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* JustHereForGodzilla: A lot of ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' fans watch for Creator/ThuyTrang, in one of her only other high profile roles before her death.
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** This was Thuy Trang's final film before her death. It makes watching her death scene a little unnerving.
** The nightmare drug killing half of the users, which Judah pushes specifically to spread misery, basically predicted the mid 2010s fentanyl epidemic, which got so bad some real life dealers stopped selling due to countless deaths.

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* HarsherInHindsight: This was Thuy Trang's final film before her death. It makes watching her death scene a little unnerving.

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* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: The game adaptation got even worse reception than the movie itself. It suffered from TankControls, had a version of the Crow [[AdaptationalWimp who could easily be killed by guns and didn't have a regenerative healing factor]], and was way too hard.
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** The nightmare drug killing half of the users, which Judah pushes specifically to spread misery, basically predicted the mid 2010s fentanyl epidemic, which got so bad some real life dealers stopped selling due to countless deaths.

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* CompleteMonster: 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, [[DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans 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. He executes one of his goons when the guy protests that there aren't enough return customers by dumping some of the drugs, as Judah would prefer to kill more people than make a profit. He orders the death of Ashe 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 lamp post 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 number of crows connected to his victims' souls who come for him indicate he's killed many dozens of people during his reign.

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* CompleteMonster: [[TheAggressiveDrugDealer Judah Earl Earl]] is an occultist drug lord ruling over Los Angeles. A self-declared {{sadist}} sadist who claims he visited {{Hell}} Hell and liked what he saw, he turns his "kingdom" into a [[DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans he turns his 'kingdom' into a nightmarish dystopia]] where [[CrapsackWorld people live in squalor, surrounded by depravity, and constantly in fear of being murdered by his gang. gang]]. He floods the city with drugs so dangerous that they kill the users half the time. He executes time, even executing one of his more {{pragmatic|Villainy}} goons when the guy who protests that there aren't enough return customers by dumping some of the drugs, as to make a profit; Judah would prefer to kill more people than make a profit. people. He orders the death of Ashe Corven and his son [[WouldHurtAChild 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 now-mortal Ashe from a lamp post 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 number numbers of crows connected to his victims' souls who come for him indicate he's killed many dozens of people during his reign.
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* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: As a result of ExecutiveMeddling, the film went from a different take to an inferior retread of the first film.
* RetroactiveRecognition: A young Creator/ThomasJane plays Nemo.
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** What makes it even more unsettling was that her character died from [[DisneyVillainDeath falling several stories]] and hitting her head on a parked car. Thuy Trang died from a car accident, so there you go.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: ''Creator/HarveyWeinstein'' had the film completely retooled after production had basically wrapped, in order to try and make it more similar to the first installment. This included everything from cutting down multiple scenes, which destroys much of the pacing of the film, character backstories, and an entirely new ending. The results were that, while the film did open at #1, it did not stay that way for long, with the main complain ironically being that the film was too similar to the first one.



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* ExecutiveMeddling: ''Creator/HarveyWeinstein'' had the film completely retooled after production had basically wrapped, in order to try and make it more similar to the first installment. This included everything from cutting down multiple scenes, which destroys much of the pacing of the film, character backstories, and an entirely new ending. The results were that, while the film did open at #1, it did not stay that way for long, with the main complain ironically being that the film was too similar to the first one.
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** What makes it even more unsettling was that her character died from [[DisneyVillainDeath falling several stories]] and hitting her head on a parked car. Thuy Trang died from a car accident, so there you go.
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* CompleteMonster: 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, [[DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans 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. He executes one of his goons when the guy protests that there aren't enough return customers by dumping some of the drugs, as Judah would prefer to kill more people than make a profit. He orders the death of Ashe 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 lamp post 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 number of crows connected to his victims' souls who come for him indicate he's killed many dozens of people during his reign.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: The film was originally going to end on a much darker note. As hinted at the first movie's deleted scenes with the Skull Cowboy, the Crow can only stay in the land of the living as long as the person has unfinished business. Danny comes to Ashe during the battle with Judah, telling him he has to leave. Ashe refuses, saying he has to save [[spoiler: Sarah.]] During the battle, [[spoiler: Sarah]] is killed. With an innocent person dead because of his actions, Ashe then becomes unable to move on to the land of the dead to be reunited with his son. Neither alive nor dead, he's condemned to wander through Los Angeles for eternity. Deciding this was too dark and depressing, a new ending was cobbled together from scenes already shot and dialogue being dubbed over, such as Danny encouraging his father instead of telling him to leave.
* HarsherInHindsight: This was Thuy Trang's final film before her death. It makes watching her death scene a little unnerving.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: The film was originally going to end on a much darker note. As hinted at the first movie's deleted scenes with the Skull Cowboy, the Crow can only stay in the land of the living as long as the person has unfinished business. Danny comes to Ashe during the battle with Judah, telling him he has to leave. Ashe refuses, saying he has to save [[spoiler: Sarah.]] During the battle, [[spoiler: Sarah]] is killed. With an innocent person dead because of his actions, Ashe then becomes unable to move on to the land of the dead to be reunited with his son. Neither alive nor dead, he's condemned to wander through Los Angeles for eternity. Deciding this was too dark and depressing, a new ending was cobbled together from scenes already shot and dialogue being dubbed over, such as Danny encouraging his father instead of telling him to leave.
* HarsherInHindsight: This was Thuy Trang's final film before her death. It makes watching her death scene a little unnerving.unnerving.

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ExecutiveMeddling: The film was originally going to end on a much darker note. As hinted at the first movie's deleted scenes with the Skull Cowboy, the Crow can only stay in the land of the living as long as the person has unfinished business. Danny comes to Ashe during the battle with Judah, telling him he has to leave. Ashe refuses, saying he has to save [[spoiler: Sarah.]] During the battle, [[spoiler: Sarah]] is killed. With an innocent person dead because of his actions, Ashe then becomes unable to move on to the land of the dead to be reunited with his son. Neither alive nor dead, he's condemned to wander through Los Angeles for eternity. Deciding this was too dark and depressing, a new ending was cobbled together from scenes already shot and dialogue being dubbed over, such as Danny encouraging his father instead of telling him to leave.
HarsherInHindsight: This was Thuy Trang's final film before her death. It makes watching her death scene a little unnerving.

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ExecutiveMeddling: *ExecutiveMeddling: The film was originally going to end on a much darker note. As hinted at the first movie's deleted scenes with the Skull Cowboy, the Crow can only stay in the land of the living as long as the person has unfinished business. Danny comes to Ashe during the battle with Judah, telling him he has to leave. Ashe refuses, saying he has to save [[spoiler: Sarah.]] During the battle, [[spoiler: Sarah]] is killed. With an innocent person dead because of his actions, Ashe then becomes unable to move on to the land of the dead to be reunited with his son. Neither alive nor dead, he's condemned to wander through Los Angeles for eternity. Deciding this was too dark and depressing, a new ending was cobbled together from scenes already shot and dialogue being dubbed over, such as Danny encouraging his father instead of telling him to leave.
HarsherInHindsight: *HarsherInHindsight: This was Thuy Trang's final film before her death. It makes watching her death scene a little unnerving.
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ExecutiveMeddling: The film was originally going to end on a much darker note. As hinted at the first movie's deleted scenes with the Skull Cowboy, the Crow can only stay in the land of the living as long as the person has unfinished business. Danny comes to Ashe during the battle with Judah, telling him he has to leave. Ashe refuses, saying he has to save [[spoiler: Sarah.]] During the battle, [[spoiler: Sarah]] is killed. With an innocent person dead because of his actions, Ashe then becomes unable to move on to the land of the dead to be reunited with his son. Neither alive nor dead, he's condemned to wander through Los Angeles for eternity. Deciding this was too dark and depressing, a new ending was cobbled together from scenes already shot and dialogue being dubbed over, such as Danny encouraging his father instead of telling him to leave.
HarsherInHindsight: This was Thuy Trang's final film before her death. It makes watching her death scene a little unnerving.

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