The Crow: Salvation
The Crow: Salvation
R | 23 January 2000 (USA)
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Alex Corvis, a man wrongly executed for the murder of his girlfriend, returns from the dead and sets out to find the real killer.

Reviews
Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?
Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
Hayleigh Joseph This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.
Cissy Évelyne It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.
moviefan2k4 The core story of this movie is really good, but like the other sequels, it revels in extreme sexuality and gore, neither of which were in the original.Eric Mabius ("Resident Evil", TV's "Ugly Betty") stars as Alex Corvis, convicted for the brutal murder of his girlfriend Lauren Randall (Jodi-Lyn O'Keefe). Framed for the crime, and without any evidence to support his innocence, Alex is executed on the night of his 21st birthday. Hours later, he is revived by a hypnotic crow, and given the power of invincibility. Breaking into the police evidence room, Alex finds a list of witnesses from his trial. The first, Tommy Leonard, tells Alex the cops on that list blackmailed him.Soon, Lauren's sister Erin (Kirsten Dunst) runs into Alex while visiting Lauren's grave, but he disappears. Later, he visits her home with evidence incriminating her father (William Atherton). Faced with the truth, she agrees to help him, but is soon kidnapped by the corrupt police chief (Fred Ward). Killing all the officers in a quest to find Lauren's real murderer, Alex is fooled into thinking his mission's finished. Now mortal, he finds out the captain ordered Lauren's death, but is stabbed repeatedly while confronting him. Dying again, Eric is brought to the captain's lair, but has his powers restored by the crow for a final showdown. Back at the prison's execution chamber, Alex and Erin watch as the captain is electrocuted. Finally free, Alex vanishes for good, and Erin visits his grave sometime later.My main reasons for rating the film so low are due to explicit sexuality and gore. Several people are repeatedly stabbed, one man has a name carved into his head, and another's arm is cut off. Extended walks through a strip club show topless dancers and fully nude porn workers. The language is about on par with the rest of the series, and definitely fits the R rating.
TBJCSKCNRRQTreviews I watched this before the original The Crow. In fact, I'm not sure I realized that this was part of a series, much less the third part. Now, having watched the original(I have not seen the second movie), comparisons are unavoidable, and they are, I'm afraid, entirely and mercilessly unfavorable. This "gets" rather little from the first at all, and even less of it gets done right. There are attempts for the tone, but in spite of introducing new perverted enemies for the undead bird to seek out and combat, it just doesn't have the impact of the first. The language and nudity is present, but that's hardly what made the first excellent. The style... I don't know, it tries. More often than not, the film comes off as silly(unintentionally, I'd wager). The plot could have been better, and it seems like there was at least one point where they go for demystifying some of the supernatural elements(fantasy is by no means a genre I venture into often, much less enjoy, but in the original, it definitely worked). The powers may have also been altered. The pacing is reasonable, I guess. The acting is usually unimpressive, except for perhaps moments by the two leads. The music isn't bad, mostly rock, and dark in mood, fitting. I wouldn't exactly put up much of a fight if someone tried to sell me the soundtrack. The action has some to offer, as well(if it gets terribly overblown and overdone at parts, in its attempts to outdo the first film), though I can't claim that it'll stay in your memory for long(and, come on, if we're going to watch a young man fight, are we going to choose Eric Mabius over Brandon Lee any day of the week, on a dare, to win a bet *and/or* any other reason? I refer you to Will Smith's oft-used catch-phrase of many of his movies for an answer(hint: it's the one where he uses a word that refers to downstairs, and no, I'm not talking about a basement). The effects are good. The movie is shot and edited fine, if there aren't really any ground-breaking moments. A lot of this seems almost remade from the first, just lacking what made that film great. Gone is the poetic justice. Images, events and the basic *structure* of the film are recycled from the first, almost to the point where you start to wonder if these film-makers actually had or even thought they had *anything* to actually contribute to the franchise, or if they just saw a cash cow, grabbed a teet each and squeezed, as hard as they could. Actual fans of The Crow should steer clear of this. If all you want is a revenge flick, and you either don't mind or prefer them with some touch of fantasy and/or the supernatural, knock yourself out. I recommend this to those who find themselves in the latter group(I've got no problem with people in said group... I just want to make it clear who are likely to enjoy the film). 5/10
Keiron After the pathetic "The Crow - City of Angels" and the absolutely appalling, why-did-they-bother "The Crow - Wicked Prayer" , you would be forgiven for thinking that all Crow sequels were a load of rubbish. And nothing more than an attempt to cash in on the brilliance of the original. At least, that's what I was thinking until I saw "The Crow - Salvation". IT'S NOT THAT BAD!!! While Eric Mabius will never match Brandon Lee's effort, he makes a pretty good fist of it, even if the makeup doesn't make him look dead enough. The film goes back to the original in it's darkness and execution. But uses a different story line to avoid sameness. The corrupt cop villains are convincing enough for the audience to hate and they die gruesome and deserved deaths. Just like villains should. This was one aspect that failed in the other sequels. Perhaps "The Crow - Salvation" is the only Crow sequel that should have been made? It's almost worthy!!!!
Andrew Purse I bought this movie after enjoying the first two, and knowing that the movies would have nothing in common. While watching the film, I took note of a few things, these were: The acting was very poor and would have been better if performed by monkeys, the lighting was so dark that you could barely see anything correctly, the audio track was so quite that you could barely understand the actors, and it lost all meaning of the story rather quickly.The only good part of the movie, was the end. I was sorely disappointed and only keep in around as a place filler in my DVD rack. Seriously, Barney the Purple Dinosaur strikes as better entertainment.