Brandon Lee is most know for his film "The Crow" which was made in 1994. This was his very last film as he was tragically killed on set with a gun that everybody thought had blanks in them. It turns out that one was a live round.
The film starts on Devils night October 30th and is about a rock guitarist Eric Draven (Brandon lee) and his new bride to be Shelly who are beaten and killed by a gang of thugs intent on causing chaos and murder on Devils night. Eric is killed by being shot and then thrown out of his top window. The film actually starts by the police arriving on the scene after this has happened and during taking Shelly away in the ambulance before she dies she tells them to look after Sarah. (who the couple used to look after) You then see a grave opening in the mud and rain with a crow sitting on the tombstone of Eric Draven who has been brought back from the dead for revenge against those who have wronged him and Shelly. The crow has a power to bring wrestles souls back from the dead and help them seek vengeance. You
see the group of thugs causing damage to a slot machine arcade by smashing it up and torching buildings. During this time Eric is having flashbacks to that night and what has happened as he struggles to walk to his building unsure of what is happening to himself, with the crow leading the way. He cuts himself on his window and his hands heal within seconds. He cannot die or be harmed anymore. Sarah goes to the apartment as she is longing to see them again but knows she can't. She senses Eric there and he tells her that he has come back by some miracle. Eric dresses in black and paints his face white and black and goes out into the night ……..
Without telling you too much about the rest of the story or how Eric gets his revenge you shall have to make your own mind up about this film that I think is a masterpiece. This is as fresh and exciting today as it was made in 1996.
The film I am reviewing is the region 1 collectors edition, which is basically the same as the region 2 one. This has DTS sound and dolby digital, has DVD rom capability, and the normal languages, subtitles etc.
As this has two disks I shall tell you what is on both. In this case the region 2 version may or may not have this two disk set as there are two region 2 versions out, the single film one disk edition and the two disk version which is very similar to what I am reviewing here.
Disk 1 :
The Crow
Disk 2 :
Behind the scenes featurette, this includes all that went on with the making adaption, music and everything you could want to hear about the making of the film. This is directed by Alex Proyas whomb you hear talking about this with the rest of cast and crew during this making of featurette. There is an interview on this featurette with Brandon lee during the making of the film and this was his last ever interview. This was completed without Brandon as he was killed on set but the film was not finished. The direcor will tell you about this. This featurette goes in depth and talks about every character of the film and their background.
There is a feature commentary with producer Jeff Most and screenwriter John Shirley with in depth conversations about this film and everything you would want to know. They give tremendous insight into this film and the cast.
There are extended scenes that were cut just because of time reasons
There is a deleted footage montage that brings everything together with a piece of soundtrack from the film
This also has DVD Rom features of : Devil's night retribution trivia game Enhanced playback track Screenplay viewer Weblinks
When I first saw this film I loved it and thought that the way Brandon had played the Crow was the best. This has a great storyline and I have seen this film so many times I cannot express how good this actually is. This was Brandon's finest and mainly the film he will get mostly remembered for.
As I have said before the region 2 version may not include all of these special features but I know it has most of these on it as they are very similar. As these DVDs were being made both regions were having more special features on than normal as this film was to be a prior example of.
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