"The Crow", starring Brandon Lee, is easily my favorite movie of all time, but is so much more than just a movie now. So many people, not just goths, fell in love with the film and it continues to be a part of the younger culture to this day. The movie is based on James O'Barr's comic of the same name. The story is as old as time...revenge. Only this time revenge comes to one who has lost everything: his fiancée, his hopes and dreams for the future, even his own life. Vengence from beyond the grave takes physical form. The character of The Crow is, in essence, a zombie, risen from the grave one year after his death for the sole purpose of destroying those who wronged him during his breathing days. The bird is his guide, leading him to be in the right place at the right time to kill his foes. Along the way he tries to fight off his own pain and anguish long enough to get the job done, so he can finally be at peace. He is invulnerable to physical harm, or rather it just doesn't stop him. He feels pain to a limited degree, but he just heals instantly again. What is a bullet wound to one who has died already? The Crow is unstoppable in his mission of vengence, and unmerciful in his delivery of it.

Eight days before filming was to be finished, Brandon Lee died during an accident on the set. His death caused some changes to be made to the film. Scenes which either required use of a body double, or ones that were just seen as inappropriate afterwards, were redone. The version that was released on video carries the message "For Brandon and Eliza"...Eliza was Brandon Lee's fiancée, which is odd, and perhaps a little chilling, because James O'Barr first wrote the story after the accidental death of his fiancée. The 1995 version of "The Crow" graphic novel contains this dedication, "In memory of Brandon Lee. You'll be sadly missed. Love, James."

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