The Crow: City of Angels

I absolutely love this movie! I don't care what purists want to say, this is a truly great film that was handed the deathblow by a meddlesome Weinstein and a cut happy studio. But even on the surface the movie has gorgeous cinematography, great design, haunting score, awesome soundtrack, some wonderfully comic characters and a nice twist on the story. The resolution of the main villain is pretty bad, and there are some over-the-top one liners, but they just add to the charm. Tim Pope and company were robbed...

I know, this will be a very unpopular opinion, but I like this one better than the first.
Overall, for me, a very good movie.

3 cents photocopy of The Crow. The exotic Mia stands out.

A significant step down from the original film. Lots of cheesy and/or cringey moments throughout the film. Fight scenes are almost non existent, and the finale sucks. However, I did like earth tone with colored hue atmospheres and there are some good visuals. Still retains a good soundtrack. I still had a decent time watching this film. I wonder what the directors original cut would have looked like since word on the street is that the studio cut and chopped this one beyond recognition.

Quite the drop off.

I wasn't totally and utterly bored with 'The Crow: City of Angels', the short 85 minute run time helps, but everything about it is extremely forgettable. This sequel to 1994's 'The Crow' fails to recapture anything that the original flick did so impressively, the whole vibe of this one just feels like a watered down rehash of what came prior.

Mia Kirshner is the pick of the cast, she doesn't get much to work with but is still someone I was at least a tiny bit interested in onscreen. Vincent Perez isn't terrible, though there isn't really anything to praise about his performance. Elsewhere, Iggy Pop gives a wooden showing - though at least looked like he was having a blast doing so.

Hopefully the other two sequels improved upon this.

A tragically compromised film, you can see what it wanted to be under the editing forced by Weinstein. Would that have been something amazing? Probably not, but it was something different. You can still see the style, the atmosphere, the smog over the city and the even more stylized outfits and villains lending it an apocalyptic, almost Mad Max vibe. The performances are more theatrical- Perez is more of a trickster than Lee was, and Brooks is just having fun with simple sadistic relish that would serve him well in Firefly. But the editing has cut the pacing to shit, and seems intent on stripping its identity away- flashbacks are forced in because it’s what the first one did! But everything this film imitates the first did better- the kills and action aren’t as striking. And the romance between Sarah and Ashe is nothing. Sarah ends up being just about as much a character as Eric’s dead girlfriend despite more screentime. The original version probably wasn’t going to be great, but it would’ve been more interesting, and could stand next to the original. Instead we’re left with only visions of what could’ve been. Maybe I’ll check out the fan cut sometime.

So I've heard that this film got butchered by the studio and boy does it ever show. this film makes no sense. Unless all you want to look at is atmospheric fog, brights lights, dark shadows and goth/bdsm aesthetic. I mean, it is a look I guess... but it isn't really an actual film.

Of course, I knew going in that this low-budget sequel to "The Crow" would fall far short of the first film with Brandon Lee. But I would at least give "City of Angels" credit for its occasionally atmospheric look. The production design is quite dirty and grimy, which ultimately suits the film quite well. Otherwise, however, it's not a good film. The acting is mainly bad, although I found Mia Kirshner at least likeable. Meanwhile, the staging is anything but dynamic, the effects are weak, and the revenge story definitely won't get anyone excited. Ultimately, the second ‘The Crow’ film is pretty insignificant, so it's neither particularly enjoyable as an example of "so bad it's good" nor as a serious action thriller.

Formulaic and contrived, The Crow: City of Angels is a deplorable piece of garbage that lacks the passion and soulfulness of the original. This time the Crow resurrects a father to avenge his and his son’s deaths at the hands of a viscous gang. The storytelling is awful, and feels like a cheap knockoff of the original. Additionally, the Gothic aesthetic is over stylized and pretentious. The Crow: City of Angels is a spectacularly awful film that has no grasp of James O’Barr’s vision.