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The Crow

1994

Alex Proyas

Brandon Lee, Ernie Hudson, Michael Wincott, Bai Ling ...

7.0

50,641

Fantasy. Action A man brutally murdered comes back to life as an undead avenger of his and his fiancée's murder.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"A stunning work of visual style - the best version of a comic book universe I've seen - and Brandon Lee clearly demonstrates in it that he might have become an action star, had he lived (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Lee is sensational on all counts in a final performance that brims over with athleticism and ardor."	POS
United Kingdom	Adam Smith Empire	"In all, it's a satisfyingly gloomy world-view, with no room at all for such fripparies as forgiveness or redemption. Never has overwhelming grief looked quite so, well, sexy. (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"[Lee] haunts every frame of his final film (...) If he had to die so soon, this movie is the best and most appropriate sendoff [he] could have hoped for."	POS
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"A gothic nightmare (...) [It] allows no room for the viewer to take a breath, as it blazes with breakneck speed from scene to scene (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"A seamless, pulsating, dazzlingly visual revenge fantasy that stands as one of the most effective live-actioners ever derived from a comic strip."	POS
United States	David Ansen Newsweek	"It succeeds in bringing O'Barr's comic-book vision to life, but there's little else going on behind the graphic razzle-dazzle and the moody, ominous soundtrack."	NEU
United States	Caryn James The New York Times	"It is a dark, lurid revenge fantasy (...) A genre film of a high order, stylish and smooth."	POS
United Kingdom	Adam Smith Empire	"Unlike Schumacher with the 'Batman' franchise, Proyas preserves that adolescent angsty feel and avoids campness at all costs (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	TV Guide	"[It] captures the essence of adolescent misery, coupled with a wildly romantic vision of the power of pure love(…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS

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