The Crow

"Whether real or fictional, true pain had always been what brought 'The Crow' out of the grave and gave his story meaning. In this revamp, he’s been dug up to put on a Halloween costume" 

"Though Mr. Skarsgård is gravely charismatic and FKA twigs is touching, the dour, depressing dankness of Mr. Sanders’s vision makes 'The Crow' a turkey" 

"It doesn’t take long to realize that what was meant to be a franchise-starter is, unlike its hero, permanently DOA" 

"This reinvention’s contrastingly elegant yet dislocated revenge-slash-love story is no slam dunk. But neither is it an unwatchable dud" 

"The results are bleak, unimaginative, and tiresome to watch" 

"[It] is a sluggish, overly self-serious gloomfest that never takes wing. Given the long string of directors and lead actors attached to the project over its 16 years of on-off development, the overworked, lifeless result should be no surprise" 

"When you stifle the emotional simplicity of a story like 'The Crow' to emphasize the plot, the plot had better make sense. And it doesn’t. It’s got perplexing rules and a vague chronology and nothing seems like it matters anymore"