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The Crow - Wicked Prayer [2005]


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Truly Awful!
Review date: 2008-08-24 Rating: 2 out of 10

As has been stated earlier this is a truly awful film that combines some of the most wooden acting you're likely to see, abysmal casting and a storyline with more holes than a fishing net! Let's just hope that there are no more sequels in the pipeline and that Brandon Lee's memory/legacy is not tarnished any further...

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You know the story by now
Review date: 2007-07-16 Rating: 6 out of 10

Another evil deed, another hero rises from the grave.

He uses the crow's powers to slay the underlings. Then, as usual, the head baddy attacks the crow itself, leaving our hero stuggling. Where have I watched this before?

That said, the action is still great, although the penultimate wedding scene is unforgivably bad. Just what is up with all that [expletive] gangster-type language in a scene where they are supposed to be summonning the devil? A scouse incantation would have worked better!

Overall, I think most fans of the original will not like this one.

PASSION, REVENGE, ETERNITY
Review date: 2007-05-05 Rating: 4 out of 10

I bought this with the original THE CROW & THE CROW: SALVATION and I decided to watch it last night in bed. I was disappointed with this entry as it was all about Voodoo magic and don't get me wrong I like some films about voodoo (THE SKELETON KEY) but in this film it just felt it didn't do the film any justice. There is some really well known names in this film (Edward Furlong - (TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY, AMERICAN HISTORY X), Tara Reid (AMERICAN PIE, VAN WILDER), Danny Trejo (FROM DUSK TILL DAWN TRILOGY, DESPERADO).

I wasn't really expecting much out of this film so I got pretty much what I expected and there wasn't as much violence in this as there was in the previous films.

Just as ex con Jimmy Cuervo tries to straighten out his life, he and his girlfriend Lily are murdered in a satanic ritual by a renegade biker gang. But payback is at hand and Cuervo rises from the dead with the power of The Crow to avenge Lily's death and reunite with her in the afterlife.

In the year 1993 Brandon Lee created a very memorable dark and brooding character The Crow, the film had and exceptional script, smart direction, smart photography and a smart cast. Its one of my all time favorites. Everything from the look of the film, the characters (especially Lee as The Crow), the soundtrack and the overall story of love being stronger then death.

CITY OF ANGELS I haven't seen yet so I can't comment on it.

SALVATION I really liked and the film wasn't as bad as people made it out to be.

And now THE CROW: WICKED PRAYER. Unlike the other films this one takes place in the desert. I must admit I was impressed with the cinematography on this film. The desert scenes and the flashback scenes were all done well and looked great.

The film itself?, The direction?, The acting?. For starters the direction of this film was sloppy most of the time. It appeared more times then not the film was confused of where it wanted to go. The characters seemed stuck into scenes with little or no direction and carried the scenes with no skill. Each scene seemed under rehearsed or under developed.

Edward Furlong is by No stretch of my imagination an acceptable Crow, he looks too much like a gay goth groupie instead of a vengeful angel sent to make wrong things right. His costume appeared to steal too much from the original. I thought his performance was bland and tasteless and there was no emotion displayed by his character. I was also not convinced that his love was so undying that he could be brought back from the dead. Boreanez is wasted in this film and if he was directed righthe could really pull off the bad guy look. However in WICKED PRAYER it never feels like we are 100% sure of what he is doing and why. O.k. we get that he is performing a ritual to become the devil but why and what is his motivation, the film never tells us.

THE CROW: WICKED PRAYER is a step down in THE CROW series after the decent enough SALVATION. I also don't think Edward had the slightest clue about the torment behind his character.

I fear now its too late for THE CROW series to pick itself up. I appreciate that they tried something different and tried to change the formula somehow by moving it to the desert and filming in daylight but they failed. Some of the script wasn't delivered by the actors with any emotion behind what they said. The only thing that the film has going for it is the cool name. Its woth buying from a bargin bin for people who want the whole collection of THE CROW films.

All in all its an o.k. film but don't expect a masterpiece.

Thank you for reading my review.

NOT ANOTHER RUBBISH FOLLOW UP!
Review date: 2006-03-13 Rating: 2 out of 10

Of course my all time favourite film is the original 'The Crow'(see my review) All of the other Crow films so far have been devastatingley rubbish and have not yet even tried to surpass the original.
However the cast of David Boreanaz(angel), tara reid(american pie) and Ed Furlong(the kid from terminator2)made me think this film was actually worth watching
HOW WAS I WRONG!!!!
This film has a dumb plot to it, the baddies are pathetic and i cant really explain-but the film is really light/sunny there isant the dark, gothic, always raining horror film vibe to it that was the unique factor of the original.
NO WONDER IT DIDNT MAKE THE CINEMA!!! AVOID!!

the Crow does fly and flys well
Review date: 2005-12-11 Rating: 8 out of 10

Come on people. stop living in the fantasy that Brandon left behind. True he was a good Crow but the story and characters have moved on since then. Now i admit that two was bad but three was good and so is this.
Eddie does a good job as the Crow. He shows the anger and rage that the character feel so well.
For instance look at the way that he stares at pest during the confrontation in the blue moth bar. You can see that his eyes are full of hate as he says the line "you own me two lifetimes and a set of perfect blue eyes". That was something the other Crow couldn't do. Stop living in the shadow of brandon's own incarnation of the Crow, and remember the stories on which the Crow is based. If you think that every Crow is going to be like Brandon then you are shadowing yourself from these other great editions to the crow genre.
Wicked prayer is well worth a look as this one is more gothic than the others. The character is more anger than the rest of the other Crows put together and it shows too. I have watched this one over five times and still liked it.
David Boranez plays a great villain and he plays it so well that you physically despise him so much more than the other Crow villains that there have been and you really do want to see him meet the Crow for a death dance.
I say this to all people who say they are fans of the Crow. Go back to the novels and see the Crow for what it really is, then see this with an open mind and no expectations.
Maybe then you will see it as a good edition of the Crow series.
"what i got in me.....ain't life"

Product Details/Specifications


Actor(s):
Tara Reid
Edward Furlong
Dennis Hopper
David Boreanaz
Emmanuelle Chriqui

Creators:
Edward Furlong (Primary Contributor)
David Boreanaz (Primary Contributor)

Director(s):

Recording label: Entertainment in Video
Manufacturer: Entertainment in Video
EAN: 5017239193699
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2005-10-24
Audience rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 95 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2005
Language: English (Original Language)

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