Passion. Revenge. Eternity

Wicked Prayer is the fourth and most recent film in the Crow series, and was made with an extremely small budget. The announcement that Lance Mungia, the director of the cult-favorite "Six String Samurai", would be directing Wicked Prayer really filled me with a lot of hope, as did the casting of Dennis Hopper and David David Boreanaz. Unfortunately, for me, the end result was the most disappointing film in the entire franchise. Hopper's talents were completely wasted, Boreanaz was entertaining, but really chewed the scenery, Tara Reid simply isn't a good actress, and the lead, Ed Furlong of "Terminator 2" fame, was rather inconsitent. Many fans really enjoyed it, but many others were disappointed.

In a small town in the American southwest, Luc Crash and Lola Byrne, the leaders of a satanic gang known as the "Four Horseman of the Apocalypse", murder a young ex-con and outcast named Jimmy Cuervo and his girlfriend Lily in order to complete a ritual that will transform Luc into the physical manifestation of Satan. However, Luc's plans hit a snag when the call of revenge sees Jimmy rise from the dead with the powers of the Crow to avenge Lily's death, and also to stop the completion of Luc's ritual.

I've written a review of Wicked Prayer, which does contain spoilers.

Director: Lance Mungia
Writers: Norman Partridge (novel) and Lance Mungia
Producers: Ed Pressman and Jeff Most
Music by: Jamie Christopherson
Cinematography: Kurt Brabbee
Editor: Dean Holland

Jimmy Cuervo - Edward Furlong
Luc "Death" Crash - David Boreanaz
Lola Byrne - Tara Reid
War Marcus - Chong
Famine - Tito Ortiz
Pestilence - Yuji Okumoto
El Niņo - Dennis Hopper
Lily Ignites The Dawn - Emmanuelle Chriqui
Harold - Danny Trejo
Sheriff Tanner - Dave Ortiz
Proud Foot Joe - Daymond John
Mechanic's Wife - Rena Owen
El Niņo's guard/Carman - Macy Gray
Cortez (posse member) - Jorge Jimenez

This film displaced the now-defunct "LAZARUS - A Tale of the CROW" which was slated to star rap-artist DMX.