The Crow

The film, which has been in the making since 2008, changing directors and cast multiple times, is not as impressive as some claim. Has this legendary film been reborn, and has The Crow been successfully reinterpreted after 30 years?

Comparisons are precisely what weigh down this premiere. Attempting to balance action, drama, blockbuster elements, and fantasy, The Crow, featuring Bill Skarsgård, almost sinks in a fictional world teeming with hellish snakes and crows.

"By sacrificing himself to save his beloved, Eric Draven is caught between the worlds of the living and the dead. He returns from the afterlife to seek justice." The dynamic plot and Skarsgård's performance save the film's artificial setting. Just when you start to doubt what's happening, Bill appears on screen with a bare torso or haunting eyes, and everything falls into place. FKA Twigs, playing the main character's love interest, is intriguing and memorable in appearance, but it's difficult to believe in her, whether she's alive or resurrected.

A love story where the chemistry feels like a cheap melodrama transitions into a good, emotional finale with an action scene set to classical music. I, a person existing outside the universe of 'The Crow,' leave the cinema with a pleasant sense of not having wasted my time.

If you watch without expectations or comparisons, it's just what you need to brighten up an evening.

7/10