The fashionable thing with reboots these days is to label them as “reimaginings”. The aim is, seemingly, to allow for familiarity without inviting too many close comparisons. Well, for once that label feels apt for The Crow, which bears little resemblance to both James O'Barr's 1989 comic book and its cult-classic 1994 adaptation.
Instead, this new version from director Rupert Sanders (Snow White and the Huntsman) leans into the origins of the story’s ill-fated lovers. Bill Skarsgård’s Eric is a recovering addict who meets FKA Twigs’ Shelly in a rehabilitation centre, before the pair fall madly in love.
