“The Crow” began life as a comic book in the late-1980s, with the cult property turned into a 1994 movie starring the late Brandon Lee. The actor was killed while making the picture, giving it an unusual energy and curiosity factor that turned it into a box office hit. The brand name has been returned to multiple times over the decades, and nothing has matched the creative highs and monetary rewards of the original film, but producers keep trying. They’re back at it with “The Crow,” which is a new take on the James O’Barr literary creation, and once again the material comes up short. There is a defined change of pace for this new endeavor, which barely features the eponymous character, instead sticking with the power of love and the confusion of death to fuel a thoroughly uninspired effort from director Rupert Sanders, who’s already been responsible for two previous slogs in “Snow White and the Huntsman” and “Ghost in the Shell.” Read the rest at Blu-ray.com