Great Film: The Crow
The best comic book to film translation.
The Crow is an excellent tragic film made even more tragic by the real life
tragedies surrounding the film (Brandon Lee's death during filming, and the
fact that the story is a result of James O'Barr's personal loss of his
fiancée). Based on a very dark comic book, the film has the same dark feel.
The movie does deviate from the comic book in some points, but in general is
fairly faithful. If you can get it, I would recommend the DVD Collector's
set with the 2 DVD version of The Crow (just to see the interview with James
O'Barr is worth the price).
The story is a basically about revenge from beyond the grave, and how true
love is forever. The movie has a good (but fairly basic) plot, excellent
action sequences, and very good casting. Brandon Lee gives a good
performance (not excellent, but good), as does Ernie Hudson. The supporting
villains are excellent in their villainy, and you do feel better when they
get it in the end. But the real star of this film is the mood and the feel.
It feels gritty, bleak, and depressing, but surprisingly uplifting at the
end. Alex Proyas did an excellent job of transferring this feeling from the
book onto celluloid. All in all, one of the best comic book to film
translations I have ever seen.
You do not have to be familiar with the comic book to thoroughly enjoy this
film (like you do with some other comic book adaptations).
Rating : 4.5 out of 5
Cast
- Torres, Homicide Detective played by Marco Rodríguez
- Funboy played by Michael Massee
- Sergeant Albrecht played by Ernie Hudson
- Myca played by Bai Ling
- Top Dollar played by Michael Wincott
- Eric Draven played by Brandon Lee
- Sarah played by Rochelle Davis
