmask the mysterious scarred man who ordered her death. The macabre noirish spin James O'Barr's original graphic novels put on the superhero mythos translated reasonably well for the original film of the series, directed by Alex Proyas in 1994 and starring the late Brandon Lee. But the premise had already worn thin by the first sequel, 1996's The Crow: City of Angels, and this entry simply rehashes the same story (tragic hero in clown greasepaint avenges beautiful dead girlfriend by eliminating outlandish villains) without adding anything new to the mix. Mabius brings nothing to the role except boyish good looks, while Kirsten Dunst is wasted in a supporting role as the murdered girl's sister. The supporting cast includes career cad William Atherton as Dunst's red-handed dad, and Fred Ward as a police captain with a taste for recreational surgery. Director Bharat Nalluri (the minor U.K. cult pic Killing Time, 1998) ably handles the action scenes and faux postindustrial atmosphere but seems at odds with how to pace or stage dialogue scenes (not that X-Files scribe Chip Johannesson's script provides any worth the effort). Gore effects courtesy the KNB Group and a Sturm und Drang soundtrack featuring Kid Rock, Hole, and others will help hold the most loyal fans' interest. --Paul Gaita

Description

Hot stars Kirsten Dunst (BRING IT ON) and Eric Mabius (CRUEL INTENTIONS) star in THE CROW: SALVATION -- the third exciting motion picture in THE CROW legacy! Wrongly executed for the murder of his girlfriend, Alex Corvis (Mabius) returns from the dead and sets out to find the real killer! Aided by his girlfriend's sister (Dunst) ... and under the guidance of the mysterious crow ... he unmasks a tangled web of corruption and deceit! Alex seeks not only retribution for his injustice, but redemption for the darkness in his soul!

Customer Reviews:

Last in line........2006-11-28

There have been four Crow movies, a TV series and numerous comic series and of all there have been, this rates at the bottom of the pile. It almost felt like whoever put this thing together wanted to break away from the elements that made the Crow, in both movies and comics, work.

The murder mystery wasn't very mysterious, it's always nice to see Kirsten Dunst doing work, but I wondered why she was even there. The love story was based on her dead sister, so what? Another love interest? It didn't play well. The Crow, a normally trench coated avenger wore a trnchcoat in this for all of five minutes, and the educated evil police force was a serious stretch.

All in all, I watched it because it was a Crow movie, a comic movie and hey, it had Kirsten Dunst, but it was far from something I'd spend serious time watching again though I do own it. Whenever I need some background noise and want something to grab my attention only at certain times, this works if there's nothing else available.

Brandon Lee must be doing martial arts in his grave.......2006-09-20

The reviewers who didn't struggle with giving this lamentable piece of garbage the mandatory one star must have had lotsa Crow face paint on while they watched this waste of not just an hour, but a millisecond, because they didn't see it very well.

I wish I was multilingual so I knew the word "terrible" in every language to describe each scene of this movie. It's as if Lucio Fulci and James O' Barr got dead drunk, cut up splices of the weaker parts of "City of Angels", made a short film as a joke and then accidentally distributed copies of the tape to goth clubs where die hard Crow fans generated a fundraiser for a DVD cover and advertisement.

Love scenes have been done better on Lifetime TV. Eric Mobius looks like the young guy who gets picked as "Most Likely To Be a Loser" in his high school yearbook, and lives up to that prophecy very well playing the boring Alex Corvis--he belonged in that electric chair, guilty or not, just for the way he acts.

Kirsten Dunst looks like she's about ready to break out laughing at any time. At no point are any of the characters believable in any sense whatever. Fred Ward grits his teeth and tries desperately to look sadistic, probably demanding his payment in cash between scenes for his next contractually obligatory appearance on "As the World Turns". And everyone else I just...can't say how sorry I am.

After enduring this, I found myself nostalgic for "City of Angels". And I don't say that lightly.

Absolutely abysmal!.......2006-08-23

This movie is so bad it's painful.

The original crow film played heavily on its excellent character acting, counterpointing this with an interesting, if not entirely new take on the "good guy gets revenge" scenario. All of this of course played out on a stylized noir backdrop ably soundtracked by current and up and coming industrial and electronic music.

So what do we have here? A movie so one dimensional even bank managers would find it dry. Cardboard cutout characters who's names might as well be cliche bad cop one, cliche bad cop two and so on. Muddled sound and music mix. Stultifying dialogue. TV quality stunts, wait - let me correct that, low budget, daytime TV quality stunts (ooh, they have a helicopter chase). Ouch.

I can't even justify spending more time on this review, the 'film' was so bad.

I want my hour back!

Wow... This one is bad. A complete let down from the movie series........2006-02-27

This one really isnt what it couldve been.
First off, I'll keep my review as unbiased and truthful as possible.
This movie is not a super production so dont expect that "movie" quality, meaning it looks like it came right out of a tv show rather than a theater.
The story itself is pretty grim like the first and second and THE SAME THING again, but without the super production. Which really makes this movie a pointless waste of space on your dvd rack.
It just isnt convincing enough to get into. The acting is sort of childish. The actors were definitely not involved in the story line. Dialogue is quite tacky and overly done if you ask me. Not enough sadness to make you want revenge. It seems forced.
How many times are we going to see a male crow character die unfairly and come back to take revenge because his girlfriend or son got killed in cold blood? STOP MAKING CROW MOVIES!!! STOP!!!! STOPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The first one was great. The second was passable. These new productions only show us how unskilled our new visionary directors and writers are.
STOP!!!! Leave The Crow alone already. Christ. >:/

Eric Mabius, a strange choice for the roll. He doesnt wear the mask well at all. He doesnt have the face for it. These producers need to understand that white face paint only works on certain faces. And being that his mask is really the "under skin" from his charred face??? (stupid and unreal) just helps make it even more unconvincing and retarded.
Its not a terrible movie, just nothing to go wow about. Ok that was B.S., this IS a terrible movie. Ever if it came out on TV instead, it sucks. The last installment of this movie series MUST BE AVOIDED. But thats another review.

If you want to pick this up, make sure its in the box set and not a single.

Goodluck.

(so much for unbiased eh? lol)

Salvation!.......2006-01-17

I almost didn't watch this movie, after being pretty dissapointed in City Of Angels. AI decided to give it a try anyway. I was very glad i did.

Eric Mabius is a delightfully twisted Alex/Crow, with plenty of dark humor to keep me interested. He's wrongfully executed for his girlfriend's death. Everyone believes he's guilty, except for his lawyer. who stays with him until they come for him.

Naturally, he comes back to life, not just to seek justice, but to discover WHY his girlfriend died the way she did. Police corruption and all is included in this movie, and it's very fast paced. The bad guys die suitable deaths for their crimes.

He finds help in Lauren's younger sister, Erin. At first, Erin doesn't believe him, despite the fact he's come back from the dead! But she's eventually convinced, and it's believable too.

It's definetly a worthy edition to the Crow series. the only reason i don't give it 5 stars is because I loved The Crow so much, nothing tops it. The story is also the whole dead girlfriend/dead boyfriend comes back to avenge. But, theres afew different elements to it. So it deserves four stars. I really wish this had been released commercially, then more people could have see it.

Average customer rating:

Last in line.
Brandon Lee must be doing martial arts in his grave
Absolutely abysmal!
Wow... This one is bad. A complete let down from the movie series.
Salvation!

The Crow: Salvation [Region 2]
Starring: Kirsten Dunst , Eric Mabius , Fred Ward , Jodi Lyn O'Keefe , and William Atherton
Director: Bharat Nalluri
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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