The Crow

So I'll start this review by letting you know what kind of movie this is. This is a supremely dark comic book adaption from the early 90's and it shows. It is very much like the film Sin City in its feel albeit the slightly less artistic style. It is also rather supernatural and the basis of the story is about a man that comes back to life to avenge his wife and himself (he is brought back by a crow, which seems to hold the main theme of the picture).
"The Crow" is a very Goth and dark feeling movie, and at times it almost felt like watching the recent "Sweeney Todd" with Johnny Depp. Although I was pleasantly surprised that this film, unlike many dark movies, did not take advantage of it's dark atmosphere to an immature level. Most movies like this drape themselves in despair making it impossible for anyone but a severely depressed person to enjoy it properly. This film on the other hand, offered more redemption and hope then I've seen in so-called feel good movies. That's not to say it isn't dark though, far from it. It is a revenge movie, about a loving couple that are murdered, and one day later, the husband is brought back life so that he may, essentially, kill the four men that raped and murdered he and his love.
The movie also has other faults, sporting some nudity (not a lot, but enough) a rather surprising amount of drug use (always shown in terrible light) and some fairly violent violence.
I probably shouldn't say this was a redemptive movie, as it is very dark, but I feel that I must also express my gratitude with its messages. The movie portrays villains as evil, and nothing but. The hero has been victimized and is now out for justice, and he helps others along the way.
Now, this is an action movie from the 1990's, and so some of the effects are certainly not top notch, and for high-brow viewers some of the dialogue will disappoint. The movie left me filling very satisfied with what it had offered though, and I was not expecting that at all. I'll just finish this review with a quote in the film I really liked, which I believe sums it all up.

"Bridges Burn, People Die, but True Love Lasts Forever"

NOTE: Brandon Lee (Bruce Lee's son) plays the lead in the film, and he actually died on set 8 days before the film was finished after being shot with a revolver that had a forgotten live round still in the barrel. The movie was dedicated to him.