The Crow - City of Angels (Collector's Series)
by Tim Pope
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Actor: Iggy Pop, Mia Kirshner, Richard Brooks, Thomas Jane, Vincent PerezDirector: Tim Pope
Producer: Alessandro Camon
Producer: Bob Weinstein
Producer: Edward R. Pressman
Producer: Gregory G. Woertz
Producer: Harvey Weinstein
Writer: David S. Goyer
Writer: James O'Barr
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Collector's Edition, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 84 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-03-20
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Dimension
Movie Reviews of The Crow - City of Angels (Collector's Series)
Movie Review: Pretty much torpedoed the Crow franchise, but it's really not that bad
Summary: 3 Stars
As a fan of Eric Proyas "The Crow" (1994) and James O'Barr's graphic novel I was somewhat hesitant to view the follow-up, especially since it received such poor reviews. I didn't want my enjoyment of the first film to be tarnished by a mediocre sequel, but I figured, "what the heck" and went ahead and rented it. While at first I considered Tim Pope's "The Crow: City of Angels" (1996) to be a huge disappointment, especially when one compares it to the original, in all honesty, it's not that bad of a film and it has its redeeming qualities.
The cinematography is somewhat of a mixed-bag. While the original film was dark and bleak, it was done with elegance and style, "City of Angels," by contrast with its intrusive soundtrack and heavy-handed glumness, can come across as cartoonish--like a B horror movie or a Marilyn Manson/Rob Zombie video. Still, the post-apocalyptic vision of the future with its barren, hopeless, filthy landscape is captivating.
While the plot is essentially just a rehash of the first movie, except a father/son are the murdered victims instead of a couple, the father's devotion is touching. The gang of bad guys (with the exception of Iggy Pop) are mostly mostly faceless, although the chief bad guy, (some bald dude) with his narcissistic, psychopathic personality is kind of interesting. The ending is somewhat confusing and disappointing, with the main villain taking away all of the Crow's power only to be overtaken by a flock of crows? Huh? Although the last scene, with the Crow and his son going to "a better place" is good way to conclude the film.
As for the character of the Crow himself , while Brandon Lee's character was funny, savage and human, Vincent Perez (as Ash) in this film comes across as a soap opera actor, a good lucking guy with a wooden delivery going through the motions. Mia Kirshner, the Crow's love interest, serves no real purpose to the storyline and her death at the end is entirely pointless to the narrative.
"City of Angles" best character is Iggy Pop, as the vile thug "Curve" and is easily as good as "Tin Tin" or "Funboy" from the original movie. I also enjoyed the scenes of the Crow (the actual bird, not Perez) in flight--some very cool cinematography there.
A commercial and critical failure, "The Crow: City of Angels" pretty much torpedoed the Crow franchise, with next few movies going straight-to-video. Still, this film isn't bad and while obviously not the original, is worth renting if you liked the fist movie.
Summary of The Crow - City of Angels (Collector's Series)
This action-packed sequel to THE CROW explodes on screen with hot new stars Vincent Perez (I DREAMED OF AFRICA) and sexy Mia Kirshner! After a brutal attack by an evil drug cartel, the murder victim (Perez) is brought back to life by a mysterious crow. With the help of a beautiful woman named Sarah (Kirshner), he exacts revenge on his killers one by one ... only to realize his enemy, the lethal Judah, has discovered the one weakness that can destroy him forever!Because of his tragic death on the set of The Crow, we'll never know if Brandon Lee would have turned one successful film into a popular series. But one look at this tepid sequel suggests that not even the charismatic Lee could have rescued The Crow movies from the burden of a lackluster screenplay. Based on the popular comic books by James O'Barr, this sequel finds Vincent P?rez as a man named Ashe, who is murdered along with his young son by a gang of drug-running thugs under the employ of slimy kingpin Judah Earl (Richard Brooks). Ashe is resurrected with the help of a tattoo artist named Sarah (Mia Kirschner), whereupon he begins a campaign of revenge against his killers. More a rehash than a sequel, the film repeats the grungy, dark look of urban decay from The Crow, but its combination of violence, heavy-handed symbolism, and tacky sentiment make this a film strictly for nihilistic teens. Then again, no movie in which veteran punkster Iggy Pop plays a sleazeball can be considered a total loss. --Jeff Shannon
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