The Crow (2024)

[Brian G Turner]

I remember enjoying the original at the time, though I suspect it probably hasn't dated well - so now there's a reboot:

The soundtrack to the original film was pretty good - no idea what the new one might be like!

 

[BAYLOR]

Another pointless remake .

 

[Judderman]

This wasn’t a fantastic film that will likely be worse when remade, like many cases are. It was a decent/good film with room for improvement, and more famous for Brandon Lee’s death than anything else. Could actually be a good case for a reboot. For sure the sequels can be improved!
Possibly they are trying to follow a Joker vibe, but it should be a little different. More gothic.

 

[hitmouse]

The revue in The Guardian does not pull its punches:

“There are different types of bad movies. There are those that find an unintended audience after the fact, reframing them as sources of amusement to be ridiculed, those that are simply too dull to be thought of ever again and then there are those that are made with such staggering incompetence that they barely even exist. The latter category is the one that I find hardest to endure, films such as The Snowman (a head-scratchingly awful thriller that was technically unfinished yet still released) veering from bad to refund-level unwatchable.

It was no real surprise that a tortured update of 1994’s cursed goth revenge thriller The Crow would be a misfire – it’s been in development since 2008 with multiple directors and actors attached ever since – but it’s genuinely startling just how utterly wretched the finished product is and how unfit it is for a wide release. Filmed two years ago and dumped on a low-expectation late summer weekend, The Crow 2.0 is a total, head-in-hands disaster, incoherently plotted and sloppily made, destined to join the annals of the very worst and most pointless remakes ever made.”

 

[BAYLOR]

The revue in The Guardian does not pull its punches:

“There are different types of bad movies. There are those that find an unintended audience after the fact, reframing them as sources of amusement to be ridiculed, those that are simply too dull to be thought of ever again and then there are those that are made with such staggering incompetence that they barely even exist. The latter category is the one that I find hardest to endure, films such as The Snowman (a head-scratchingly awful thriller that was technically unfinished yet still released) veering from bad to refund-level unwatchable.

It was no real surprise that a tortured update of 1994’s cursed goth revenge thriller The Crow would be a misfire – it’s been in development since 2008 with multiple directors and actors attached ever since – but it’s genuinely startling just how utterly wretched the finished product is and how unfit it is for a wide release. Filmed two years ago and dumped on a low-expectation late summer weekend, The Crow 2.0 is a total, head-in-hands disaster, incoherently plotted and sloppily made, destined to join the annals of the very worst and most pointless remakes ever made.”

These pass though too many creative and un-creative hands projects usually end up becoming box office thudsters.

 

[Judderman]

A stinging review!

 

[Peppa]

The revue in The Guardian does not pull its punches:

“There are different types of bad movies. There are those that find an unintended audience after the fact, reframing them as sources of amusement to be ridiculed, those that are simply too dull to be thought of ever again and then there are those that are made with such staggering incompetence that they barely even exist. The latter category is the one that I find hardest to endure, films such as The Snowman (a head-scratchingly awful thriller that was technically unfinished yet still released) veering from bad to refund-level unwatchable.

It was no real surprise that a tortured update of 1994’s cursed goth revenge thriller The Crow would be a misfire – it’s been in development since 2008 with multiple directors and actors attached ever since – but it’s genuinely startling just how utterly wretched the finished product is and how unfit it is for a wide release. Filmed two years ago and dumped on a low-expectation late summer weekend, The Crow 2.0 is a total, head-in-hands disaster, incoherently plotted and sloppily made, destined to join the annals of the very worst and most pointless remakes ever made.”

"A tortured update" is the most apt definition for the new The Crow. I couldn't have said it better myself. Those three words are the best description of this .

 

[Judderman]

A shame. Probably a lot of sunk costs and they just decided they get the thing out there.

 

[BAYLOR]

"A tortured update" is the most apt definition for the new The Crow. I couldn't have said it better myself. Those three words are the best description of this .

The next sound you will hear is the very big and loud thud at the box office of a movie no one really asked for in the first place.

 

[BAYLOR]

It's already on streaming ?

 

[Brian G Turner]

I watched the Pitch Meeting summary on YouTube - it wasn't very encouraging.

 

[BAYLOR]

I watched the Pitch Meeting summary on YouTube - it wasn't very encouraging.

They've been trying restart this one for years . There's not enough interest .