People once believed that when someone dies, a crow carries their soul to the land of the dead. But sometimes, something so bad happens that a terrible sadness is carried with the soul and the soul can�t rest. And sometimes, just sometimes, the crow can bring that soul back to put the wrong things right. The Crow mythology is based upon an ancient Navaho belief of the crow being the messanger of death and the transporter of souls. James O'Barr, the creator of The Crow graphic novel series, used this mythos to develop a vengeful, grief-driven hero, which has resulted in the creation of numerous graphic novels, two feature length films (soon to be three), and a television series.
It is Devil's Night in the inner city, a fiery eve of decadence and debauchery, when a working-class rocker, Eric Draven and his fiancee are brutally murdered by Top Dollar's gang. Exactly one year later, Eric is ressurected by forces he cannot explain and returns to the city of his demise to exact his revenge. Endowed with supernatural strength and vision, and guided by a hypnotic black crow - the spirit guide between the world of the living and the relm of the dead - Eric avenges his pain by taking down the city's master criminal and his urban thugs. The Crow is an action film adaptaion of James O'Barr's graphic novel series, starring Brandon Lee as Eric Draven. Unfortunatly, during the filming of the movie, production was stalled due to a tragedy on the set when Brandon Lee was shot dead with a prop gun. The movie was eventually finished and released in 1993. Since its release it has earned a strong cult following and lead to the release of a second movie, The Crow: City of Angels.
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Against the macabre backdrop of the traditional Day of the Dead celebration, The Crow: City of Angels tells a new chapter in the gothic urban mythology of love transcending death. Creating an all-new incarnation of the brooding dark hero - the victim of urban violence returned to the living world to exact personal justice - Vincent Perez portrays Ashe, the young man who emerges from the night of his own horrific murder with the mysterious powers of The Crow. He returns to seek out and destroy the most savage criminals in a surrealistic city of preponderant evil. As he sets out on his fateful mission, Ashe becomes drawn to Sarah, someone with whom he seems to share psychic and emotional bonds. Sarah, Mia Kirshner, the young woman who as a young teenager first encountered The Crow, and cannot escape her connection with The Crow. Legendary punk rocker Iggy Pop also stars as one of the cold-blooded killers responsible for Ashe's brutal death