Review – The Crow

The Fiendish Curse of Peter Sellers claims yet another talented victim, this time not even waiting until filming was complete. To be fair, despite his charm and ability Brandon Lee never made anything really great, so it didn’t come as much of a surprise when his last movie wasn’t exactly Citizen Kane. In fact, in some ways this isn’t really a terrible movie. The “vengeful spirit back from the grave to slaughter the criminals who raped and murdered his fiancee” thing is a bit trite, but it works well here. And some of the action sequences are really superb. On the other hand, the plot often succumbs to its own comic-book origins, and the whole Goth musician shtick occupies a bit too much screen time (unless you’re into that sort of thing, in which case I’m sure you’ll enjoy it immensely). The whole death-obsession thing seems a little morbid in light of Lee’s untimely passing, but otherwise this is an enjoyable bit of violent brain candy. Mildly amusing