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Everyone Wants to Kill Him, but No One Knows How to Do It.

Eric and Shelley met in a rehabilitation center and escaped together when those she was hiding from came for her. The lovers regain a taste of life, but happiness does not last long - the handmaidens of a cunning rich man send them both to the other side of the world. However, having died with a great sense of grief, Eric returns to the world of the living with only one goal - to avenge the death of his beloved.

Movie - The Crow (2024)

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00:00Eric Draven, as a child, witnesses a tragic incident.
00:03His beloved horse gets caught in barbed wire,
00:05writhing in agony.
00:06The boy desperately tries to help the animal,
00:09as his mother is asleep in a drunken stupor
00:11and cannot do anything.
00:12He pulls at the wire, injuring his hands,
00:15leaving scars on his palms.
00:16From that moment, this horrifying scene
00:19haunts Eric in his dreams throughout his life.
00:21Years later, a young woman named Shelly lives in Detroit.
00:24One day, she receives a video message from her friend Zadie,
00:27filmed by their mutual friend during a terrifying incident.
00:30Zadie suggests using this video to bring down
00:32the all-powerful crime boss, Vincent Rogue,
00:35to avenge all his crimes.
00:36But for now, it's best for them to leave the city.
00:39Shelly asks Zadie to stay home and wait for her,
00:42but Zadie isn't sure if she's being followed.
00:44She turns out to be right.
00:45As soon as the girl enters her apartment,
00:47it's clear someone is waiting for her.
00:49Rogue's right hand, Marion, emerges from the room,
00:52immediately seizing Zadie's phone
00:54and checking what she sent and to whom.
00:56Marion's assistant injects Zadie with some substance
00:58and the girl is taken away.
01:00Shelly realized something has happened to her friend
01:02and calls her friend's boyfriend,
01:03asking him to wait because Zadie has done something reckless.
01:07Shelly goes outside and feels like she's already being watched.
01:10As Shelly tries to escape her pursuers,
01:12she bumps into a couple of policemen.
01:14Her purse falls and its contents scatter,
01:17revealing a packet of illegal substances.
01:19Shelly is taken to the station
01:21and later placed in a rehabilitation center.
01:23Meanwhile, grown-up Eric is also undergoing treatment there,
01:26struggling with issues stemming from his past.
01:28The program is difficult for him,
01:30but so far he manages to follow the psychologist's instructions.
01:34One day, he notices a new girl
01:36and is immediately drawn to her.
01:37However, relationships with the opposite sex
01:40are strictly prohibited in the center.
01:42Meanwhile, Vincent Rogue,
01:43known as a patron of musical talent,
01:45meets a young pianist.
01:46He begins a conversation with the girl,
01:48which is interrupted by Marion,
01:50who informs him that Zadie has been found.
01:52Rogue heads to the back room
01:54where the frightened girl is being held.
01:56He demands to know Shelly's whereabouts,
01:58but Zadie knows nothing about it.
02:00Rogue laments that he has killed many like her
02:02over the centuries he has lived.
02:04He would gladly continue killing scum,
02:06but they are already headed for hell.
02:08His master, however, needs souls like Zadie's.
02:11This was the deal.
02:12Rogue sends people to hell to avoid going there himself.
02:15The girl begs to be released,
02:17but Rogue leans in and whispers something in her ear.
02:19Zadie's eyes glaze over
02:21and she takes a dagger, ending her own life.
02:23Rogue raises his eyes to the sky as if releasing her soul.
02:27Meanwhile, Shelly notices Eric
02:29during their morning exercises.
02:31At breakfast, she sits at his table,
02:33despite it being forbidden.
02:34She strikes up a conversation and they quickly connect.
02:37The young couple frequently exchange glances
02:40and talk whenever possible.
02:41During group activities,
02:43they try to be as close to each other as possible.
02:45Meanwhile, Marion tracks down Shelly
02:47through her mother, Sophia.
02:49Rogue's people head to the center
02:50to retrieve the girl.
02:52On that day, Shelly stops by Eric's room
02:54and sees his drawings.
02:55Some of them feature her, which she likes.
02:58She also reads the texts Eric has written
03:00and realizes they could easily become songs
03:02as she plays some musical instruments.
03:04Eric suggests they team up and create something together,
03:07and the girl agrees.
03:08Just then, an announcement is made
03:10that Shelly has visitors.
03:11Eric looks out of the room and reassures Shelly,
03:13mistaking Marion for a lawyer.
03:15But when Shelly sees the woman, she is terrified.
03:17She asks Eric to help her hide,
03:19though she doesn't know how in the center.
03:21Eric leads her to the laundry room
03:22and shows her windows that lead to freedom.
03:24But first, they need to remove the tracker.
03:26After freeing Shelly from her bracelet, Eric does the same.
03:29When the girl asks why, Eric smiles
03:31and says he's tired of the center
03:33and intends to go with her.
03:35The couple successfully escapes,
03:36and after climbing over a fence, flees into the woods.
03:40Soon, they reach a forest road
03:41and stop the first truck that agrees
03:43to take them to the city.
03:45Shelly leads Eric to her friend's empty apartment
03:47as he is out of town.
03:48The couple grows closer, finding comfort in each other.
03:52They spend quality time together, talk a lot,
03:54reminisce about their past lives,
03:56and make plans for the future.
03:58Sitting on the roof at night,
03:59they talk about love and realize they've found each other.
04:03Meanwhile, the police find Zadie's body
04:05and immediately report it to Rogue,
04:06who is enjoying the pianist's performance.
04:09He orders Marion to find Shelly and finally finish this.
04:12If the video leaks, it will severely damage his reputation.
04:16Shelly and Eric continue to enjoy their love.
04:18They go on nature trips, relax with other young couples,
04:21walk a lot, and hope to grow old together.
04:24The couple writes songs together,
04:25but one day, as Shelly sits down at an instrument,
04:27she suddenly remembers something bad.
04:29She confesses that she used to love playing.
04:32However, her mother forced her to perform
04:34in inappropriate places for a child.
04:36She had to witness things no child should see.
04:39People suffered because of this,
04:40and she feels deeply guilty.
04:43Shelly can't say exactly what she did,
04:45fearing Eric would leave her,
04:46but Eric assures her he can't live without her.
04:49One night onward, they go to a club
04:50where Shelly finds Zadie's friend,
04:52who tells her about her friend's murder
04:53and warns her to flee the city.
04:55Shelly pulls Eric away,
04:57promising to explain everything at home,
04:58but when they enter the apartment,
05:00Rogue's men attack them.
05:01Eric and Shelly die, sinking into the realm
05:04between life and death.
05:05The lovers are separated.
05:07Shelly is plunged into the abyss
05:08while Eric ends up in Limbo,
05:10a place where souls await their judgment.
05:13Here, he meets a mysterious spirit, Kronos,
05:16who explains that in ancient beliefs,
05:18the crow carries a soul to the place
05:20where it determines its next path,
05:21to rest or to continue fighting against injustice.
05:24The crow will show Eric his path.
05:26However, Eric doesn't believe in the reality
05:28of what's happening and tries to leave.
05:30Kronos advises him to wake up and pushes him.
05:33Eric falls and wakes up in his apartment.
05:35He tries to find Shelly, but she's nowhere to be found.
05:39Suddenly, he hears the voice of Marion's henchman,
05:41who has returned to the apartment
05:42to retrieve Shelly's phone
05:44because someone interrupted the killers that night.
05:46The man spots Eric and tells him to step outside,
05:49claiming to be a policeman.
05:50Eric complains that he's lost touch with reality
05:53and doesn't understand what's happening to him.
05:55Suddenly, the policeman shoots and Eric falls.
05:58However, he immediately gets back up, terrifying the man.
06:01They fight and Eric is stabbed in the stomach,
06:03but he pulls the knife out and resumes fighting.
06:06Eventually, he kills the policeman with his own knife.
06:09He watches as his wounds heal.
06:11Stunned, Eric walks out into the street,
06:13recalling Kronos's words about the crow
06:15and a soul that, due to immense grief,
06:17cannot always go where it should.
06:19Suddenly, he sees Shelly on a bridge,
06:21about to jump into the water.
06:23He shouts for her to stop, but she jumps.
06:26Eric follows her, once again confronting Kronos.
06:29Now he understands that they are both dead.
06:31Kronos explains that Shelly is on her way down
06:33to a place far worse than this one.
06:36Those who killed them made a deal with the devil
06:38and received eternal life in exchange for innocent souls.
06:41Eric must avenge his and Shelly's deaths
06:43so their souls can find peace.
06:45His body can no longer be killed,
06:46but the pain will never go away.
06:48It will last as long as his love remains pure.
06:51Kronos pushes the boy
06:52and he returns to the world of the living.
06:55The first thing he does is visit a friend
06:57from whom he gets a gun.
06:58Then he finds Shelly's mother.
07:00She tries to dismiss everything
07:02as her daughter's substance abuse,
07:03but Eric knows exactly what happened.
07:05Sophia's afraid to talk and Eric goes into Shelly's room
07:08where he finds photos and Zadie's pass to the theater.
07:11Eric heads there and at the entrance,
07:13he finds his killer
07:14who doesn't seem too surprised by his appearance.
07:17Eric demands the names of his master,
07:19but the man reaches for his gun
07:21and dies from a stray bullet.
07:22Eric takes his phone and finds Marion's name.
07:25At that moment,
07:26he sees the woman getting into a car with her assistant.
07:28He steps onto the road,
07:30but the thug quickly realizes what's about to happen
07:32and orders Marion to duck.
07:34Nonetheless, Eric shoots and then gets into the car
07:37trying to kill everyone inside,
07:38but Marion's assistant prevents him from doing so.
07:41Eventually, the boy is thrown onto the road
07:43right in front of a massive truck,
07:45but the unkillable Eric comes to his senses and recovers.
07:48That night, Rogue visits Sophia.
07:50He wants to know why Eric visited her
07:53and the woman admits that he is willing to do anything
07:55to bring Shelly back.
07:56It turns out the mother traded her daughter's soul
07:59for wealth, something she now regrets.
08:01Rogue sends her soul to hell
08:03after which the woman throws herself out the window.
08:06The man gets into the car
08:07where the young pianist is waiting and calls Marion,
08:09explaining that Eric has returned
08:11and orders her to bring him in.
08:13Eric, meanwhile, finds Zadie's friend
08:15and accuses him of betrayal.
08:17The terrified boy reveals that Marion is a small fry
08:20and the real boss is Vincent Rogue.
08:22He can do devilish things.
08:24With his voice, he can penetrate directly into the brain
08:27and make people do terrible things.
08:29The boy filmed the video
08:30that led to the deaths of Zadie and Shelly.
08:32Eric lets the boy go and heads to the apartment
08:35where they hid after their escape.
08:36He remembers happy moments with Shelly
08:38and then finds her hiding place
08:40where her phone is concealed.
08:41He plays the video in which Shelly,
08:43under Rogue's influence, brutally kills her friend.
08:46It becomes too much for Eric to bear.
08:49He goes to their mutual friend
08:50and confesses that he can't shake the heavy thoughts
08:53and is beginning to doubt his love.
08:55At that moment, two of Rogue's thugs burst into the room,
08:59take Eric away, and kill the friend.
09:01Seeing this, Eric breaks free and fights back.
09:04He is shot and suddenly dies again.
09:06Returning to the afterlife, Eric once again faces Kronos,
09:09who tells him he has lost his ability to heal
09:12because he didn't finish the job
09:13and doubted his love for Shelly.
09:15Now her soul is doomed to eternal darkness.
09:18Eric will have an easy eternity.
09:20Kronos advises him to let Shelly go.
09:22Eric, however, asks Kronos to take his soul
09:24in exchange for saving Shelly's.
09:26Kronos reminds him that they will never be together,
09:29but Eric insists, agreeing to eternal torment
09:31to save his beloved.
09:33A flock of crows suddenly soars above them.
09:35Kronos cuts his hand in Eric's, joining their blood.
09:38Eric is twisted in pain, his eyes clouded with black blood,
09:42and he gains the ability to fly between worlds like a crow.
09:46Now he can restore justice
09:47and gets another chance to kill Rogue.
09:49Eric rises from the dead
09:51and kills his murderers with their own weapons.
09:53He then finds an SMS on one of their phones
09:56revealing that Marion will be waiting at the theater.
09:58He applies terrifying makeup,
10:00arms himself, and heads to the location.
10:02Marion, at this time, reports to Rogue
10:04that the boy is unfortunately dead, which displeases him.
10:07However, the show begins, and Marion and her people
10:10turn their attention to the performance.
10:12Eric enters the theater
10:13and eliminates Rogue's guards one by one.
10:15They try to stop him, but the boy coldly clears his path,
10:18leaving dead bodies behind.
10:20Neither knives nor bullets affect him,
10:22and his wounds heal instantly.
10:24Marion reports this to Rogue,
10:26and he thanks her for her service.
10:28Meanwhile, Eric reaches Marion's balcony
10:30and demands to know Rogue's location.
10:33Reluctantly, she gives him the address
10:34before Eric beheads her, as well as her guard.
10:37He takes their heads to the stage
10:38and throws them into the audience,
10:40terrifying the spectators.
10:41As they scatter, he sees Shelley
10:43remembering her desire for a bouquet of lilies.
10:46He grabs the flowers, and after leaving them on the bridge,
10:48heads to Rogue's estate.
10:50Eric walks unimpeded into Rogue's room
10:52where Rogue reveals that he too is made of flesh and blood.
10:55He mocks Eric's intention to bring Shelley back
10:58and sympathizes with his disappointment,
11:00but Eric doesn't believe in Shelley's guilt.
11:02Rogue plunges a dagger into Eric's chest,
11:05assuring him that there is no love left in him, only hatred.
11:08He tries to steal his powers,
11:10but Eric focuses on the bright moments
11:12and transports the enemy to the afterlife.
11:14Here, he easily kills Rogue,
11:16sending his soul to hell and saving Shelley's soul.
11:19The girl rises from the abyss and embraces her beloved.
11:22He reassures her, explaining that he cannot return.
11:25Shelley refuses to go back without him,
11:27but nothing can be changed.
11:29She awakens on the night of their death
11:31and sees Kronos in the form of a medic
11:33who tells her that Eric gave his life for hers.
11:36Shelley weeps, and Eric remembers
11:38the bright moments of their meetings,
11:39believing that their souls will one day find each other again.
11:43The film is a story of love, pain,
11:45and the eternal struggle for justice
11:47that never ends, even after death.