The Crow: Wicked Prayer
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| The Crow: Wicked Prayer | |
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 Movie poster for The Crow: Wicked Prayer |
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| Directed by | Lance Mungia |
| Produced by | Jeff Most Edward R. Pressman |
| Written by | Norman Partridge (novel) Lance Mungia |
| Starring | Edward Furlong David Boreanaz Tara Reid Emmanuelle Chriqui Tito Ortiz Marcus Chong, Danny Trejo |
| Music by | Jamie Christopherson |
| Cinematography | Kurt Brabbee |
| Distributed by | Dimension Films |
| Release date(s) | June 3, 2005 (US) |
| Running time | 99 min. |
| Country | US |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | The Crow: Salvation |
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The Crow: Wicked Prayer was the fourth movie based on The Crow comic by James O'Barr. It was directed by Lance Mungia, inspired by the Norman Partridge novel. It had a one week theatrical premiere on June 3, 2005 at AMC Pacific Place Theatre in Seattle, Washington before being released direct to video on July 19, 2005. Like the other sequels to cult movie, The Crow, it had a poor critical reception.
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[edit] Plot synopsis
The polluted town of Lake Ravasu sits on the Raven Aztec reservation. The tribe is closing the toxic mine to open up a resort casino. The miners are at a breaking point, driven by the fear of losing their jobs.
Jimmy Cuervo (Edward Furlong) is a down-on-his-luck ex-con living in Lake Ravasu, a place that would run him out of town if not for the remainder of his probation. He was imprisoned for killing a would-be rapist. With his probation nearly finished, Jimmy plans to start a new life with his girlfriend, Lily Ignites The Dawn (Emmanuelle Chriqui), and leave the town for good. Lily's father, Harold (Danny Trejo), and brother, local cop Tanner Ignites The Dawn (Dave L. Ortiz) both venomously hate Jimmy.
Deep in the town's underworld is a group of Satanists led by escaped convict Luc Crash (David Boreanaz) and his fiancee Lola Byrne (Tara Reid). Along with their three sidekicks Pestilence (Yuji Okumoto), Famine (Tito Ortiz), and War (Marcus Chong), Luc and Lola go to the trading post where Lily works. They murder Jimmy and Lily in a brutal ritual that they hope will conjure the rebirth of the Antichrist. The ritual includes removing Lily's eyes and Jimmy's heart. The night they are murdered, Jimmy was going to ask Lily to marry him, despite Harold's objections.
When the legend of the Crow returns Jimmy from the dead, Jimmy takes Lily's body and leaves it on her bed so it can be found. Tanner and Harold think it was Jimmy who killed Lily.
Jimmy heads out on a path of vengeance that begins with Jimmy electrocuting Pestilence to death on a bug zapper in a bar. Jimmy shows up at a local bar that Luc and his men are robbing and kills Famine with a baseball bat, right in front of Luc, Lola, and War. Jimmy confronts Luc, and Luc throws him across the room. Then Luc throws a sharp object at the crow, knowing that the crow is the source of Jimmy's power. War shoots Jimmy several times, while Lola uses an incantation to drop a heavy and sharp object onto a group of people, killing them. Just as War is about to shoot a small boy, Jimmy rises, and saves the boy. Luc and his followers leave. And the crow is injured, sapping some of Jimmy's power.
Tanner finds the carnage, and he also finds Jimmy there. Jimmy tells Tanner that he did not kill Lily. Tanner doesn't believe Jimmy at first, but Jimmy convinces Tanner otherwise.
Later, Luc and Lola visit El Nino (Dennis Hopper), the head of their order. At the same time, Tanner and Harold and a bunch of men are waiting outside for an opportunity to take Luc down.
Inside, El Nino is performing the marriage ceremony that will bring Luc one step closer to the power he craves. Jimmy arrives and jumps War, who fires into the wedding chamber. Jimmy beats War up and starts toward the building. War pulls out a gun, and Tanner, Harold, and the other men open fire on War. Inside, El Nino completes the ceremony, while outside, War lights a fuse on the explosives he's wearing, blowing himself up.
Jimmy goes inside and confronts Luc and Lola. Luc sends Jimmy outside, and follows Jimmy. Luc hits Jimmy twice with a whip, drags him inside, and puts him on a cross. Lola stabs El Nino to death for the way he treated her years ago. Luc and Lola leave the place, and head to a nearby burial ground.
Harold, Tanner, and the others go inside and free Jimmy. In order to restore the power of the crow so Jimmy can go after Luc, Harold performs the Crow Dance. After Jimmy rises, he heads to the burial ground, where Luc knocks him backwards several feet.
Luc beats up Jimmy...until the crow shows up. With his power restored, Jimmy begins beating Luc up. Jimmy sends Luc rolling down a hill, as the ritual that Luc and Lola have been performing wears off.
Luc charges toward Jimmy. Jimmy lifts Luc up and slams him down onto a dirt pile that has a pair of sharp, spike-like pieces of wood sticking out of it. Luc is impaled on one of the spikes. Jimmy then finishes Luc off by cutting his throat. Tanner locks Lola up, and Jimmy can now rest in peace.
[edit] Characters
- Jimmy Cuervo (Edward Furlong)
- Luc "Death" Crash (David Boreanaz)
- Lola Byrne (Tara Reid)
- War (Marcus Chong)
- Famine (Tito Ortiz)
- Pestilence (Yuji Okumoto)
- El Niño (Dennis Hopper)
- Lily Ignites The Dawn (Emmanuelle Chriqui)
- Harold (Danny Trejo)
- Sheriff Tanner
- Proud Foot Joe
- Mechanic's Wife (Rena Owen)
- El Niño's guard/Carman (Macy Gray)
- Cortez - posse member
[edit] Critical reception
The film was universally panned, according to film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, receiving no favorable reviews out of five.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/crow_wicked_prayer/ Rotten Tomato's summary of the reviews of The Crow: Wicked Prayer.
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