The Crow
Directed by Alex ProyasThe night before his wedding, musician Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally murdered by members of a violent gang. On the anniversary of their death, Eric rises from the grave and assumes the mantle of the Crow, a supernatural avenger.
The Crow Ratings & Reviews
- Adam AragonNovember 2, 2025I watch this every Halloween. It still holds up. It's Gothic and melodramatic and very 90s but I still cherish it. A great action movie with heart and style.
- Teddy Lee Brewer JrOctober 16, 2025One of the very early action-porn movies. Brandon Lee's last movie and taken from a pretty great story.
- VonHaderOctober 11, 2025For the metal and grunge GenXers, this was our other Batman. The dark anti-hero that could kill and drop f-bombs in a setting that makes Gotham city look like the Vatican. This is one of the few that's aged really well.
- Daniel GustavssonOctober 12, 2024Fantastic movie that delivers on all fronts. It's beautiful, intense and interesting.
- RichardOctober 5, 2025Rented it on VHS and it felt like holding a piece of gothic legend in your hands. Back then, walking into the video store and spotting The Crow on the shelf was like discovering a forbidden relic. The cover was stark: Brandon Lee in black leather, pale makeup, and a stare that promised pain and poetry. Brandon Lee’s performance as Eric Draven was raw, electric and heartbreakingly real. Knowing he died during filming gave every scene a ghostly weight. It wasn’t just a revenge story, it was a requiem. The VHS format added to the atmosphere. The grain, the analog warmth, the occasional tracking line, it all made the film feel even more haunted. So yes,this is the one to watch. The one to own. The one to revisit on stormy nights with combat boots by the door and eyeliner in the drawer. The remake might be a crow movie (but it feels not good and off), but the 1984 version is a ritual and the real one.
- DTSaitoSeptember 21, 2025Alex Proyas’ The Crow is a dark, stylish fusion of gothic romance, comic-book adaptation, and revenge thriller. Brandon Lee stars as Eric Draven, a musician resurrected from the grave to avenge the brutal murder of his fiancée and himself. The film’s visual identity is its strongest asset: a rain-soaked, decayed cityscape rendered in moody blacks and neon glow, equal parts comic-book panel and music video. The soundtrack—packed with industrial and alternative rock—cements the film’s place as a definitive ’90s cult artifact. Lee’s performance is haunting, equal parts vulnerability and menace, made all the more poignant by his tragic death during production. His presence elevates what could have been pulp into something mythic. While the narrative follows a familiar revenge arc, Proyas’ direction infuses it with atmosphere, poetry, and an undercurrent of doomed romance. The Crow endures not only as a stylish piece of goth-pop culture but also as a heartfelt tale of love, loss, and justice from beyond the grave. It’s a tragedy on and off screen, and one of the most iconic cult films of its era.
- darthtoonSeptember 9, 2025Cult Classic of the OG, movie The Crow, tragic what happened on set with the accidental discharge of a prop gun, that killed Star Bandon Lee, the Son of Legendary Martial Artist Bruce Lee.
- DarlingInThePlexxAugust 4, 2025Review by someone who owns a long black coat and never emotionally recovered This movie didn’t just define a genre—it created a subculture. If you’ve ever seen a brooding teen in eyeliner, black boots, and a Nine Inch Nails hoodie cry in the rain, you can thank The Crow. Brandon Lee (yes, Bruce Lee’s son, yes, I’m already crying) gives a haunting, electric performance as Eric Draven—a musician brought back from the dead to avenge the brutal murder of him and his fiancée. It’s gothic, gritty, poetic, violent, and yes… tragically real. Because Brandon died during filming. And once you know that, the whole film hits different. It’s not just fiction—it’s a requiem. The movie is basically Shakespeare with leather and eyeliner. The city is soaked in rain and sorrow, the lines are quotable in that perfect ’90s-angst-poetry way (“It can’t rain all the time”… excuse me, I’m SOBBING), and every single frame looks like it should be printed on a velvet journal from Hot Topic. Also: 🎸 The soundtrack? ICONIC. Every. Single. Track. Hits. Like. A. Bat. Through. Stained. Glass. Nine Inch Nails. The Cure. Rage. Pantera. This soundtrack raised a generation of beautifully sad weirdos—myself included. The cast? Flawless. • Brandon Lee is transcendent. • That little girl (Rochelle Davis) gives more emotion than half of Hollywood combined. • The villains are unhinged, cartoonish, terrifying, and perfect for this comic-book fever dream. Yes, they made sequels. No, we do not speak of them. This movie is sacred. Watch it on a stormy October night. Light a candle. Put on your old combat boots. And pour one out for Brandon Lee. 🖤
- Kevin WardJuly 1, 2025Think I would have liked this more had I seen it during it’s original release. Loved the look, aesthetics felt very much like Gotham City, and Lee’s performance even has a Joker quality at times. Liked Ernie Hudson and Tony Todd. Michael Wincott played the same damn character he’s played in everything, ever. The budget for breakaway glass must have been off the charts for this. Enjoyed it, but this is one of those films that I was just too late to the party, I think.
- IAMKWESTMarch 7, 2025Don't judge me but this is without a doubt my favourite movie.
- LucaPlex72May 29, 2025The one and only, inimitable film The Crow.
- cultfilmlikerMarch 17, 2025🎶 Love will tear us apart again 🎶 The direction and editing in this is so chaotic. Lulls a bit at points and some of the side stories weren’t great but decent revenge plot. Enjoyed a lot of the stylistic choices and the action sequences didn’t take me out of the film which was nice. Such an incredible soundtrack. The NIN cover of Joy Division’s “Dead Souls” fucking rocked and I love how good they’ve been for soundtracks/scores for three decades. Idk why I waited so long to give this a watch. Solid horror flick! Good cast! Very reflective of the time period it was released in lol Obviously the story of Brandon Lee is tragic. Dude had a ton of charisma for sure. Idk if it’s just bc of the fatal circumstances, but his acting here reminds me of Heath Ledger’s Joker but also maybe that’s just the make-up 🤡 Lee’s acting is very raw and unrefined however reminding me of Nic Cage lmao so draw a line. All that said…..not a great performance from the nepo-prodigy imo 😔 I’m sorry just a weird role to be canonized for ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Love random David Patrick Kelly roles! His consistently eccentric roles are always a delight. Honestly think it helps bolster the film imo. Jon Polito is phenomenal in this as well!
- Mr. DFebruary 7, 2025I like this movie. But the 4k version is quite revealing. One of those that leaves you questioning if the original darker 1080p is better.
- Pissed Off PapaFebruary 6, 2025This is a movie that should not have been duplicated, To me its desecrating the man, the legend, BRANDON LEE Its about righting what was wronged, two innocent souls were taken and they cant rest till the wrong is fixed.
- jackmeatFebruary 5, 2025My quick rating - 9.1/10. A masterpiece. My review from 1994: It is only about 4 hours removed from the theater as I find myself at my computer to type up this weekends Flick Pick. Unfortunately for this night, it is more in memoriam. I'll give a slight bit of background to this. As many of you may know, this is Brandon Lee's final film, as he was accidentally shot during the filming. This is a gut-wrenching loss to many, especially the Lee family. It was only a little over 10 years ago, I realized that the amazing martial artist my grandfather had shown me movies of as a kid, Bruce Lee, had mysteriously died as well. Now some 10 years later, I sit and write this review in hopes that as you read the newspaper today, you may come to see this is much more than an entertainer that has passed away, but a family that is cursed. The task at hand is to review the movie without reflecting much on the fact that this is likely to be another finale to a career cut far too short. The story begins with the resurrection of a dead rock star named Eric Draven (Lee) after being murdered, along with his fiancee, on the eve of their wedding. His soul is transported to the next world (according to the narration) by a crow; but when a spirit is unhappy there because of unsettled business on earth, sometimes the crow will bring him back again. And so a year later, on All Hallows Eve, Eric reappears on earth, vowing vengeance on those who committed the murders - and the evil kingpin who ordered them. This basically sums up what storywise you need to know. What you see though is a stunning work of visual style (the best version of a comic book universe I've seen) and Brandon Lee clearly demonstrates in it that he was well on his way to being the next big action star. All of this merely exists to allow Alex Proyas to delve headfirst into a surreal and gothic world rarely seen or imagined to this stunning extent. The visual style is top notch full of miniatures, the camera swoops high above the city or dips low for extreme-angle shots. Shadows cast fearsome daggers into the light. Buildings are exaggerated in their architectural detail of film noir. "The Crow," with its fast pace and countless camera setups, evokes the feel of a comic book more than a traditional film. Its stylized approach allows the actors’ appearances to match the exaggerated, graphic-noir aesthetic of the world around them. The breasts of women in comic books always seem improbably perfect but sketched in and the villainess Myca (Bai Ling) in this story has the same look. As the half-sister of the villain, she represents a drawn image, not a person, and so do many of the other characters, including a thin Brandon Lee as the hero appearing somewhat like the anime vampires in manga. The cast itself was perfectly chosen to fit the ragtag mold of thugs in this fictional world. Rochelle Davis as Sarah, a neighbor of the Dravens, often steals the show with her piercing eyes and believable dialogue. At times the film looks like a violent music video, all images and action, no content with a soundtrack is wall-to-wall hard rock including NIN, Pantera, and My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult. The action scenes are choreographed to near perfection often leaving you in awe of what you are seeing evoking a world where the bizarre reality, not the story, is the point. Even a scene with a nod to John Woo gets its own dark take with its intense double-handed flair. I left the theater sad, knowing what his father had accomplished and never was able to see his son accomplish as well. Both careers seemed cut short just as early potential was being realized. As both Bruce and Brandon Lee's legacies will continue on after death, for now, their works have been preserved on film for us to enjoy. In irony, the whole movie is about a hero who is resurrected to take care of unfinished business. If any form of the supernatural exists, I, for one, would love to see Brandon return. But for now, RIP
The Crow Trivia
The Crow was released on May 13, 1994.
The Crow was directed by Alex Proyas.
The Crow has a runtime of 1 hr 41 min.
The Crow was produced by Alex Proyas, Jeff Most, Edward R. Pressman.
The key characters in The Crow are Eric (Brandon Lee), Sarah (Rochelle Davis), Albrecht (Ernie Hudson).
The Crow is rated R.
The Crow is a Fantasy, Action, Thriller film.
The Crow has an audience rating of 9 out of 10.