What do you remember most about the 1994 movieThe Crow?
The recasting of Detroit as a dystopian hellscape?
Villainous lovers Michael Wincott and Bai Ling vamping around a dimly-lit den and setting new standards for #CreepyCoupleGoals?
Bill Skarsgård in ‘The Crow’Larry Horricks/Lionsgates
The adorable skateboarding moppet that informs detective Ernie Hudson that onions on hot dogs cause farting?
The fact that the whole thing feels like a homicidal mime accidentally wandered into a Stabbing Westward music video?
You thrill to Lees undeniable presence and mourn the career that could have been.
Thats the nostalgia and brand recognition they want to cash in on, for better or worse.
Remember how much you loved the first movie?
It helps that hes also, you know, really talented and can carry a movie.
Now comes the bad part: Theres not much of a movie to carry.
True to the marketing departments word,The Crow2.0 is not a remake of the original film.
The overall caw remains the same.
For the first half, their lovers-on-the-run story takes precedence over anything remotely mythic or supernatural.
Sanders and screenwriters Zach Baylin and William Schneider will get around to the superheroics in due time.
But first, they want to give youCrowmeo and Juliet.
Lots and lots of birds.
The catch is that Eric has to kill everyone responsible for their deaths.
Luckily, he has crows on his side hooray!
and can feel pain, but cant be killed.
