The Crow: Salvation definitely puts the crow right back on track. The Crow: Salvation has an excellent plot filled with twists and turns. The soundtrack and score for this film goes perfectly with this film. The Crow: Salvation is nothing at all like first two and the mystery angle instead of the straight on revenge like the first two is a nice change.

This movie doesn't start out like the first two, we meet the the main character before his death. The make up this time was burnt on at the time of his death instead of put on like the first two. As with any crow movie there is funny one-liners, action, explosions, and nudity. No wonder why the movie is rated R. Eric Mabius did an excellent job portraying The Crow. Fred Ward did an excellent job as the main bad guy, he could have been Top Dollar in the first one and it would have been great. Kristen Dunst impressed me, I was surprised she did this well, she did an excellent job of being emotional and confused. For those who never seen any of the crow movies or whatever, should be able to pick on this movie and like it easily.


More of the same   March 23, 2001
 6 out of 9 found this review helpful

Man and love intrest befall tragedy, said character 'x' is raised from the dead to seek revenge ... blah blah blah. What infuriates me the most about this movie was that there is an enormous ammount of completely untapped potential in every entry into this series. Simply the idea that there really is no returning cast for each movie leaves each writer/director with the ability to go where ever they please with the material. For example, what about a female crow? Or maybe instead of a dark, brooding, lead male play off of a more scarcastic, dark humor-ish, angle (a la Daredevil or Spiderman). The script writing is mediocre at best (and I loved Chip Johnnson when he wrote for Millenium, he's capable of much better). Some things have me puzzled, such as how none of the villians or other characters in the movie recognize Crovis (the crow), who is still wearing is prison garb and very little make-up. Why is there so much yellow fog everywhere? Why is Alex Crovis' lawyer (Miles from Murphy Brown fame, who I just can't take seriously) not seem suprised at all to find his dead client walking around? How does everyone seem to figure out the significance of the crow (including Corvis). Mabius seems to spend the whole movie wondering how, emotionally, to play his role. William Atherton couldn't look more disintrested if he tried and Kristen Dunst should fire whoever signed her into this. Everyone just seemed to phone this one in ... if you're really that intrested, have someone else rent it and watch theirs. I hope New Line/Dimension recircles the wagons and comes up with some idea on how to inject new blood into this franchise. I'm a big fan of the series, it could be so good, but for right now, it's awfully close to hitting the drain.


Criminally Underrated!   September 24, 2005
 6 out of 8 found this review helpful

I was (and still am) a big fan of the original "The Crow," but since it's sequel "The Crow: City Of Angels" failed to impress me, I never bothered with this installment, "The Crow: Salvation." However, I recently saw this available for purchase at a dirt cheap price, and seeing the lovely Kirsten Dunst on the cover (who I'll watch in anything), I figured what better time than now. Having now seen it, I can tell you that I made a mistake in ever passing it by. "Salvation" gets it right. Whereas the previous movie was a redundant remake of the original, this installment goes a bit darker and bit edgier. One thing's for sure, it's a lot meaner, even going further than the original did at times. The first 10 minutes alone contain so much dramatic impact that it could be a movie in itself. Right from the get-go, this movie sucks you in and grabs your attention. Without hardly any exposition, we manage to make an emotional connection and an investment in our main character, Alex Corvis (played by Eric Mabius).

Alex has just been wrongly executed for the murder of his girlfriend, the love of his life. Since this is a "Crow" movie, Alex gets to come back from the dead and find out who killed her, and why. With a little help from his good-guy lawyer (the only person who believed him all along) and the sister (played by Dunst) of his girlfriend, he tracks down the people involved in the murder, in an effort to find the one responsible. It plays out in typical fashion really. I'm not gonna say the movie is unpredictable. Quite the opposite. But the difference here is how intense the situation is. The actors all portray their characters very effectively and make us love them and hate them, just as much as we should. The story is engrossing, and moves along quite swiftly. The directing style is definitely the major thing that seperates this movie from it's predecessors. It's not as gritty of a film. It doesn't have the "noir" look that they had. Instead, it has a more David Fincher-esque style to it. A style that many people associate with MTV and music videos. Even still, it works in the movie's favor, making the experience (although the story may be familiar) feel like something a little more fresh. The only complaint I find in this movie is the way Alex dispatches the people responsible for his girlfriend's death. The deaths should have been a little more cathartic than they were. The average death in this movie involves a gun. Come on, these people are scum! They've earned bigger deaths than that...

"The Crow: Salvation" had me satisfied on all fronts. It was quick moving, entertaining, and very engrossing. It's a shame it went direct to video -- due to poor test screenings. Who the Hell attended these screenings? It's hardly a shallow movie, and it's very well made and professional looking. And to think, I almost never saw it! Just because "other people" (i.e. the "test screening" crowd and critcs) decided it was a bad film. Don't let that deter you from watching this movie. It's the perfect "Crow" sequel.


What...the.....   January 7, 2005
 5 out of 5 found this review helpful

Hmmm....I will start off by being blunt and honest....this movie sucks. It sucks for a various number of reasons but none-the-less, I finished this movie and it had me pissed off that I was robbed precious time I could have been doing ANYTHING else. The acting in it is terrible...I mean Eric and Kirsten are decent, but I just think the script sucked, and it seems like everyone knew this P.O.S. was headed straight to video and said screw it. I LOVE the first Crow film, as well as the comics and such, and even thought the first sequel to be watchable. But I just do not dig the plot in this one. I know alot of folks that have also done reviews here make statements like "if you don't like this movie your not a Crow fan" and "just give it a chance" and a few other things too dumb to retype, however I will shoot straight from the hip and tell you while I may not walk around and paint my face or even wear a trench coat, I am a huge fan of the concept The Crow established. This film just takes away from that romantic gothic concept. You have been warned.