Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

Fluke_Skywalker Plays most of the same notes as the original, but not half as well. Vincent Perez - playing an entirely different character - still seems to be doing his best Brandon Lee impression, which sadly isn't very good. Only the hauntingly beautiful Mia Kirshner manages to transcend her paint by numbers role. In truth, I'd rather have seen her as The Crow.'City of Angels' was reportedly heavily edited by Miramax (no surprise there if you know anything about their butchery practices) and has subsequently been disowned by director Tim Pope and screenwriter David Goyer. At 86 minutes with credits, it definitely feels chopped up. A so-called "Second Coming" edit of the film apparently exists, and perhaps it's better as some claim, but there's an inherent artistic failure here that no amount of "more" can fix.

Michael_Elliott The Crow: City of Angels (1996)* 1/2 (out of 4) A vicious drug dealer (Richard Brooks) has mechanic Ashe Corven (Vincent Perez) killed along with his wife and young son. A year later the crow leads the mechanic back from the dead for revenge. Like many bad sequels to good movies, this one here is basically just a remake without any imagination and in the end you're just watching a cheaper, less entertaining version of the 1994 film. THE CROW: CITY OF ANGELS is pretty much dead from the word go as there's simply nothing here to get excited about. I think the only reason I didn't rate the movie lower is that while watching the thing you can't help but hope that something exciting will finally happen and you keep hanging in there hoping for it but in the end it never comes. The entire look of the film just seems like a weak copy of the first and there's no question that this contains a real lack of energy, excitement or simply any characters to root for. I say that because it's hard not to root for anyone who has had their family slaughtered, that's a given, but the problem here is that the film simply doesn't make us care for Ashe or his family. Even the villains here are all forgettable with the exception of Iggy Pop who goes all out with his funny, over-the-top performance. Perez is pretty bland in the lead role. It seems he was going for the same type of laid back approach that Brandon Lee did but it just doesn't work here. Bringing the Sarah character back from the previous film also doesn't work here. The action scenes are all rather boring and I'd say that the majority of them lack any real imagination. The lack of imagination is something that can be said about the majority of this film as this sequel just never gets off the ground.

tfclubjazzgirlraven I admit that Salvation was the first version I watched before looking for the original from 1994, but I'm glad I did or I wouldn't have given it a chance after this great disappointment.The actor choice and acting was poor at best and it was slow moving.The directing was everywhere and though the soundtrack was still good, that's about the only good thing about this film.Vincent Perez is the worst version of The crow yet! I couldn't help but view him as a spazzed out Carrot-Top, No, even that comedian would have done the role better! They murdered the character that was supposed to be Sarah, and though I'm sure it's supposed to be because she grew up and matured, they chose the wrong direction for a character that was so lovable.Not to troll, I love the feelings any father has for his child, but the feeling just wasn't the same. It felt more like "Oh my god, was he more with his son then a dad? Is he gay?" Just a personal opinion, Salvation and the Original were way better then this piece of scrap and I'm glad I didn't waste the money to see it in theaters.

Drew Brackett aaah, the crow city of angels. bad acting, poorly choreographed fight scenes, s&m gimps, men with prettier hair than the ladies, men kissing each other and lots of "okay, why did that just happen?" moments. what not to like? the only Strong point to this movie would probably be its set design. other than that its damn near unbearable. have you ever been somewhere at night or on a cloudy day and saw a guy rocking dark sun glasses? you think to yourself "what a total douche!" but you know in his mind, he's totally cool. thats the vibe i get from this movie. the movies far to overkill with the goth thing and it doesn't work. it did in the original crow. but this one feels like its just trying way too hard. then we have Vincent Perez. wooden and just not as interesting to watch as Brandon lee and makes the character boring. plus the whole 1970's looking feathered out haircut just drains any intimidation factor to the crow and makes him look plain comical. to put it simple, i wish i didn't even watch this mess.