The Crow: City of Angels

1996 "Believe in the power of another"
The Crow: City of Angels
4.6| 1h34m| R| en| More Info
Released: 29 August 1996 Released
Producted By: Miramax
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: https://www.miramax.com/movie/crow-ii-city-of-angels/
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After Ashe and his little son are murdered violently for no reason by Judah's men, he returns from the dead to take revenge. One after one, Judah's people face the power of the dark angel. The second film based on James O'Barr's cult comic.

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Amy Adler Sarah (Mia Kirshner) as a child loved Eric Draven, the original Crow, the man who avenged his murderers in the city of Detroit. Hoping to start a new life, Sarah has moved to LA, where she works as a tattoo artist and lives in an abandoned warehouse, unknown to anyone. One night, she has a vision of a man, Ashe Corven (Vincent Perez) and his young son Danny being likewise killed. It seems the two Corvens happened to accidentally witness a drug dealer being terminated by other nefarious dealers under the direction of Judah (Richard Brooks). Shot and thrown into the ocean, it was a dreadful happening. Sarah, drawn to the shore, goes to the very spot of the murders, where she sees a crow flying. just before Ashe rises from the sea as a victim intent on revenge for his family. Ashe and Sarah from a bond. One by one, Ashe finds a way to destroy the horrendous gang that carried out Danny's and his murders; sometimes by fire. When Ashe is on the move, his final target will be Judah. But, this drug kingpin has a blind seer, who warns him of impending danger. Will Ashe be able to complete his much sought revenge? First, this film is a violent but stylish movie; those who are under 18 or who can't abide ruthless killing, should stay away. However, beneath the violence is the strangely appealing plot that made the first movie with Brandon Lee so intriguing. That is. there is a halfway to heaven limbo for victims of violent death, in which they can emerge as a crow's companion and take down the bad guys or gals of the world. Who doesn't love to see good avenge evil? Lee, of course, died in the making of the Crow and, in this film, Vincent Perez takes his place, with fine results. The rest of the cast, including Kirshner and Brooks, do interesting work as well. One of the film's biggest assets is its art direction and style, for the effects are beautifully realized. As stated, this movie is not for all, so beware. However, some will find it riveting, compelling fare.
Fluke_Skywalker Plays most of the same notes as the original, but not half as well. Vincent Perez - playing an entirely different character - still seems to be doing his best Brandon Lee impression, which sadly isn't very good. Only the hauntingly beautiful Mia Kirshner manages to transcend her paint by numbers role. In truth, I'd rather have seen her as The Crow.'City of Angels' was reportedly heavily edited by Miramax (no surprise there if you know anything about their butchery practices) and has subsequently been disowned by director Tim Pope and screenwriter David Goyer. At 86 minutes with credits, it definitely feels chopped up. A so-called "Second Coming" edit of the film apparently exists, and perhaps it's better as some claim, but there's an inherent artistic failure here that no amount of "more" can fix.
BA_Harrison Sarah, the skateboarding street urchin from the first Crow film, is now all grown up, looking fine, and living in Los Angeles, where she meets Ashe (Vincent Perez), who has recently returned from the dead. Recognising all the signs of a recently resurrected soul from the netherworld—the tortured expression, bedraggled hair, and a crow for a companion—Sarah (played by hottie Mia Kirshner) slaps some paint on Ashe's face and sends him off to find those responsible for killing him and his son.The Crow: City of Angels is basically a retread of the first film, only with cheesy characters and laughable dialogue, a less charismatic actor in the lead role, and a less talented movie-maker in the director's chair. Perez has none of the screen presence of Lee, while Alex Proyas' replacement, MTV video director Tim Pope, tries to bring his own sense of cool to proceedings by plundering his music promo bag of tricks, swathing every scene in smoke and brightly coloured lights. The result is a garish multicoloured nightmare that has none of the dark splendour or haunting atmosphere of Proyas' Gothic vision.Matters are made even worse by a weak head villain in the form of shirtless S&M fetishist Judah (Richard Brooks), who gets all of the worst lines, and a couple of terrible supporting performances from Iggy Pop as Judah's crazy henchman Curve and Ian Dury as Sarah's lovable tattoo parlour boss Noah.
FlashCallahan Some time ago, Ashe Corven and his son Danny were killed when they stumbled across a pack of drug dealers murdering a fellow dealer.The dealers work for Los Angeles drug kingpin Judah. Local tattoo artist Sarah, who has great knowledge of the crow legend because of what happened with her late friend, has been having dreams about Ashe and Danny.One night when a crow leads her to the scene of the murders of Ashe and Danny, Ashe appears before her.The crow has resurrected Ashe, so Ashe can go after Judah and his right hand man Curve.With the guidance of the crow, Ashe starts killing off Judah's men one by one, on his way to Judah.Yes, many think that this film is sacrilege and trounces on Lees grave, but in my opinion, it's a great sequel, very dark, and seems very visceral at times.I love the first movie, it has that tone to it and obviously what happened to Lee makes the film more poignant and essential. It was inevitable that there was going to be a sequel as the film shouts our franchise, whether you like it or not.Perez is obviously no Lee, but he wasn't supposed to be, he is his own 'Crow' ans this film has more of a paternal feel to it, rather than the dark romanticism of the first.And this is where the film usurps the first, the villains in this are more entertaining, even if they are over the top and more theatrical. Judah though, isn't a patch on Top Dollar, but has some good scenes and hilarious dialogue.So all in all it's a sequel, but a heavily underrated one, thanks to obsessed fans of the first who dismissed this.The set pieces are great, the soundtrack as dark as the first, and a whole 'dusk' vibe throughout the whole movie.It's obviously directed by a music video director, as the editing is sharp and some of the cinematography is stark.It's okay to say that this movie is good, you won't offend anyone, or lose the mysticism of the original.