I was so irritated that this film was made in the wake of the tragedy surrounding the original Crow that I waited five years to try and watch it on video. Put simply, City of Angels lacks all of the things which made The Crow such a wonderful movie--not the least of which is Brandon Lee's superior work in the lead role. Now Vincent Perez is certainly an excellent actor, and he wasn't all that bad of an avenging angel. However, this role as defined by Lee in the original is physically challenging and demanding, both of which Perez couldn't quite handle. Additionally, Perez' accent was such that many of his lines--which might have been quite clever--were garbled. I did like the backdrop of the Day of the Dead, but I don't feel this was used as well or as much as it could have been. In short, I'd suggest that fans of The Crow stick to the original movie so as to avoid the pain of discovering what all is lacking in the sequel.
Review of The Crow: City of Angels
