Before The Dark Knight and Batman Begins, there was this supremely dark
interpretation of a man, brutally killed by amoral thugs, who comes back from the dead to
avenge his and his fiancee's murders. A rock musician in his previous life, Eric Draven
(Brandon Lee) now assumes the identity of The Crow, and proceeds to wreak havoc on the evil
denizens of a gothed out, nightmarish Detroit. Besides director Alex Proyas' bleak, gritty and
altogether-cool vision of this dark city, The Crow boasts a vital and ultimately tragic lead
turn from Lee, who was accidentally killed on the set near the end of shooting. His
poignant and powerful performance lives on, and--much like his father Bruce's last role in
Enter the Dragon--is one of the best action hero portryals in cinema history.