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I wanted to make a movie more about the process of revenge, the winding, circular course that hatred can take on its path to revenge. That’s why the villains have their own motives, and why Jimmy is not the basic innocent guy, but a convict. Everybody in Wicked Prayer feels like they’ve been wronged
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costume and make-up he wore to the celebration a previous year. He finds and kills Pestilence in a bar. He then seizes the hearse carrying Lily's body, and buries her near the tree where he carved a love symbol for them both. Jimmy goes to a casino and kills Famine in front of Luc. During an ensuing
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Luc and Lola visit El Niño, the head of their order, at a Catholic church which has been abandoned by Christians and has been modified for use by the satanic cult. Tanner and Harold and a group of men assemble outside to confront them. As El Niño is performing the marriage ceremony that will bring
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Harold, Tanner, and the others free Jimmy, who tells them the crow is dying. To heal the bird and restore Jimmy's powers, Harold performs the Crow Dance. Weakened, Jimmy heads to the graveyard and stops Luc from having sex with Lola. Luc and Jimmy engage in a fight and the revived crow returns,
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about a rapper who chooses to leave the music scene for the love of a woman and is killed during a drive-by shooting. The rapper is then resurrected by the Crow in order to take revenge on the gang responsible for his death. Production had been slated to begin in November of that year, but the
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The Crow then appears and revives Jimmy, who discovers his newfound invincibility after attempting to shoot himself. He takes Lily's body and leaves it on her bed so it can be found. Tanner and Harold find the body and assume Jimmy killed Lily.
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biker gang led by escaped convict Luc "Death" Crash and his fiancée Lola Byrne. Along with their three confederates "Pestilence", "Famine" and "War", Luc and Lola murder the pair in a brutal ritual that they hope will reawaken the
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restoring Jimmy's invulnerability. The sun rises, halting Luc's ritual. Jimmy then kills Luc by impaling him on a wooden spike and cutting his throat. Lola loses her sight and unsuccessfully attempts repentance by praying to the
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hangs Jimmy from a cross, while Lola kills El Niño. Luc and Lola leave the church and head to a nearby graveyard where they must consummate their ritual before sunrise in order for Lucifer to fully manifest.
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Luc closer to the power he craves, Jimmy, Tanner, Harold, and the other men arrive and shoot War. El Niño completes the ceremony as Jimmy enters the church. Luc, now a host for
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as Lilly 'Ignites The Dawn', Jimmy's girlfriend. She and Jimmy are killed by Luc and Lola. After Jimmy's resurrection, his love for Lilly becomes the source of his strength.
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fight between Jimmy and Luc, the crow, Jimmy's power source, is injured, thereby weakening Jimmy. Tanner finds and accuses Jimmy of killing Lily, but Jimmy shows Tanner
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as Padre Harold, father of Lilly and Sheriff Tanner. A preacher and devout Christian who is at first skeptical of Jimmy.
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project ultimately never came to be. In March 2003, it was announced Edward Furlong had been cast as the lead in
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powers upon Lola — and Jimmy's heart. They dump the bodies inside an old freezer.
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for both films. There was also a single feature release under the same company.
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as 'Pestilence', one of Luc's henchmen, a terminally ill hazardous waste cleaner.
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somehow, that was very intentional. It sprang from the feelings I had after the
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was approached by the producers to direct, and accepted as he was a fan of the
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Dave Baez (credited as Dave L. Ortiz) as Sheriff Tanner, Lilly's older brother.
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James "Jimmy" Cuervo, paroled after serving a prison sentence for killing a
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had been in discussions with producers about a fourth Crow film titled
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as Luc 'Death' Crash / Lucifer, an escaped convict who is a Satanist.
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The film has been featured in various horror compilation DVDs from
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release of the film. Once again, it is a double feature with
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as 'El Niño', a Satanic preacher who heads the order of Death.
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as 'Famine', one of Luc's henchmen, a "half-breed" fry cook.
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stores before its official release date had been reached.
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as 'War', one of Luc's henchmen, a psychopathic miner.
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On October 7, 2014, the film was released on DVD by
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Lance Mungia
Jeff Most
Sean Hood
Norman Partridge
The Crow
James O'Barr
Edward R. Pressman
Jeff Most
Edward Furlong
Tara Reid
David Boreanaz
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Dennis Hopper
Marcus Chong
Tito Ortiz
Rena Owen
Danny Trejo
Macy Gray
Dean Holland
Jamie Christopherson
Dimension Films
superhero film
Lance Mungia
Jeff Most
Sean Hood
Norman Partridge
The Crow
James O'Barr
standalone sequel

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