Legacy Almost Saves ‘The Crow’
“If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them. Buildings burn, people die, but real love is forever.” In The Crow (2024), real love is not forever. That is the singularly sad miscalculation.
By Jon Ochiai
Director Rupert Saunders’s The Crow (2024) is the remake of Director Alex Proyas’s cult classic The Crow (1994) starring the late Brandon Lee as Eric Draven, who rises from the dead to avenge his beloved soulmate Shelly. On his bloody path, Eric really came back for love. Sadly during filming, Brandon died in an accident on-set. Like his father Bruce Lee’s Enter the Dragon, Brandon’s The Crow was released after his tragic death.
The Crow was a box office hit. I believe that handsome, charismatic Brandon Lee would have become a super star. He was a great martial artist and gifted actor. That was 30 years ago. Brandon would have been 60 years old, now. A couple years younger than me. I have nothing but mad love for Brandon. His was a great loss.
Ironically, Chad Stahelski was the body double for Brandon’s uncompleted scenes. Filmmakers super imposed Brandon’s digital face on Chad’s body. Chad and…
