The Crow

Name: The Crow

Released: 1994

Genre: Action/Drama/Romance

Director: Alex Proyas

Cast: Brandon Lee, Rochelle Davis, Ernie Hudson, Ling Bai, David Patrick Kelly, Laurence Mason, Michael Massee, Sofia Shinas, Michael Wincott

Plot: One night before Halloween, and one night before their wedding, Eric Draven (Brandon Lee) and Shelly Webster (Sofia Shinas) are brutally murdered and, Shelly also gets raped, by T-Bird (David Patrick Kelly) and his gang. One year after the murder, a crow awakens Eric Draven from the grave. After he finds his former home in ruins, the memory of what happened to him and Shelly is starting to come back and he sets out to avenge Shelly and to get his own revenge on the gang that killed him and his fiancé.

My thoughts: This movie has become a classic over the years, and with the death of Brandon Lee during the recording, it has become a very talked about film. The cast are good, the plot is intriguing and Alex Proyas really was the perfect director for this movie.

Grade: 9/10 – This is a brilliant movie, and I can understand that it has reached the classic status that it now has. The acting in particular is brilliant, and the fight-scenes aren’t overwhelming in numbers but they sure are in technique and scripting.