Although the setting has moved from Detroit to LA, the stylised urban wasteland, morbid atmosphere and basic plot remain the same.
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02/09/06
The Crow: City of Angels (1996)
13 %
Reviews Counted: 31 Fresh: 4 Rotten:27 Average Rating: 3.5/10
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The Crow: City of Angels is a sloppy pretender that captures neither the mood nor energy of the original.
Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins
Synopsis: This sequel to the 1994 hit movie centers on Ashe, who, along with his son, is brutally murdered on the streets of Los Angeles. But like Eric Draven in the first film, Ashe is resurrected, and begins wandering the streets of a post-apocalyptic L.A. Aided and protected by a magical, mystical... [More]
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Starring: Vincent Perez, Mia Kirshner, Iggy Pop, Thomas Jane, Richard Brooks
Director: Tim Pope
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What really stymies this sequel is the lack of the melancholic air of loss and mourning that bolstered the cartoon histrionics of the original.
01/01/00
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Memo to Edward R. Pressman: Gloomy Goth teens like the Romeo and Juliet stuff, not parental devotion from beyond the grave.
05/03/07
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04/09/05
Vincent Perez is game, but he--nor anyone involved in this sloppy production--can erase the fond memories of the late Brandon Lee.
01/08/05
Worst of the Crow franchise, which should have ended with Brandon Lee and the entertaining first film.
03/19/03
Fans of both O'Barr's source inspiration and Brandon Lee's initial embodiment may want to nit-pick, but this Crow has something to crow about.
01/22/02
Why didn't the producers save all the money they spent on these great sets and brilliant special effects for a script worthy of them?
02/27/01
The city of overacting, the city of bad writing and the city of truly dreadful sequels.
02/14/01
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