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The Crow (2024)

 

The Crow is a reboot of the 1994 film of the same name and based on the comic The Crow by Caliber Comics.

Directed by Rupert Sanders, the same person who brought you the Ghost in the Shell and Foundation adaptations. He also did the Kristen Stewart - Snow White and the Huntsman. This falls in line with those other films in terms of direction but editing-wise there is a bit of a pacing issue that shouldn't exist for a director with his record.
 
Bill Skarsgård plays the main character Eric who is in love with FKA twigs's character Shelly. Their love is mostly believable although twigs acting starts off rocky but gets better as the film goes on. I would have re-shot most of the beginning scenes since she clearly improved as the shoots went on.

Type-cast supervillain Danny Huston plays, surprise-surprise the villain. He's cold and has a face you want to punch. He'll keep getting work since he does such a good job in this role. I'm sure he's a wonderful person in real life. 

My expectations were super low and it was better than expected. This supernatural emo John Wick is not good, it's just okay. Result: C+
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