Visuals generally are reasonably good, with some nice photography that evokes an eeriness. The cast do okay with what they behave, especially Tom Rhys Harries trying his utmost hardest to make the titular character menacing and vulnerable but needed much better material to work with. It is not a completely irredeemable film. While not having anywhere near enough horror to horrify and lacking in surprises and suspense to scare. Will do some elaborating later on in the review, but there are irritating elements such as characters not worth rooting for, and one hates the way they behave and over-used narration, and the pace never rises above flat. It had an interesting cast, do like Terrence Stamp in other things for example, but it is completely uninteresting elsewhere. 'Crow' however completely fails in the former and has a lot of the latter. As well as not having anything that distracts or annoys. Personally do not mind if something is not original, as long as it engages me and has enough to allow me to keep watching. Did not watch 'Crow' intending to hate it or with initial prejudice, actually wanted to like it as it did sound somewhat interesting, even if not exactly original. There is not an awful lot to add to what has already been said by the previous negative reviews, but will offer my two cents anyway. Reviewed by TheLittleSongbird 3 / 10 More irritates and bores rather than horrifies and scares Other than that though, I thought this was excellent, and something different, which is always a good thing. My only slight problems involve some unnecessary CGI, and the fact that the forest looks too laundered, more like a local park than anything that might house such an intense character like Crow and his tribe. Unusual, well filmed, convincingly played, unspecifically spiritual, with statements like 'we don't own the land, the land owns us' alluding to Tucker's unstoppable desire to build the perfect home in a forest already claimed - the main protagonist is the titular Crow (Tom Rhys Harries), who is guided enigmatically by Great Crow (Terrance Stamp). Beginning the story as something of a trophy wife to cockney go-getter Tucker (Nick Moran), she becomes more sympathetic the more disillusioned she gets. I really enjoyed its unusual qualities - we don't quite have anyone to route for as everyone is flawed, but possibly Elen Rhys 's Alicia is the closest we get. Reviewed by parry_na 8 / 10 A very enjoyable 'eco horror.'ĭescribed as an 'eco horror', director and co-writer Wyndham Price's story is an unusual one, and left deliberately vague in places.
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