Eric Draven was the guitar player and signer of a band. He and his fiancé were to be married on Halloween night. The night of Halloween eve (Devil’s night), thug came to Eric’s apartment punish Shelly for complaining too much. Eric walk in while they were raping her and tried to save her but got killed. A year later, the Crow brought Eric back to life to make things right.

This movie was made famous because of an immense misfortune. Brandon Lee, son of Kung-Fu master and martial art legend, was interpreting the role of Eric Draven (the Crow) and also was the fight choreographer. In his very short and rising career, this was Brandon’s big break. Little did he know, this was going to be his last role ever! In a scene near the end, the character stands in front of an army of men firing repeatedly at him. One of the prop weapon was faulty. The cap of a blank accidently got lodged in his spine after penetrating his abdomen. The next day at 1:04 PM, Brandon died. His body was flown to Seattle to be buried beside his father(who also died while filming) in Lake View Cemetery.

Power

In his new life, the Crow got awarded some special ability. He got cat like reflexes. He has superhuman agility (he can jump from a building to building or jump from a roof top to the ground), his strength is enhanced (in one of the comics he is knocked down by a car..and being under he gets up suddenly throwing the car to several meters!!), power enhanced and can teleport himself. His greatest ability is his invulnerability (heals wounds in seconds). In this city, he is an unstoppable avenging hunter.

The Crow can see through the eyes of his guide,a crow.

also has limited telepatical abilities,allowing him to read (or to instill),feel pain and other sensations from the thoughts of a person or can see the past experience by the slightest touch of an object.

There are several differences between the movie, which is reviewed her, and the comic, which is supposed to be reviewed here.

In the comic

Top Dollar is not the main villain, nor the last to die, but is rather a lowly drug lord.

The Crow knows from the beginning, the audience doesn't, but Eric does, of his purpose, where as in the movie it takes him awhile to realize and remember everything.

In the movie, Eric's murder had a purpose, the order to evacuate the building by Top Dollar, in the comic, the gang were simply driving around using drugs, when they stopped at Eric and Shelly's car.

In the comic, nothing is said of Eric losing his powers if his bird is killed or captured, and actually, in a deleted scene of the movie, we find his vulnerability came from his vengeance being carried out. In the original screenplay, which is much more faithful to the comic, the Skull Cowboy appears before him as he lay on Shelly's grave, and before he goes to the church to save Sarah, warns him that he has finished his business, and is vulnerable again.

Eric has no last name in the comic.

Eric is not a rock guitarist in the comic, no inferences are made about his career at all.

The Skull Cowboy is one of Eric's brief mentor's in the comic, but is not in the movie, save for a deleted scene.

The movie character 'Sarah' is known as Sherri, is much younger, and is much less involved in the plot.

Officer Albrecht played just a fleeting role in the comics, the character the movie version is based on was an African-American police Captain Hook.

The cat, Gabriel, belongs to a woman Tin Tin kills, in the comic.

Other Crow Avatars

Eric Draven is not the only one brought back by the Crow

IRIS SHAW

Iris Shaw worked for the Bureau of Land Management as a law inforcer. She was killed by terrorists along with her unborn child and was bought back by the Crow to hunt them down.

JOSHUA

Joshua is a Native American of the Crow Nation who became a farmer that adopted the ways of white. A group of Confederate soldiers killed him along with his wife and child and has being brought back to kill the soldiers that have reincarnated as biker gangs.