The Crow: Salvation (2000)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Bharat Nalluri

Writers (WGA):

James O'Barr (comic book series) (comic strip)
Chip Johannessen (written by)

Release Date:

14 June 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Fantasy | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

For Vengeance, For Justice, For Love.

Plot:

Alex Corvis returns to the world of the living to solve the murder of a young woman that he was wrongly accused of.

Plot Keywords:

Crow | Murder | The Crow | Death | Revenge

Cast

Kirsten Dunst	...	Erin Randall
Eric Mabius	...	Alex Corvis / The Crow
Fred Ward	...	The Captain
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe	...	Lauren Randall
William Atherton	...	Nathan Randall
K.C. Clyde	...	Brad
Bruce McCarthy	...	Madden
Debbie Fan	...	Barbara Chen
Gabrielle Woods	...	Old Woman
Dale Midkiff	...	Vincent Erlich
David Stevens	...	Tommy Leonard
Grant Shaud	...	Peter Walsh
Bill Mondy	...	Phillip Dutton
Walton Goggins	...	Stan Robbers (as Walter Goggins)
Britt Leary	...	Stacey

Also Known As:

The Crow 3 (USA) (working title)
The Crow III - Tödliche Erlösung (Germany) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive strong violence, and for sexual content and language.

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

Germany | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Germany:18 (JK/SPIO) (cut) | Portugal:M/16 | Finland:K-18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | France:-12 | New Zealand:R18 | Peru:18 | South Korea:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | Singapore:M18

Filming Locations:

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Company:

Edward R. Pressman Film

Trivia:

Was released direct-to-video after poor test screenings.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the Crow stands at his dead girlfriends grave, the stone angel cries blood. The blood is at first all the way down the cheek, but in the next shot, the blood is just below the eye, and it has apparently dried out.

Quotes:

Vincent Erlich: [Screams after Alex pushes the knife deeper into his leg through his hand]
Vincent Erlich: What do you want?
Alex Corvis (The Crow): I want Lauren. I want my life back. I want to know why!

Movie Connections:

Follows The Crow: City of Angels (1996)

Better than the second one, but I'm still not digging it

Now, the main problem with this film was the plot. It wasn't the actors, because they actually did a decent job. It wasn't the director, because it seemed like he knew what he was doing. It was the plot, plain and simple, the plot. First off, Corvis turning into the crow? No, didn't work for me. I didn't feel for these characters at all to tell the truth. The script didn't develop them as well as the first "Crow" did. So that was a major problem, I didn't feel that Corvis and Lauren had a strong love because they repeatedly showed the same loving scene between them. "Was that their only romantic moment?" I thought. See, the first "Crow" showed many memories of Shelly and Eric that were loving and touching, it showed how much they loved each other and it would never die.

Another problem I had was the make up was naturally on Corvis and didn't give any depth to his anger on the murder of his girlfriend. Kirsten Dunst seemed really out of place and was just another copy off of Sarah from the first "Crow". The villains, they were not that disturbing.

Everything just didn't go in depth enough for me to care. For the "Crow" fans, I would recommend to complete the trilogy. But to other movie fans looking for a good rent, forget it.

5/10