The Crow (2024)

This movie is so bad I had to search for a one-star png. Two stars would have been too much. I haven't seen a movie this terrible in a long time. Where do I start with this... I watched the original for the first time before this and was pleasantly surprised by it's style and dark sense of humor. The remake had neither of those things. In an effort to make Shelly a main character it spends the first half of the film developing a relationship between her and Erik. This movie doesn't do romance well. It doesn't do anything well. It's a story about revenge it's bound to have at least satisfying violence. Even if you suffer through the first half there is no silver lining. They decide to make Erik a piece of shit. He's terrible at everything. He's only competent for the final action sequence without any explanation. Before that he's actually scared to get hurt despite being invincible. Remember the charming relationship between sweet little Sarah and the police officer from the original? Non-existent in this film. It actually lacks side characters. There's no personality. There's nothing here to enjoy. 

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