The Crow: Stairway To Heaven - The Complete Series [DVD]

I simply love this series, every minute of it. Sort of like Angel, though much less tongue-in-cheek, deeper, and LOADED with heart. Reminiscent of both Once Upon a Time and Person of Interest, in mood and tone, I thought.As another reviewer said, each episode gets better and better, building slowly, developing character, and expanding the scope. We begin with tragedy, and the birth of a being with superhuman powers, a la Superman- invincible, thrilling, see what he does to bad guys! ("My God, what ARE you??" they cry, as he metes out justice and rights wrongs.) But slowly, it builds, deepens, exploring the nature of good and evil, death, our purpose here, redemption, soul mates, the power of love, and much more (such as recovery, friendship, healing). It keeps all these balls in the air while developing the characters, we come to care about them, know them. The plots are simple, actually incidental, the characters and their relationships with each other are core (as in any good story).The series is actually one long story- characters reappear, threads begun before are taken up and brought to fruition throughout, often in unexpected and surprising ways. Appropriate, too, I would say, for older teenagers (maybe 14 and up) and for spurring family discussions. The series handles a wide range of issues honestly, yet tastefully (addiction, for example).Mark Dacascos is simply marvelous as The Crow- alternately enigmatic, powerful, troubled, lost, charming, funny, an innocent. Is he a lost soul, adrift between worlds, an angel, what? Whatever he is, he's simply beautiful, in every guise and phase- his face, his body, his martial arts moves, the way he rides his Harley, the way he walks, grace personified. And I love the way he delivers clever/funny quips, however great the menace.All the actors are topnotch, and the show at times features beautiful scenery and special effects. It also showcases music (in smallish doses) from alternative bands, and credits them at the end of each eposode. And unlike the original Crow film on which this is based, we get to see rockstar Draven sing and perform, and Dacascos excels there too.This series is subtle- it doesn't hit you over the head with things, the dialogue is simple, yet effective- to sum it up, it's absorbing, moves you from laughing out loud to tears to cheering for the good guys, just splendid, inspiring. And for this price...Grab it! I intend to buy another for backup.

I recall watching this when it was on the air, but I had forgotten about it. After picking up this 5 pc DVD set and watching it again, it makes me hunger for more episodes. But alas! like the t.v. series "Dark Angel" we'll never know what would've happened after the cliff-hanger ending. A fan of the "Crow" movies, I personally liked Mark Dacascos as the "Eric Draven" character. He gives the character a sensitive persona when of course he's not in his CROW form. Striving to be reuited with his dead love & soul-mate "Shelly Webster" he tries to put right what goes wrong. Mark's martial artist skills come out beautifully in this series. The pilot opens basically re-telling the story as seen in the original "Crow" movie that starred Brandon Lee, but with a few adaptations & changes. One year after Eric and Shelly are brutally murdered, the mystical crow who has the power to bring back a soul, brings Eric back to life. Being neither dead nor alive he wanders the earth with strange powers. At first he goes after the ones responsible for the murders of him and his beloved Shelly, but then he teams up with the police Detective Albrecht in helping to solve other crimes. Yet, he never loses sight of trying to become re-united with Shelly somehow, someway or someday. If you're a "Crow" (or Mark Dacascos) fan, then I would highly recommend this set. But don't try to compare it to the other "Crow" movies, appreciate it for what it is a series in it's own light. I will treasure this DVD set & probably re-watch it, it was worth every cent that I paid for it.

I admit I will forever be a fan of The Crow original movie with Brandon Lee (RIP) for eternity. Which this made me sketchy when I heard this wasn't just another sequel, it was a redo of the story the film brought. Brandon Lee will ALWAYS be Eric Draven in my opinion and noone can replace him.Though, on that note I started watching this series with an open mind and must say Mark Dacascos took a respectful approach becoming The Crow in his own right. Where the TV Show in my opinion doesn't, and never will personally, live up to the original Crow movie. I must say I find it an enjoying look into the world of The Crow to see what would happen if Eric didn't, or couldn't, get back to Shelly right away.It has it's moments of cheesey fighting and even a few cliche lines that seem a bit forced at times from the actual original movie that make any die hard fan of the movie kind of roll their eyes. But in all, after watching with an open mind it's not all that bad. They extended the two hour movie into a decent series that explains more and gives a different perspective.

As I expressed.... I'm very happy I received this dvd set... one problem... it's a different region(which i never knew what this was till now). Which my bluray and my regular dvd player does not recognize this dvd .... due once again.. it's a different region code.. so now I have to find a way to be able to watch this... And I don't believe there was any Description of region code.. Well... something I learned today... sucks.. I can't watch this.... yet...

l’histoire est bien fisselée,les acteurs jouent bien. Cette série reprend assez bien le film crow avec des développement de thème comme la justice, l’amour, la vie après la mort...

enjoyed it from start to finish

Solid dvd release, only minus is lack of english subtitles.

Great show

Pacchetto perfettamente ben fatto, anche se la colla dell'apertura era leggermente asciutta o probabilmente per un controllo doganale era stato aperto e poi richiuso con leggerezza