[Music] Eric Draven as a child Witnesses a tragic incident his beloved horse gets caught in barbed wire writhing in agony the boy desperately tries to help the animal as his mother is asleep in a drunken stuper and cannot do anything he pulls at the wire injuring his hands leaving scars on his palms from that moment this horrifying scene haunts Eric in his dreams throughout his life years later a young woman named Shel lives in Detroit one day she receives a video message from her friend Zade filmed by their mutual friend during a terrifying incident Zade
suggests using this video to bring down the all powerful Crime Boss Vincent Rogue to avenge all his crimes but for now it's best for them to leave the city Shelly asked Zade to stay home and wait for her but Zade isn't sure if she's being followed she turns out to be right as soon as the girl enters her apartment it's clear someone is waiting for her rogue's right hand Maran emerges from the room immediately seizing zade's phone and checking what she sent into whom Marian's assistant injects Zade with some substance and the girl is taken
away Shelly realized something has happened to her friend and calls her friend's boyfriend asking him to wait because Zade has done something Reckless Shelly goes outside and feels like she's already being watched as shelle tries to escape her pursuers she bumps into a couple of policemen her purse Falls and its contents scatter revealing a packet of illegal substance es shell is taken to the station and later placed in a rehabilitation center meanwhile grown-up Eric is also undergoing treatment there struggling with issues stemming from his past the program is difficult for him but so far he
manages to follow the psychologist's instructions one day he notices a new girl and is immediately drawn to her however relationships with the opposite sex are strictly prohibited in the center meanwhile Vincent Rogue known as a patron of musical Talent meets a young pianist he begins a conversation with the girl which is interrupted by Maran who informs him that Zade has been found Rogue heads to the back room where the frightened girl is being held he demands to know Shell's whereabouts but Zade knows nothing about it Rogue laments that he has killed many like her over
the centuries he has lived he would gladly continue killing scum but they are already headed for hell his master however needs Souls like Zade this was the deal Rogue sends people to hell to avoid going there himself the girl begs to be released but Rogue leans in and Whispers something in her ear zade's eyes glaze over and she takes a dagger ending her own life Rogue raises his eyes to the sky as if releasing her soul meanwhile Shelly notices Eric during their morning exercises at breakfast she sits at his table despite it being forbidden she
strikes up a conversation and they quickly connect the young couple frequently exchange glances and talk whenever possible during group activities they try to be as close to each other as possible meanwhile Maran tracks down Shelly through her mother so IIA Rogues people head to the center to retrieve the girl on that day Shelly stops by Eric's room and sees his drawings some of them feature her which she likes she also reads the texts Eric has written and realizes they could easily become songs as she plays some musical instruments Eric suggests they team up and create
something together and the girl agrees just then an announcement is made that Shelly has visitors Eric looks out of the room and reassures Shel mistaking Marian for a lawyer but when shell sees the woman she is terrified she asks Eric to help help her hide though she doesn't know how in the center Eric leads her to the laundry room and shows her windows that lead to freedom but first they need to remove the tracker after freeing shell from her bracelet Eric does the same when the girl asks why Eric smiles and says he's tired of
the center and intends to go with her the couple successfully escapes and after climbing over a fence flees into the woods soon they reach a Forest Road and stop the first truck that agrees to take them to the city Shelly leads Eric to her friend's Empty Apartment as he is out of town the couple grows closer finding comfort in each other they spend quality time together talk a lot reminisce about their past lives and make plans for the future sitting on the roof at night they talk about love and realize they found each other meanwhile
the police find Z's body and immediately reported to Rogue who is enjoying The Pianist performance he orders Maran to find Shelly and finally finish this if the video leaks it will severely damage his reputation Shelly and Eric continue to enjoy their love they go on nature trips relax with other young couples walk a lot and hope to grow old together the couple write songs together but one day as shell sits down at an instrument she suddenly remembers something bad she confesses that she used to love playing however her mother forced her to perform in inappropriate
places for a child she had to witness things no child should see people suffered because of this and she feels deeply guilty Shelly can't say exactly what she did fearing Eric would leave her but Eric assures her he can't live with without her one night on where they go to a club where Shelly finds zade's friend who tells her about her friend's murder and warns her to flee the city shell pulls Eric away promising to explain everything at home but when they enter the apartment rogue's men attack them Eric and Shelly die sinking into the
realm between life and death the lovers are separated Shelly is plunged into the abyss while Eric ends up in limbo a place where Souls await their judgment here he meets a mysterious Spirit Kronos who explains that in ancient beliefs The Crow carries a soul to the place where it determines its next PATH to rest or to continue fighting against Injustice the crow will show Eric his path however Eric doesn't believe in the reality of what's happening and tries to leave Kronos advises him to wake up and pushes him Eric Falls and wakes up in his
apartment he tries to find Shelly but she's nowhere to be found suddenly he hears the voice of Marian's henchman who has returned to the apartment to retrieve shelle's phone because someone interrupted the killers that night the man spots Eric and tells him to step step outside claiming to be a policeman Eric complains that he's lost touch with reality and doesn't understand what's happening to him suddenly the policeman shoots and Eric Falls however he immediately gets back up terrifying the man they fight and Eric is stabbed in the stomach but he pulls the knife out and
resumes fighting eventually he kills the policeman with his own knife he watches as his wounds heal stunned Eric walks out into the street recalling kronos's words about the crow and a soul that due to immense grief cannot always always go where it should suddenly he sees Shelly on a bridge about to jump into the water he shouts for her to stop but she jumps Eric follows her once again confronting Kronos now he understands that they are both dead Kronos explains that shell is on her way down to a place far worse than this one those
who killed them made a deal with the devil and received eternal life in exchange for innocent Souls Eric must avenge his in Shell's deaths so their souls can find peace his body can no longer be killed but the pain will never go away it will last as long as his Love Remains pure Kronos pushes the boy and he returns to the world of the living the first thing he does is visit a friend from whom he gets a gun then he finds shelle's mother she tries to dismiss everything as her daughter's substance abuse But Eric
knows exactly what happened Sophia's afraid to talk and Eric goes into shelle's room where he finds photos and zade's pass to the theater Eric heads there and at the entrance he finds his killer who doesn't seem too surprised by his appearance Eric demands the names of his master but the man reaches for his gun and dies from a stray bullet Eric takes his phone and finds Marian's name at that moment he sees the woman getting into a car with her assistant he steps onto the road but the thug quickly realizes what's about to happen and
orders Maran to duck nonetheless Eric shoots and then gets into the car trying to kill everyone inside but maran's assistant prevents him from doing So eventually the boy is thrown into the road right in front of a massive truck but the unkillable Eric comes to his senses and recovers that night Rogue visits Sophia he wants to know why Eric visited her and the woman admits that he is willing to do anything to bring Shelly back it turns out the mother traded her daughter's soul for wealth something she now regrets Rogue sends her soul to Hell
after which the woman throws herself out the window the man gets into the car where the young pianist is waiting and calls Maran explaining that Eric has returned and orders her to bring him in Eric meanwhile finds zade's friend and accuses him of betrayal the terrified boy reveals that Marian is a small fry and the real boss is Vincent Rogue he can do devilish things with his voice he can penetrate directly into the brain and make people do Terrible Things The Boy filmed the video that led to the deaths of Zade and Shelly Eric lets
the boy go and heads to the apartment where they hid after their escape he remembers happy moments with Shelly and then finds her hiding place where her phone is concealed he plays the video in which Shelly under rogue's influence brutally kills her friend it becomes too much for Eric to Bear he goes to their mutual friend and confesses that he can't shake the heavy thoughts and is beginning to doubt his love at that moment two of rogue's thugs burst into the room take Eric away and kill the friend seeing this Eric breaks free and fights
back he is shot and suddenly dies again returning to the afterlife Eric once again faces Kronos who tells him he has lost his ability to heal because he didn't finish the job and doubted his love for Shelly now her soul is doomed to Eternal Darkness Eric will have an easy eternity Kronos advises him to let Shelly Go Eric however asks Kronos to take his soul in exchange for saving Shelly Kronos reminds him that they will never be together but Eric insists agreeing to eternal torment to save his beloved a flock of crows suddenly Soares above
them Kronos cuts his hand in Eric's joining their blood Eric is Twisted in pain his eyes clouded with black blood and he gains the ability to fly Between Worlds like a crow now he can restore Justice and gets another chance to kill Rogue Eric rises from the dead and kills his murderers with their own weapons he then finds an SMS on one of their phones revealing that Maran will be waiting at the theater he applies terrifying makeup arms himself and heads to the location Maran at this time reports to Rogue that the boy is unfortunately
dead which displeases him however the show begins and Marian and her people turn their attention to the performance Eric enters the theater and eliminates rogue's guards one by one they try to stop him but the boy coldly clears his path leaving dead bodies behind neither knives nor bullets affect him and his wounds heal instantly Marian reports this to Rogue and he thanks her for her service meanwhile Eric reaches Marian's balcony and demands to know rogue's location reluctantly she gives him the address before Eric beheads her as well as her guard he takes their heads to
the stage and throws them into the audience terrifying The Spectators as they scatter he sees Shelly remembering her desire for a bouquet of Lies he grabs the flowers and after leaving them on the bridge heads to rogue's estate Eric walks unimpeded into rogue's room where Rogue reveals that he too is made of Flesh and Blood he mocks Eric's intention to bring Shelly back and sympathizes with his disappointment But Eric doesn't believe in Shell's guilt Rogue plunges a dagger into Eric's chest assuring him that there is no love left in him only hatred he tries to
steal his powers But Eric focuses on the bright moments and transports the enemy to the afterlife here he easily kills Rogue sending his soul to hell and saving Shel Soul the girl rises from the abyss and Embraces her beloved he reassures her explaining that he cannot return Shelly refuses to go back without him but nothing can be changed she awakens on the night of their death and sees Kronos in the form of a medic who tells her that Eric gave his life for hers Shelly weeps and Eric remembers the bright moments of their meetings believing
that their souls will one day find each other again the film is a story of love pain and the eternal struggle for justice that never ends even after death [Music]
