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)
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Reviews Counted:31
Fresh:4
Rotten:27
Average Rating:3.5/10
Consensus: The Crow: City of Angels is a sloppy pretender that captures neither the mood nor energy of the original.
Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
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... [More]
Reviews for The Crow: City of Angels
Top CriticWhat 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
Top CriticNo review available.
04/28/05
This is a terrific debut for Pope, and City of Angels is the perfect antidote to the increasingly fluffy Batman films.
01/01/00
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
A pseudo-spiritual rock video for the symbolically challenged.
01/01/00
Top CriticMemo to Edward R. Pressman: Gloomy Goth teens like the Romeo and Juliet stuff, not parental devotion from beyond the grave.
05/03/07
Top CriticWorst of the Crow franchise, which should have ended with Brandon Lee and the entertaining first film.
03/19/03
More than anything I've seen from Hollywood lately, City of Angels smacks baldly of product -- it's a movie with a lousy script but a great look.
01/01/00
No review available.
10/10/05
No review available.
05/06/05
No review available.
08/08/02
No review available.
07/25/05
No review available.
01/18/04
The city of overacting, the city of bad writing and the city of truly dreadful sequels.
02/14/01
Top CriticLittle more than a subpar remake of the first outing.
01/01/00
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
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05/20/03
Substitutes brutal violence and gore for character development, probably hoping audiences won't notice what a confusing nightmare this whole mess really is.
01/01/00
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