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When a person dies a crow carries his soul from the land of the living to the land of the dead.  Sometimes the soul carries with it such a sorrow that the crow can bring it back to set the wrong things right.  This is such a story.  Shelly Webster and her rock and roll boyfriend Eric Draven were killed by local organised crime.  When the crow took away Eric it had to return him one year later because he could not rest.  He had to set the wrong things right and the crow would be his guide.  Justice had to be meted out.  The Crow is based on the popular comic book of the same name by Jame's O'Barr and stars the late (and great) Brandon Lee son of Bruce Lee.

I like to think based upon the interview footage available with the VHS edition that Brandon Lee would be proud that this was his final film.  The Crow is an amazing movie that never ceases to captivate and excite.  The musical score by Graeme Revell is spectacular, one of the best ever.  The lyrical soundtrack is pretty much on the same level.  The both of them make for a film that is as amazing to the ears as it is to the eyes, mind, and heart.  Everything is tightly integrated from the script to the sets to the sounds and visuals.  The story while initially seeming derivative of several stories soon proves to be a holistic masterpiece where the sum is greatly more than the individual parts.  The Crow is a movie that you step into and live for the length it runs.  The pacing is perfect, the direction is perfect, and the dialog is one great line after another, just an amazing film.

DVD NOTES: The Crow double DVD set is stuffed full of features some of which include a "Making of" Featurette, a talk with the creator of the Crow comic book, storyboards for deleted scenes, extended scene footage, DVD-ROM games and more.  The video quality on this version of the Crow is astounding.  The colours are excellent and the dark scenes are as flawless as the original film stock.  The audio is just as good with full representation of all speakers and good directionality when the film calls for it.  The volume level is well matched between blasting loud scenes and quiet conversations.

( Thank you for reading my review.
Bob Male)

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