The Crow: City of Angels

9/4/2024

Quite the drop off. I wasn't totally and utterly bored with <em>'The Crow: City of Angels'</em>, the short 85 minute run time helps, but everything about it is extremely forgettable. This sequel to 1994's <em>'The Crow'</em> fails to recapture anything that the original flick did so impressively, the whole vibe of this one just feels like a watered down rehash of what came prior. Mia Kirshner is the pick of the cast, she doesn't get much to work with but is still someone I was at least a tiny bit interested in onscreen. Vincent Perez isn't terrible, though there isn't really anything to praise about his performance. Elsewhere, Iggy Pop gives a wooden showing - though at least looked like he was having a blast doing so. Hopefully the other two sequels improved upon this.

6/12/2026

This sequel to the film that starred the late Brandon Lee is not well liked, but I think it is watchable. The story is much like the first film with a few changes that I'll talk about in a moment. Vincent Perez plays Ashe Corven, a mechanic who is resurrected to take his revenge on some murderers that kill him and his young son. The thugs exist in a sleezy, darkly lit world and they are brutal characters who are selling drugs and just seem like the worst human beings you'll meet. I mean, that's how these gritty comic book movies are (even the recent version of The Batman has reverted to this). There are a couple of things that I thought stood out this time. The nighttime photography was really well done, especially during one particular motorcycle chase. This version of L.A. is as stra