The Crow is a 1994 film adaptation of the comic book of the same name by James O'Barr (who makes a cameo in the film). It was directed by Alex Proyas and starred Brandon Lee (son of Bruce Lee). The film gained instant notoriety even before its release when Lee was accidentally killed during filming.

People once believed that when someone dies, a crow carries their soul to the land of the dead. But sometimes, something so bad happens that a terrible sadness is carried with it and the soul can't rest. Then sometimes, just sometimes, the crow can bring that soul back to put the wrong things right...

Set in a dark, nightmarish landscape of a dreamland Detroit, rocker Eric Draven and his fiancée Shelly are brutally murdered the night before their wedding by thugs working for the city's crime lord. A year later, the Crow brings Eric's restless soul back from the realm of the dead.

With the crow as his guide and borne by the love for Shelly and the despair and rage for their deaths, Eric embarks on a dark journey to seek revenge and exact brutal, unforgiving justice for his death and the death of the woman he loves.

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.