Rupert Sanders' reboot/second adaptation of James O'Barr's original comic is written by Zach Baylin and William Schneider.
Easily forgotten, but this version of Eric first appeared as a playable character in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023).
Bill Skarsgård - Eric/The Crow
FKA Twigs - Shelly
Danny Huston - Vincent Roeg
Josette Simon - Sophia
Laura Birn - Marian
Sami Bouajila - Kronos
Summary
A young Eric endured a troubled childhood. His horse died and relationship with alcoholic mother was far from rosy.
Present day.
Eric lives in a drug detox centre and befriends fellow patient Shelly, who is hiding from crime lord Vincent Roeg, who made a deal with the devil in exchange for supernatural powers.
When Roeg's cronies come sniffing around, Eric and Shelly escape facility.
However, they're later caught and suffocated with plastic bags.
Eric awakens in the afterlife and told by Kronos (based on The Skull Cowboy) that a crow will guide him to put the wrong things right.
Laugh now, cry later
What nobody wanted is everything we feared and more.
This was sooo BORING, sooo BADLY acted, sooo BRILLIANTLY crafted, it's beyond fucking words.
Does Lionsgate want to go bankrupt?
Apparently so.
After about 90m, the main action sequence is set inside an opera house.
But they couldn't even get that right, as amidst Eric stabbing and shooting enemies, shit awkwardly cuts to dancers performing on stage.
Rather incredibly, the door is open for a sequel.
HA HA HA!
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