Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘The Crow’

Written by Scott Edwards

​Holding a grudge is something that I’ve never really understood. Overall, I believe it is a waste of time and effort to keep something in your system towards a person that wronged you long ago. While I do like the idea of forgive and forget, there is no problem in showing how much you dislike or distrust the person, because how are they going to understand that they were in the wrong. Life is too short to keep hatred in your heart for so long, while you don’t actually have to forgive the person, you can let it go in your own way and continue to live your life to the fullest with a happiness that makes life worth living.
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Rolling up on a gruesome scene, Officer Albrecht wants to try his hardest to find the ones responsible for the murder of Eric Draven and his fiancé Shelly as soon as possible. But with nobody in the building willing to talk about what they might have witnessed; he will be left with an unsolved murder under his belt. Helping to keep an eye on young Sarah who was a friend of the family, Albrecht has never forgotten what he saw, but things in his city are about to take a turn for the worse as a new character is about to reveal himself.

Waking from a year of dead slumber, Eric Draven knows why he has been given a second chance above ground. Wanting revenge for what was done to himself and Shelly, Eric must gather all that he remembers to find the men responsible. With a strange power of touch, Eric is able to remember and re-live events that are attached to people, along with objects. With more to go off of in finding his first victim, Eric is ready to make this Halloween night one that no one will ever forget. Being able to subdue Tin Tin with his own weapons, Eric moves on to the next man on his list, Funboy, who had his way with his dead wife.  

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Finding the junkie doing what he loves most of all, Eric makes sure that he is not only about killing the men responsible for his death, but also helping those who need him most. Allowing Sarah’s mother to leave unharmed, Eric is able to cash in on the junkie at his own game and makes sure he goes on a trip that he will never forget, much less survive. Seeing the woman running out of the club, Grange is curious as to what has happened. Checking out the room, he gets a look at the white-faced vigilante that is killing off his employer’s men. Reporting back to his boss, Top Dollar, the two are tasked with finding out who this man is and what he really wants.
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With two men down and two to go, Eric turns his attention to T-Bird who seemed to be the mastermind behind the events that took place a year ago. With more violent memories shooting through his mind about that night, Eric gives the bomb expert a little going away present with a bang. With only one man left, Eric is able to find the offices of Top Dollar where the man should be and stops in for a quick meeting to take Skank away for his own purposes. Top Dollar however is not willing to serve his man up to anyone and wants to take this dead man down once again. As the battle rages on and Top Dollar sees that his new foe is not easily defeated, he and his sister must come up with another plan, one that can kill the undead. Eric is not willing to give up until all aspects of his revenge are fulfilled, but little does he know the hell he has just opened up in the city on one of its most dangerous nights.

I remember watching this movie in theaters with a good friend who absolutely loved it. While I was not blown away by it back then, my opinion of the movie has changed over the years. While you can complain about the plot holes that are left up to your imagination, overall, the storyline is what it needs to be from beginning to end. One of the things that I am really blown away by with this movie is that there are no small parts, as every character is central to how the story is going to end. You don’t get to see this in a lot of movies these days. The love that Eric still had in his heart throughout all of the killing had to be my biggest takeaway from this movie, as he never lost his humanity and only wanted the ones responsible for his fiancé’s death, the rest was thrust upon him. With plenty of gun play, some fun fights, a junkie mother, an off-duty cop helping and an undead hero, this movie leaves it all on the screen and will not leave you longing for anything more.   

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