The Crow

"The Crow carries a certain aura of a curse—mainly due to the first version, released in 1994, which was marked by an on-set incident that killed the protagonist Brandon Lee. In this new version, arriving 30 years after the first adaptation, filmmaker Rupert Sanders (Snow White and the Huntsman) tries to dispel that aura and embraces the essence of the graphic novel, written by James O'Barr. To achieve this, Sanders flirts with an emo aesthetic as he tells the story of a young man (Bill Skarsgård) who falls madly in love with a girl (FKA twigs) in distress. As we know, she ends up dying, and the protagonist embarks on a relentless—and violent—quest for revenge. Skarsgård is far from having the biggest highlight of his career, somewhat overshadowed by the nearly unforgiving tone that the character demands, but he demonstrates physical commitment in the action scenes, which are reminiscent of what we've seen in the John Wick franchise and even Deadpool. Sanders shows tremendous difficulty in capturing the essence of love, the emotion that should permeate the entire story, lending a certain fragility to the plot. Even so, when the action starts, The Crow works very well—and leaves you excited to see more of this iconic character on screen."