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Critics and moviegoers seem to be united in their disgust for the reboot of the 1994 cult classic The Crow, with many asking how they even allowed the “worst movie of the year” to be released.

Early reviews for Rupert Sanders’ remake of the gothic revenge film seem to agree that “developmental hell may have been the best place for The Crow“, with even the original 1994 film’s director Alex Proyas saying, “I thought the remake was a cynical cash-grab. Not much cash to grab it seems.”

True dat. The Bill Skarsgard-led film opened to a paltry $4.6 million against a budget of $50 million, with an average score of 13% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The original Crow film, released 30 years ago, is still the definitive Crow movie, although its production was tragically overshadowed after a gun malfunction on set caused Lee to be fatally wounded. Perhaps because of this tragedy, the film has endeared itself to many people over the years, and follow-on remakes have been met with derision.

“The Crow was not just a movie. Brandon Lee died making it, and it was finished as a testament to his lost brilliance and tragic loss. It is his legacy. That’s how it should remain.”

In development for over 15 years, The Crow’s producers have however described this not as a remake, but rather another take on James O’Barr’s 1980s comic.

X users had other descriptions:

The Crow remake seems like its marketed directly to every toxic couple fighting in McDonald’s dining rooms past 11pm.

— Rolo Tony (@PoorOldRoloTony) August 21, 2024

THE CROW is a tedious and uninspired remake that should have remained in development hell. Rising from the dead to torment us, this lifeless goth romance butchers nearly every creative decision. The love story lacks chemistry, the acting is stiff, and the villain is utterly… pic.twitter.com/65upJBgtEy

— Matt Neglia (@NextBestPicture) August 22, 2024

The Crow 2024 was so bad that is was not funny, but sad and painful. I think whoever greenlit this release wanted its audience to suffer. There is no soul here, no love, no art. The original movie got its story moving in the first 5 minutes, while this movie took almost an hour.…

— Lipstick Larry 👑 (@LipstickyLarry) August 23, 2024

In the original, musician Eric Draven is raised from the dead by a crow and comes back to seek revenge on the people who killed him and his fiancée. Three sequels were later made from the movie, the worst of which starred Edward Furlong – prior to John Connor giving up his career for Happy Meals and narcotics.

The reboot’s screenwriter, William Schneider, defended the new film, saying the team behind the reboot intentionally did not “go the same route” as Proyas did in his story “because we felt like that did a disservice to the film.”

They evidently chose the wrong route and online opinion suggests the newest remake sucks, with the film’s heroes “modelled after Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox”. Harsh, perhaps, but in the new movie, Skarsgård and Shelly fall in love in rehab, where he’s recovering from childhood trauma and she’s evading a satanic villain, so we totally see it.

It is perhaps best to go see the movie at one of the remaining Ster Kinekors and judge for yourself. But if you were a fan of the original, the trailer should tell you all you need to know.

Bill Skarsgard’s agent better pull a rabbit after this one.

[source:pubity&variety]