The Crow

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Soulmates Eric and Shelly are brutally murdered when the demons of her dark past catch up with them. Given the chance to save his true love by sacrificing himself, Eric sets out to seek merciless revenge on their killers, traversing the worlds of the living and the dead to put the wrong things right.

Credits: TheMovieDb.

Eric: Bill Skarsgård
Shelly: FKA twigs
Vincent Roeg: Danny Huston
Sophia: Josette Simon
Marion: Laura Birn
Kronos: Sami Bouajila
Roman: Karel Dobrý
Chance: Jordan Bolger
Dom: Sebastian Orozco
Wickham: David Bowles
Lex: Tundy Smith
Jay: Samba Goldin
Zadie: Isabella Wei
Adam: Jordan Haj
Detective Milch: Dukagjin Podrimaj
Gray: Darija Pavlovičová
Punk Inmate: Caolan O’Neil-Forde
Large Inmate: Janek Gregor
Skinny Inmate: Lukáš Duy Anh Tran
Young Eric: Solo Uniacke
Simon Elbe / Therapist: Brian Caspe
Kelly (Guard): Peter Parker Mensah
James: Gregory Gudgeon
Clinical Aid: Bethany Adams
Chance Friend #4: Jakub Strach
Chance Friend #1: Robert James Rich
Change Friend #2: Vladimír Nezdaril
Chance Friend #3: Beáta Golová
Uniformed Cop #1: Jim High
Uniformed Cop #2: Seam Turay
Soloist #1: Lada Bočková
Soloist #2: Daniel Matoušek
Mentor: David Evropejský
Eric’s Mother: Monika Kvasničková
Music Teacher: Andrea Miltner
Card Dealer: Paul Maynard
Emma: Leona Skleničková
EMT #1: Sinéad Phelps
EMT #2 Kronos Look Alike: Daniel Szelezsán
Drug Dealer: Emmanuel Iloegbunam
Guard: Paul Dean
Friendly Driver (Stunt Driver): Antonín Hausknecht
Arabic Businessman #2: Baha Chbani
Arabic Businessman #1: Ahmad Alhadi
Opera Fighter: Jan Budař

Crew:

Executive Producer: Rupert Sanders
Producer: Edward R. Pressman
Comic Book: James O’Barr
Producer: Victor Hadida
Producer: Molly Hassell
Producer: John Jencks
Producer: Samuel Hadida
Production Design: Robin Brown
Art Direction: Pavel Tatar
Set Decoration: Holly Thurman
Costume Design: Kurt Swanson
Costume Design: Bart Mueller
Concept Artist: Rob Bliss
Executive Producer: Jonathan Bross
Executive Producer: Dan Farah
Executive Producer: Jon Katz
Associate Producer: Jade Manuel
Line Producer: Vaclav Mottl
Executive Producer: Joe Neurauter
Co-Executive Producer: Paula Paizes
Executive Producer: Sam Pressman
Screenplay: William Josef Schneider
Executive Producer: Kevan Van Thompson
Executive Producer: Simon Williams
Music Score Producer: Volker Bertelmann
Casting: Chelsea Ellis Bloch
Casting: Des Hamilton
Casting: Maya Kvetny
Casting: Marisol Roncali
Supervising Art Director: Guy Bradley
First Assistant Director: Brett Hodgkinson
First Assistant Director: Sean Guest
Second Assistant Director: Petr Matousek
Sound Mixer: Tomáš Bělohradský
Stunt Coordinator: Adam Horton
Location Manager: Kristyna Hanusova
Script Supervisor: Vera Homolacova
Screenplay: Zach Baylin
Director of Photography: Steve Annis
VFX Supervisor: Michal Křeček
Dialogue Editor: Rob Killick
Supervising Sound Editor: Michael Maroussas
Foley Mixer: Sophia Hardman
Sound Mixer: Igor Pokorný
Foley Artist: Jason Swanscott
Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Jasper Thorn
Standby Art Director: Tomas Bilina
Art Department Assistant: Adam Blazek
Assistant Set Decoration: Marketa Bockova
Assistant Property Master: Josef Borik
Property Master: David Fryš
Concept Artist: David Honz
Set Designer: Natálie Kalendová
Standby Property Master: Karel Krejník
Graphic Designer: Alice Linhartová
Graphic Designer: Nikola Malenová
Concept Artist: Anna Marhoulová
Construction Buyer: Matej Matejicek
Storyboard Artist: Ian McCaffrey
Art Department Coordinator: Jan Seidl
Supervising Sound Editor: James Boyle
ADR Mixer: Dean Covill
Orchestrator: Jan Andrees
Music Editor: Richard Armstrong
VFX Editor: Noami Bourgeois
First Assistant Editor: Traci Duran
Additional Editor: Mark Adams
Additional Editor: Jason Ballantine
First Assistant Editor: George Adams
Colorist: Greg Fisher
First Assistant Editor: Chloe Kilby
Head of Production: Laura Metcalfe
Colorist: James Slattery
Set Costumer: Michaela Dejmalova
Costume Supervisor: Hana Kučerová
Costume Coordinator: David Máj
Key Costumer: Daniel Pietrucha
Set Costumer: Martin Sobek
Assistant Sound Editor: Sam Day
Boom Operator: Pavel Kundera
Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Brendan Nicholson
Sound Effects Editor: George Riley
Utility Sound: Ferdinand Petrš
Utility Sound: Michal Straka
Compositing Artist: Marjolein Verheij
VFX Artist: Martin Van Hassel
Compositing Artist: Victor Almela
Visual Effects Editor: Béatrice Antis
Compositing Artist: Cédric Battude
Compositing Artist: Jonas Bruse
Compositing Artist: Laura Ludovica Buccinnà
Visual Effects Technical Director: Thomas Buiting
Compositing Lead: Nicolas Burgers
Compositing Artist: Jana Buryskova
Visual Effects Supervisor: Falk Büttner
Compositing Artist: Denis Cesek
Compositing Artist: Miroslav Cicmanec
Compositing Supervisor: Martin Cicmanec
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor: Natalie Cooke
VFX Artist: Florian Coquaz
Compositing Artist: Mitchell Crease
VFX Artist: Razvan Teodor Cristea
Visual Effects Producer: Michelle Cullen
Compositing Artist: Ulisse Dickmann
Modeling: Stojan Dimov
VFX Editor: Barbara Dobrovitz
Visual Effects Coordinator: Ben Duff
Animation: Jennifer Dzielo
Compositing Artist: Guglielmo Emmolo
Concept Artist: Charles Downman
Modelling Supervisor: Gennaro Esposito
VFX Editor: Nick Feldman
Digital Compositor: Simon Firth
Compositing Artist: Stephen Feltham
Visual Effects Coordinator: Charlotte Fitzwater
Digital Compositor: Alex Frost
Compositing Artist: Alexandre Gaudiano
Visual Effects Producer: Sinje Gebauer
Visual Effects Producer: Florian Gellinger
Compositing Artist: Heidi Kathrin Harnisch
Fight Choreographer: Laurent Buson
Fight Choreographer: Charles Delaunay
Fight Choreographer: Maxime Ecoiffier
Stunt Coordinator: Jacob Griffin
Utility Stunts: Jindřich Klaus
Stunts: Miroslav Lhotka
Stunts: Anna Lipoldová
Stunts: Petr Prochazka
Fight Choreographer: Godefroy Ryckewaert
Stunts: Dominik Sourek
Stunts: Birgui Tall
Stunts: Denise Treffler
Second Assistant “B” Camera: Tomáš Cicu
Techno Crane Operator: Mitch Buss
First Assistant Camera: Martin Carda
Steadicam Operator: Orlando Duguay
Still Photographer: Larry D. Horricks
Digital Imaging Technician: Vladimir Kesl
Camera Trainee: Andrey Kirkov
First Assistant Camera: Pavel Kuřák
Electrician: Slaven Pavlov
Dolly Grip: Patrick Lima
Additional Photography: Aleksandar Letić
Additional Camera: Martin Matiášek
Second Assistant Camera: David Mestecky
Key Grip: Pavel Proisl
Aerial Camera Technician: Jason Price
Second Assistant Camera: Karol Pruzinsky
Camera Trainee: Jessica Radlovacki
Aerial Director of Photography: John Trapman
Casting Associate: Elan Jones
Casting Associate: Kristyna Policek
Extras Casting: Kamil Novák
Unit Publicist: Alisa Buckley
First Assistant Accountant: Marguerite Prineas
Production Controller: Jiri Tichacek
Stand In: Jonas Baum
Main Title Designer: Seth Kleinberg
Animal Wrangler: Eva Hájková
Pilot: Michael Franck
Set Production Assistant: Anna Burianová
Associate Producer: Merrick Stoller
Score Engineer: Will Jones
Conductor: Hugh Brunt
Scoring Mixer: Daniel Kresco
Musician: Clifton Harrison
Music Editor: Nevin Seus
Other: Ozan Tekin
Other: Benedikt Wild
Other: Lambert Windges
Musician: Martin Röder
Musician: Anna Ljungberg
Animation: Joerg Volk
Compositing Artist: Marwin Wanek
Digital Compositor: Onur Can Yol
Special Effects Makeup Artist: Jessica Brooks
Special Effects Makeup Artist: Jo Grover
Special Effects Makeup Artist: Victoria Holt
Special Effects Makeup Artist: Kati Hood
Makeup & Hair: Deb Kenton
Special Effects Makeup Artist: Alisa Lawson
Makeup & Hair: Daniel Parker
Special Effects Key Makeup Artist: Stuart Richards
Special Effects Makeup Artist: David White
Second Unit Director: Julian Wayser
Key Set Production Assistant: Matej Kricner
First Assistant Director: Karel Kubis
Co-Executive Producer: Lisa Perkins
Co-Executive Producer: Euzebio Munhoz Jr.
Co-Executive Producer: Kelly McKee
Co-Executive Producer: Paul W. Hazen
Executive Producer: Joe Simpson
Executive Producer: Juliana Lubin
Executive Producer: Henry Winterstern
Executive Producer: Arianne Fraser
Executive Producer: Delphine Perrier
Executive Producer: Micah Green
Executive Producer: Daniel Steinman
Executive Producer: Dan Friedkin
Executive Producer: Jay Taylor
Executive Producer: Kwesi Dickson
Executive Producer: Lorna Soonhee
Executive Producer: Ryan Kavanaugh
Executive Producer: Ken Halsband
Executive Producer: Brett Dahl
Executive Producer: Philipp Kreuzer
Executive Producer: Johanna Watts
Executive Producer: Jon Spaihts
Executive Producer: Malcolm Gray

Catogories:

This is one huge constituent!!

True love never dies.
Language:
English
Production:
France,Germany,United Kingdom,United States of America
Company:
Davis Films,Pressman Film,Hassell Free Production,The Electric Shadow Company,30WEST,Ashland Hill Media Finance,FilmNation Entertainment,Maze Pictures,Occupant Entertainment
Popularity:
334.248
Date:
2024-08-21
Year:
2024

CinemaSerf: I think the best plan of attack for this film is to forget all about Brandon Lee’s 1994 version and treat this as a stand-alone vehicle for Bill Skarsgård to show off his ninja skills. He’s “Eric” who encounters “Shellly” (FKA twigs) and is then promptly embroiled in the devilish machinations of “Roeg” (Danny Huston) who ensures that his hench-woman “Marion” (Laura Birn) kills them both. Turns out, though, that “Eric” still has enough purity of soul left to return to the land of the living and so long as he is touched by true love’s kiss sort of thing, will remain immortal long enough to avenge the couple. Yes, there is a crow – the embodiment of his spirit when he goes on his murderous spree, but that whole theme isn’t at all developed so let’s just forget about that and revert to the whole point of the film – an excuse to pack loads of slaughter, acrobatics and dark, eerie photography into all but two hours of repetitious mediocrity. The camera likes Skarsgård well enough, and there’s certainly plenty of him to see here as he takes on all comers. Why were they killed though? Who is “Roeg”? Sure, you can put your own interpretation onto the story if you can be bothered, but director Rupert Sanders has almost entirely focussed on the gloomy and very wet imagery and decided against putting any meat on the bones of the story or the characters. There’s a welcome paucity of dialogue throughout and FKA clearly twigged there wasn’t much for her to do here so leaves much of the film to her co-star trying his best to be an amalgam of “John Wick” and “Selene” from “Underworld” (2003). It does look good but hasn’t an original feather in it’s body. It’s nice to see Josette Simon (remember “Blake’s Seven”?) on the big screen, albeit briefly, but this is really all very disappointing.
r96sk: Closer to ‘Morbius’ than it is to ‘The Crow’.
That is… A: not even a joke, it honestly felt similar vibe-wise to that infamous ‘Sony’s Spider-Man Universe’ movie for large portions. B: not as big a slight as you may think, as I didn’t dislike that Jared Leto flick as much as most others did (not saying it’s good, mind).

Still, this version of the highly regarded 1994 picture isn’t all that, I’m afraid. it almost feels like something completely different, they could’ve altered a few minor things and made an entirely original film to be honest. I found the pacing to be particularly off, while the antagonist(s) are extremely plain throughout.

I do have some positives. Bill Skarsgård and FKA Twigs make for a solid pairing, I sensed enough chemistry between them and both their performances are satisfactory. The music is decent, while some of the kills are creatively done and well shown onsreen.

All in all, however, it’s a thumbs down from me; no copyright infringement intended, Messrs Siskel and Ebert.
MovieGuys: WOW this is awful. I remember the original Crow film with Brandon Lee (who sadly passed away making the film), which was reasonable but this so called remake, is, simply put, a cinematic train wreck.
Eric (The Crow) is, it seems, not really the main character (he’s elbowed aside by his drug addict, criminally linked, ex prostitute girlfriend). Apparently Eric, not to be entirely outdone however, is also a drug addict. Both he and the upcoming love interest attend a drug rehab centre, where everyone dresses like extra’s from a Pink Panther movie. Oh and poor Eric’s a wuss, who’s bullied until he and his lady friend escape, have a tryst and are promptly croaked by some bad guys, who are after his dodgy lady friend. At this point and for reasons that seem, to say the least, far fetched, Eric is resurrected, as a mostly inept, anti hero tasked with seeking revenge.

Suffice to say, this remake is filled with characters who are deeply unlikable and a central plot that’s not only weak tea but make’s little rational sense. Backed by a so called love story, that’s about as appetising, as a two week old bowl of clam chowder.

In summary, the original The Crow film from way back when is a cinematic masterpiece, when compared to this dismal retake. In my opinion, one to avoid.

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