What really stymies this sequel is the lack of the melancholic air of loss and mourning that bolstered the cartoon histrionics of the original.
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01/01/00
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 CriticAlthough the setting has moved from Detroit to LA, the stylised urban wasteland, morbid atmosphere and basic plot remain the same.
02/09/06
Top CriticSuffice to say, when people think of the moribund, brooding Eric Draven, they think of Brandon Lee, and this sequel isn't going to change that one iota.
01/01/00
Despite poetic overtones, this film is a hack job--an overlit, underdirected, barely scripted longform music video celebrating violence and bastard amber gel.
01/01/00
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
This dark and brooding sequel is an absolute pain to watch.
01/01/00
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
A pseudo-spiritual rock video for the symbolically challenged.
01/01/00
Top CriticWorst of the Crow franchise, which should have ended with Brandon Lee and the entertaining first film.
03/19/03
No review available.
07/25/05
No review available.
10/10/05
This is a terrific debut for Pope, and City of Angels is the perfect antidote to the increasingly fluffy Batman films.
01/01/00
No review available.
05/06/05
No review available.
02/10/04
No review available.
04/28/05
The city of overacting, the city of bad writing and the city of truly dreadful sequels.
02/14/01
Top Critic
Utterly devoid of energy and shock value.
01/01/00
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05/20/03
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