It's currently at 20% on RT which officially makes this the highest rated piece of Crow media on RT after the original! LOL
I saw it. It's rough, over-complicated, has some cringey dialogue, and there are definitely pacing issues during the first chunk of the movie. Maybe it's because I was high as a kite, but I enjoyed it and didn't hate it! The internet narrative doomed this movie from the start, but the hate and negative reviews are WAY overblown in my opinion. This is nowhere near a "Madame Web" level of disaster. It's not the kind of Frankenstein movie that was plagued by crazy editing issues, reshoots, or obvious studio retooling. It seems like they delivered the kind of movie they set out to make, for better or worse.
I liked that it was a slow burn to start and ramped up towards the end. It's VERY different in terms of structure from the 1994 film and even the comic, and I also personally appreciated that they didn't even bother trying to make to be a beat-by-beat remake of the Brandon Lee version which would have been even more disastrous. There are some genuinely cool moments and I thought Bill did the best he could with the material. FKA Twigs was totally miscast IMO and the whole film would have been better serviced with a stronger female lead. Villain was weak much like all Crow sequel villains outside of Top Dollar.
Truthfully, they just shouldn't have named these characters "Eric and Shelly" in this film. Would have been better off presenting this as a new tale using the basic Crow mythology as a foundation rather than a remake, because it really isn't even much of a remake and people are so protective of Brand Lee's Eric Draven -- myself included.
