mattboy07 Look, I won't lie and say "The Crow: Salvation" is some sort of academy award winning feature. It is good, though.*Minor Spoiler Warnings* Alex Corvis is a young man who is now being executed for the murder of his girlfriend. He maintains his innocence, claiming instead that a man with a strange scar planted the evidence in his car and he never would have done such a thing. All seems sad and somber until a cut away during the execution shows that scarred-man taunting the now dying Alex. And so, the magical crow avatar resurrects the main character to exact revenge, unravel the mystery behind the events, and set things right. *End Spoilers*The hook is fairly intriguing the first time around. Sure, it's an old premise of a dead man coming back for revenge, but it is much better than the mishandled "City of Angels". It stays true to The Crow formula well enough but doesn't try to re-create the lightning in a bottle of the first film. Trying to stand on its own two legs seems unsteady at times, but still there are many things to enjoy.The acting is actually really enjoyable. The evil doers are sufficient and dark enough that you don't mind when they're systematically killed in a vindicated manner. Fred Ward plays the main villain and he's still superb, proving that once again he's highly under rated. The real shocker comes from Eric Mabius (who plays the main character Alex). He shows drive, emotion, depth, and even an character arc you wouldn't expect. He's an A-list actor in the B-list movie and it really shows that he outclasses his surroundings. Even Kirsten Dunst (pre-Spiderman) manages to put on some form of acting ability.The plot is somewhat disjointed and random. When Alex kicks into high gear and begins his bloody crusade, it's some great moments on film. Unfortunately, after he dispatches the first two villains, the pacing slows down, de-rails, and never really gets back on track. There's more action but it never really picks back up. Plot threads seem to trail off, become neglected, or resolve with little reason or rhyme. There's even an identity crisis plot twist that seems wholly unnecessary.The Crow: Salvation is a good movie for what it is. Don't go into the experience looking for some great caliber of drama and action. It has gratuitous stripper scenes, slightly cheesy gore, and some low budget moments that can't be ignored. Still, It's dark, visceral, satisfying, and well handled. It's better than the second (which truly was awful), features a great sound track, is different enough that you don't feel ripped off, and fun.8/10

WakenPayne OK this isn't as good as The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005) but better than The Crow (1994) some music tracks of this makes me wonder if I have gotten hold of a movie with the same music guy from Universal Soldier: The Return (1999) but take nothing else away from it These Crow Movies need a higher rating me watching them makes me wonder if this is THE GREATEST FILM FRANCHISE OF ALL TIME. yes you read that right I love these movies the only reason I haven't watched The Crow: City Of Angels (1996) is that I cannot find it no matter where I go this villain is one of those "I want him to die" villains I also had never ever heard of these actors (which they were very good) besides Kirsten Dunst which we all know from Spiderman (this movie is way better) now the plot is The third entry in 'The Crow' series follows Alex Corvis, who was framed for the murder of his girlfriend and is executed. he is then brought back from the dead by a crow when the legend says 'Love is stronger than death'. He returns to discover that a corrupt police force is behind her murder and for him to go after the killers, he must find out the mystery behind everything that happened. 10 years old and still a good movieRating: 9/10

dandydigger-1 Look, I know this move came out in 2000, but I had never even heard of it until it ran last night on F/X at midnight. I cannot at all understand how anyone thinks this even compares to the first Crow movie, or even City of Angels(which was bad). First, in all honesty, any "Crow" movie that doesn't come out as a straight-up remake of the first one is going to get the same response. "an unoriginal attempt to tell a new story by cloning the original movie"The Crow franchise seems to be the victim of it's own gigantic launch into the world of movies. The original Crow had villains that had quirks that made them individuals, you remember them each on their own.City of Angels....it really isn't fair for me to make comments about at this stage because, quiet honestly, it was so bad that I took nothing away from the theater. I cannot remember much about it other than "Sarrah is grown up and moved to L.A." I only remember this because I didn't care for "Sarrah" in the first movie.The Crow : Salvation... or as it should have been called, Desecration. A young couple in love, torn away from each other by death, at the hands of the bad guys. Young man returns from the dead with the help of the Crow to avenge the death of his beloved and his wrongful execution. He discovers who the bad guys are, bonds with a living person and enlists the aid of some he can trust that had been involved with the case before he was executed. He obtains "justice" against the villains, loses his power, and is ready to finally rest in peace only to be forced into a showdown with the true man behind everything, and rescue the girl he bonded with. I think I saw this in another movie...The Crow. The surprise in this movie is that Kirsten Dunst did this film, I am by no means a fan of hers, and "Erin" could have been just as easily "Mary Jane". Her status in the film industry is why I don't understand her choice to do this. Fred Ward I understand, this seems to be his cup of tea. The plot makes minor changes to the original film story, instead of a big shootout with a bunch of thugs and criminals in a warehouse, there is a big shoot out with crooked cops and their back-up. Instead of an intelligent but twisted mastermind pulling the strings, there is a not so intelligent but twisted mastermind(used loosely) pulling the strings. Both top men could have left their "Crow" to go back to the dead after he believes he has avenged his girl and himself, but decide to kidnap the one living person who has a tie to the "Crow". This in turn leads to the bad guy's undoing. The acting was bad, the cinematic bad, the effects very bad, their really want anything good about this film other than the credits rolling. when I saw this film, I really thought this film was made by the Sci-Fi channel. As BAD as this film is, I think anyone who is a fan of "The Crow" should see it. Like it or not, it is part of the "Crow" universe.There was Highlander, good movie, which spawned 4 more movies, two TV series, and animated trips into the world of the Highlander. None of which came close to the originality or quality of the first film, and each new product punched a new hole into the original film.The Keaton/Burton "Batman" was a good movie for it's time, but it spawned 3 more movies, each more forgettable than the last."Salvation" is to "The Crow" what "Batman Forever" is to "Batman", it's like the ugly step sister, you don't wanna see her, but sooner or later ....it's gonna happen.

Unbreakable27 I'm the biggest Brandon/Bruce Lee fan in the world but enough!!! People are going to always compare this movie to the first one and Eric Mabius to Brandon Lee. That's where I think this movie suffers.I think storyline-wise it would have been better of he hadn't have resurrected right after his execution. They should have left him dead for a while. When he came back it didn't really seem like all that much of a shock. The bad guys just thought they had botched the execution and mistakenly pronounced him dead. Maybe even have gone so far as to have him resurrect on the autopsy table, not from his grave because that would have been a direct copy of Crow number One.All in all a decent little flick but suffers from comparisons to its predecessors.