THE CROW: CITY OF ANGELS (1996)/THE CROW: WICKED PRAYER (2005)
Summerization: A murdered man is resurrected to get revenge on his killers. That's about it. Oh, in Wicked Prayer, David Boreanaz also tries to summon Satan to possess him. Why not?
Why They Are Awesome: Both are sequels to the 1994 masterpiece with the late-great Brandon Lee. That's awesome, right? Plus, City of Angels has Richard Brooks as the villain, Iggy Pop as an over the top bad guy and Thomas Jane, pre-Punisher badassness, who jerks off in a sex booth before getting killed. It takes place in Los Angeles (hence City of Angels) during a heatwave and the overall colors of the movie are brown, gold and red, creating a pretty warm atmosphere for a dark story.
Wicked Prayer's got Eddie Furlong wearing the make-up and (trying to) being the badass. Tara Reid and UFC alumni Tito Ortiz are bad guys. You can actually watch Tara Reid's career disappear into the abyss while watching this. And, as mentioned before, David Boreanaz plays the villain who wants to make a deal with the devil.
Pretty cool, right? Yeah, totally... just a, uh, awesome time with some, um, awesome movies... okay, honestly, these movies are next to worthless, UNLESS you have an unnatural fondness for a) dead guy gets revenge movies, b) the entire CROW film series, c) terrible movies. Like I do.
So, official recommendation goes to The Crow. Not a perfect movie, but absolutely great and awesome no matter how you try to slice it. You can never go wrong watching The Crow.
Quote: "Fuck you, bird dick!" (The Crow: City of Angels)
Best Time To Watch: Watch the sequels sometime after you've watched The Crow. But not too soon after because you'll be comparing them to something infinitely better. Try to wait a few months or years in between. If you can't, check 'em out towards the end of summer. Late August works.
Quality: The Crow: City of Angels, 2 big black birds. The Crow: Wicked Prayer, 1 big black bird. (The Crow, 5 outa 5 big black birds)
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