YMMV / The Crow: City of Angels

• Complete Monster: Judah Earl is an occultist drug lord ruling over Los Angeles. A self-declared sadist who claims he visited Hell and liked what he saw, he turns his "kingdom" into a nightmarish dystopia where people live in squalor, surrounded by depravity, and constantly in fear of being murdered by his gang. He floods the city with drugs so dangerous that they kill the users half the time, even executing one of his more pragmatic goons who protests that there aren't enough return customers to make a profit; Judah would prefer to kill people. He orders the death of Ashe Corven and his son because the boy happened to witness his operation, as well as any other innocents who do. When Ashe is resurrected and comes for him, Judah captures his crow and ritualistically impales it to steal its power. He proceeds to hang the now-mortal Ashe from a lamppost in the middle of the street and tries to lash him to death in front of everyone, and kills Sarah when she intervenes. The enormous numbers of crows connected to his victims' souls who come for him indicate he's killed many dozens of people during his reign.
• It's the Same, Now It Sucks!: As a result of Executive Meddling, the film went from a different take to an inferior retread of the first film.
• Just Here for Godzilla: A lot of Power Rangers fans watch for Thuy Trang, in one of her only other high profile roles before her death.
• The Problem with Licensed Games: The game adaptation got even worse reception than the movie itself. It suffered from Tank Controls, had a version of the Crow who could easily be killed by guns and didn't have a regenerative healing factor, and was way too hard.
• Retroactive Recognition: A young Thomas Jane plays Nemo.

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