THE CROW: SALVATION (2000)
This isn't the most fortunate series. If the tragedy that befell the set of 1994's The Crow wasn't bad enough, City of Angels was an impotent clinker that kicked everyone while they were down. And then you have Salvation. By all accounts, this is a step in the right direction, but it was relegated to video shelves by Miramax. No one watched it, not even yours truly (until now, though it would be funny if I still hadn't watched it...best review ever?). Salvation is dressed up like The Crow, but it's bereft of key elements - cinematic minutiae, really - that made the original an impeccable allocation of celluloid. For starters, the villains are miserable. They are too easy to spot (zero surprises here) and too generic to remember.
Secondly, the soundtrack is a pale imitation of the songs from the first movie. Am I just nostalgic for 1994? Maybe, but I'm just as nostalgic for 2000. These tracks don't act as emotional adhesive the way that those tracks did. The Crow was completed by its musical accompaniment; this flick has a product that it wants to sell you. Despite my vigorous negativity, I was able to extract some enjoyment out of Salvation. The leads are on point. Eric Mabius and Kirsten Dunst are expressly efficacious as Alex (the victim's undead suitor) and Erin (the victim's sister), respectively. I wanted the bad guys to fry, which is what matters at the end of the day. Considering the film's direct-to-discount-bin status, you could rent much worse on a weeknight. Hell, you could rent The Crow: Wicked Prayer!
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