The Crow - film review
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MEDIA The Crow This is a hybrid film and the genre of the film is action/thriller. It has many codes and conventions of an action film, yet it is dark and tense like a thriller. The lighting, background and weather are similar to that of a film noir genre. We know that the film is partly a thriller because of its use of iconographic features. It is the narrative of the film that makes is partly an action film as well. The weather, lighting and background of the film are very dark and dismal, which are generic conventions of thriller films. It is raining throughout the film and it is very smoky. There is also lots of rubble and burning fires throughout the film. Most of the film is set during one night, so it is dark throughout the film too. This gives connotations that the film has a dark narrative...

