The Crow: Wicked Prayer

Watched The film with an open mind thinking the film wouldn't be that bad!! How wrong i was the plot makes no sense at all, unlike the original film the actors are all wooden and seem to have no sense of what the legacy and style of the Crow is all about. The plot of the graphic novel of the same name is completely different. At Times the film almost seems like a bad parody of the original with some frames lifted directly from it. The problem with all the sequels is the budget is never enough and also James O'Barr doesn't seem to want to have anything do with it. Also why the hell was dennis hopper in it? he popped up from no where acted everyone under the table and then had the worlds crappiest death.

I have to admit that with a cast like Dennis Hopper, Eddie Furlong and David Boreanaz, I expected this to be a decent movie. For me at least, it wasn't. It's a retelling of the original movie with an added twist, David Boreanaz is trying to become the anti-Christ and to do so, requires the help of the pimp, Dennis Hopper. To me, the movie lacked emotion (and in some scenes, acting ability). It seems rushed. Instead of trying to focus on building relationships between characters in the movie, they simply say, "Okay. Here is the cast, here is a one minute flashback to show how they know each other, and we will throw elements in every now and then to explain the conflict." I'll conclude with this: Dennis Hopper, Eddie Furlong and David Boreanaz have done some good work in their time. This isn't it.

I reviewed the best and feel obliged to review "the worst?" (debatable since City of Angels is so boring). This movie is a one time watch train wreck you can't take your eyes off of. It's such a mess and such a bad movie that it is an amusing watch even if only one time. As a Crow sequel or anything even associated with The Crow comics this is a shameful thing to be hidden away from the world and forgotten about but as its own thing, a study in weirdly bad cinema it merits a viewing. From strange casting decisions to ludicrous storylines you will be mesmerized at just how bad it truly is. If you're still on the fence this should get you off of it...... Tara Reid award caliber performance, on of the corniest and most ridiculous villains you'll ever see and a Crow who cannot fight. Still on the fence? THERE IS NO FENCE!!!

Edward Furlong plays a resurrected ex-convict who seeks revenge against a group to Satanists led by David Boreanaz and Tara Reid, who murdered his girlfriend. Not that the prior sequels were all that good, but this one is awful! All three main leads seem horribly miscast. Changing the setting from a dark Gothic cityscape to a mystical south of the border modern day western setting also seemed like a serious misstep. I'm tempted to say there is nothing to recommend about this film, but Danny Trejo does have a small part, so that's one glimmer amongst a sea of awful.

Back in the day Alex Proyas brought us the relatively low budget actioner The crow, after that a sequel that wasn't too bad followed, after that yet another not great but not too terrible sequel came...and now this. What on earth went wrong, and why was this movie ever made? It is one thing making a bad movie that had the potential of being a good movie, but this movie never had potential whatsoever. It was awful to watch, the script were terrible and it was almost as if the director wasn't quite sure what he wanned the movie to look like, he tried to give it a 2000's MTV hip-hop feel in the beginning and then tried to do something quite different and then everything went to hell and everything got so cheesy that I only needed a patty and a bun and I would have had a cheeseburger, it actually bordered on slapstick comedy. Yes this film should not be watched and its lightyears away from the classic helmed by Alex Proyas.