alvram-64335 This movie is so bad, it's unwatchable. The actors can't act. The script is amazingly sub-par, and the only way you can give any rating "stars" is for showing up aka attendance/participation ribbon.

michaelmunkvold "A man has an idea. The idea attracts others, like-minded. The idea expands. The idea becomes the institution. What was the idea?" - Top Dollar (Michael Wincott) in the original "The Crow"So, a murdered ex-con comes back from the dead, paints himself up like a member of the KISS Army, and goes after the Satanic cult that killed him and his girlfriend - a cult led by Tara Reid and the guy from "Bones". The premise of "The Crow: Wicked Prayer", the fourth and (here's hoping) final entry in the "The Crow" franchise, sounds like the setup to a joke... and well, it is a joke. Not a funny one, though."The Crow: Wicked Prayer" is the final nail in the "Crow" series' coffin. The acting, dialog and direction is awful, and the setup is both ridiculous and boring. Not one character on screen could be recognized as a real person. Really, it doesn't get much worse than this.To think the franchise started off with such promise. The 1994 film "The Crow" did something that had never been done before: it took elements of the ghost story and revenge thriller genres and told a story about characters we liked and cared about. It had real, human heart to go along with the balletic violence and Gothic set pieces. That, and the late Brandon Lee's iconic performance, made the film a wonderful experience, one of those rare movies you can watch over and over again, each time finding something new.Then Edward R. Pressman Films, the studio that produced the movie, smelled money, and started grinding out sequels, each one worse than the last. "The Crow: City of Angels" was dull and lifeless, and "The Crow: Salvation" was incoherent and silly. "The Crow: Wicked Prayer" has the dubious distinction of being far and away the worst of these sequels.A certain amount of melodrama is to be expected in the revenge movie genre, but "Wicked Prayer" is as histrionic as a teenager's dream journal. Should you actually decide to watch this movie, it's my duty to warn you that you'll have to listen to lines like "Revenge is easy - forgetting is hard", "You owe me two lives and a pair of perfect blue eyes", and my personal favorite, "Quoth the raven nevermore, motherf---er!". It doesn't help that director Lance Muniga doesn't seem to know the difference between a film and a music video; he substitutes explosions, pointless jump cuts and imitation "Matrix" fight choreography for plot, character and dialog.He doesn't know how to cast or work with actors, either. Edward Furlong is horribly miscast as an undead avenger: he pouts, whines, and looks like a trick-or-treater in the Crow makeup. We don't care if he gets revenge or not. David Boreanz and Tara Reid are quite possibly the least intimidating Satanists ever seen on film - they call each other "dawg" and "shorty", fer Chrissakes. And poor Dennis Hopper just looks embarrassed in a cameo as a Satanic priest who speaks in Ebonics ("The devil will be your homey forevermore!"). Like the "Jaws" sequels and the Joel Schumacher "Batman" movies, "The Crow: Wicked Prayer" is depressing to watch. A brilliant idea has been co-opted and ruined by a bunch of amateurs. The idea has become the institution. It's time to move on.

Michael_Elliott The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005)* 1/2 (out of 4)The fourth and to date final entry in the series has Edward Furlong stepping into the title role as a man who witnesses his girlfriend get murdered by a Satanic cult right before they kill him. Soon after wards a crow brings him back from the dead to seek revenge on those responsible (sound familiar?). It seems that most people look at all of the sequels to the Brandon Lee film to be trash and I'd be one who said that. As bad as the three sequels are, I'd probably call this one here the best even though I understand why fans would be so upset that this here looks and feels so differently than the previous ones. This here is certainly a lot more lighter in regards to the visual style so that dark, somber look really isn't here except for a couple sequences. I also think a lot of people hate the make-up used on Furlong and this too is something I'd agree on. I think what made this film entertaining to me was that they at least tried to do something different and not just copy the first film. I think the first and second sequels simply tried too hard to be the original film whereas this one at least tries something new even though it does fail. I thought the first hour of the film remained entertaining ever so slightly but this certainly changed with the final half hour. The final part of this movie just turns to pure chaos and it's funny that it happens with Dennis Hopper shows up. He's wild and over-the-top just like you love him and it seems to have rubbed off on the rest of the cast because they too start to go over-the-top. I'm not sure if it was the director's intent but the first hour is straight and by going so crazy in the second half that it just seems fake and silly. I thought the film would have been better just playing it straight or going silly from the start. Furlong isn't too bad in the lead but he's hardly what you'd expect from an action hero. David Boreanaz and Tara Reid play the leaders of the Satanic cult and while neither deserve Oscars, I thought they fit the roles just fine. Danny Trejo even shows up for his standard cameo but he can't add too much to the film.

aleksandar-business What can I say about this film, I just looked at the trailer movie looks like it was shot and ninety-two, Edward Furlong looks like a fag, Tara Ried looks like a prostitute from Las Vegas, Dennis Hooper "Please what," David Boreanza think he is Satan, "Wait a minute," the entire film seems to be actors preparing for Halloween, I did not watch film because it would be even more disappointed, because I recommend others to not watch this garbage.First Crow with Brandon Lee is awesome,but this.......................crap. The film is Dingleberries and Director smoke to much pot.I give 1/10 to this movie.