Movie · 2024 · Action, Fantasy, Horror · 1h 51m · R · English
Curator score: 0.3/10 (189.5K ratings)
True love never dies.
Overview
Soulmates Eric and Shelly are brutally murdered when the demons of her dark past catch up with them. Given the chance to save his true love by sacrificing himself, Eric sets out to seek merciless revenge on their killers, traversing the worlds of the living and the dead to put the wrong things right.
Ratings
Curator score: 0.3/10
IMDb: 4.7/10
Letterboxd: 2.21/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 22%
Metacritic: 30
TMDB: 5.8/10
Director
Rupert Sanders
Production
Davis Films, Pressman Film, Hassell Free Productions, Electric Shadow Company, 30WEST, Ashland Hill Media Finance
Cast
Bill Skarsgård, FKA twigs, Danny Huston, Josette Simon, Laura Birn, Sami Bouajila, Karel Dobrý, Jordan Bolger, Sebastian Orozco, David Bowles, Tundy Smith, Samba Goldin, Isabella Wei, Jordan Haj, Dukagjin Podrimaj, Darija Pavlovičová, Caolan O'Neil-Forde, Janek Gregor, Lukáš Duy Anh Tran, Solo Uniacke
Curator Review
Verdict
A stylish revenge-fantasy with a strong gothic premise, but the 2024 remake is widely seen as emotionally flat, overextended, and disconnected from what made the original resonate. It has a few striking visual moments, yet the overall experience is more tedious than cathartic.
Best for
viewers who want moody gothic imagery and blood-soaked revenge
fans of dark fantasy concepts more than character-driven drama
curious completionists comparing remakes and originals
Skip if
you want the emotional intensity and punk-goth edge of the 1994 film
you’re looking for tight pacing and a satisfying revenge arc
you’re sensitive to repetitive plotting or thinly written romance
Overview
The 2024 The Crow has the bones of a compelling tragedy: doomed lovers, a liminal afterlife, and a revenant hero hunting the people who destroyed everything. In practice, though, it feels oddly drained of urgency. The film leans on atmosphere and iconography, but the emotional core never fully ignites, so the revenge journey plays more like a checklist than a descent into grief and rage.
Worth noting
There are flashes of what the movie wants to be, especially in the more overtly gothic set pieces and the bloodier bursts of violence. Bill Skarsgård commits to the haunted, feral energy the role needs, and the production design occasionally finds a sinister, dreamlike texture. But the screenplay keeps undercutting its own momentum, and the romance that should anchor the whole thing feels underdeveloped.
Bottom line
As a standalone dark fantasy, it’s serviceable in patches; as a reimagining of a beloved cult property, it feels unnecessary. The result is less a reinvention than a muted echo, one that may satisfy viewers who only want mood and mayhem, but will likely frustrate anyone hoping for real catharsis.
Top Letterboxd reviews
Matt! (1★) · 4428 likes
In hindsight I suppose I probably could’ve just set my money on fire and pissed on Brandon Lee’s grave myself.
RyLan (1★) · 3740 likes
I was so BORED that halfway through the movie when I got up to pee, I decided I also had time to poop.
Kit Lazer (1.5★) · 3458 likes
Okay, let’s talk about what this movie doesn’t understand about THE CROW.
The author of the graphic novel, James O’Barr, wrote the book in his grief when his girlfriend was killed by a drunk driver. He blamed himself because he didn’t have car insurance and he had called her to come pick him up.
There is no big bad. Eric and Shelley are murdered in cold blood by scum, at random. Their happiest moment is cut short for no reason… more
tawni─ ⊹ ⊱ ☆ ⊰ ⊹ ─ (1★) · 3282 likes
oh hell no, they made him look like a soundcloud rapper 😭😭😭
liza (2★) · 2799 likes
best part of this movie was seeing bill skarsgård get hotter as the movie progresses