I started watching this movie since I was 10 yrs old, and I know this entire movie by heart. Brandon Lee plays Eric Draven, a young rock guitarist who, along with his fiancée, is brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals: the knife throwing Tin-Tin (Laurence Mason), the drug addicted Funboy (Michael Massee), the unsophisticated Skank (Angel David), and Car buff T-Bird (David Patrick Kelly). One Year later, Eric is brought back to life by a hypnotic crow to avenge their deaths, battle the evil crime lord Top Dollar (Michael Wincott) and his thugs, who must answer for their crimes. What a horrible tragedy about the film’s lead star Brandon Lee, who was accidently killed while filming his flashback scene of his character's murder, when it involved getting shot in the chest with a dummy bullet from a .44 revolver handgun, which was lodged in one of the prop guns used in the film and into his abdomen on March 31st, 1993. He was just 28 Years old. I can partially remember seeing the TV news reports of the incident when I was four years old. His untimely final performance as Eric Draven was fantastic. The action sequences are incredible, especially when it comes to the shootout scene between Lee and the bad guys. There’s one of the songs that Graeme Revell composed for the film, which I loved, and that is ‘Pain and Retribution”. If Brandon was still alive, he would’ve been goddamn proud of this incredible movie, which is one of my all-time favorites.
God Bless You, Brandon Bruce Lee (02/01/1965 - 03/31/1993).
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