It is amazing how "The Crow" franchise manages to slide in quality from one film to the next. The first one was really good, the second was so-so, the third was terrible, and this one... this one...
The movie starts out with promise. Four criminals who have named themselves after the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are seeking to revenge themselves on a small mining town for past injustices. They vent some of their rage on a former associate and his soon-to-be fiancé. This interesting plot device works for the first five minutes of the film. Then the "acting" begins.
I have nothing against Edward Furlong, really. And to be fair he does a pretty good job for someone who has no business playing an action hero. The other actors leave a lot to be desired. It becomes painfully obvious as the film progresses that the production crew only hired David Boreanaz and Tara Reid because they were the biggest names their shoestring budget could afford, in an attempt to lend credence to a VERY substandard production (I don't care what their excuses are, if Robert Rodriguez could film "El Mariachi" for under $10,000 there's no reason this film couldn't have been better). There is NO chemistry between Boreanaz and Reid at all. None. Zip. Nada. It is sickening to watch them interact. Reid's character is to this film what a rose stem would to one if it were lodged in one's favorite pair of walking shoes - pretty and irritating to the point of being painful. Throughout this entire film one keeps expecting her character to develop, but is instead treated to whiny and forced compassion for her boyfriend's victims one minute, unnecessary stabbings and eye-gouging the next.
Things I learned from watching "The Crow: Wicked Prayer": 1.) Satan speaks in "Hipster" 2.) Native Americans can be readily replaced by Latino actors. 3.) Southwestern Native American traditions include totem poles for some reason. 4.) Native American dance includes jumping up and down and mumbling. 5.) A movie doesn't have to have a cohesive plot, interesting characters, story development, a research team, or anyone that knows anything about anything so long as it has a budget to attach some sort of star power to it.
If this had been filmed by college students for one semester of course credit using fresh-faced actors, it would be somewhat enjoyable. Alas, it was not.
The movie starts out with promise. Four criminals who have named themselves after the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are seeking to revenge themselves on a small mining town for past injustices. They vent some of their rage on a former associate and his soon-to-be fiancé. This interesting plot device works for the first five minutes of the film. Then the "acting" begins.
I have nothing against Edward Furlong, really. And to be fair he does a pretty good job for someone who has no business playing an action hero. The other actors leave a lot to be desired. It becomes painfully obvious as the film progresses that the production crew only hired David Boreanaz and Tara Reid because they were the biggest names their shoestring budget could afford, in an attempt to lend credence to a VERY substandard production (I don't care what their excuses are, if Robert Rodriguez could film "El Mariachi" for under $10,000 there's no reason this film couldn't have been better). There is NO chemistry between Boreanaz and Reid at all. None. Zip. Nada. It is sickening to watch them interact. Reid's character is to this film what a rose stem would to one if it were lodged in one's favorite pair of walking shoes - pretty and irritating to the point of being painful. Throughout this entire film one keeps expecting her character to develop, but is instead treated to whiny and forced compassion for her boyfriend's victims one minute, unnecessary stabbings and eye-gouging the next.
Things I learned from watching "The Crow: Wicked Prayer": 1.) Satan speaks in "Hipster" 2.) Native Americans can be readily replaced by Latino actors. 3.) Southwestern Native American traditions include totem poles for some reason. 4.) Native American dance includes jumping up and down and mumbling. 5.) A movie doesn't have to have a cohesive plot, interesting characters, story development, a research team, or anyone that knows anything about anything so long as it has a budget to attach some sort of star power to it.
If this had been filmed by college students for one semester of course credit using fresh-faced actors, it would be somewhat enjoyable. Alas, it was not.