Remakes just do not work for some films because the original was so good that it simply cannot be topped or even matched.
It also generally requires a great film to warrant a remake. The Crow is certainly one of those films imo.
So it begs the question, why bother? Is it the thought process of the studio's that "modern audiences" aren't familiar with the original and that this will introduce them to it?
I cannot imagine even younger people are strangers to the Brandon Lee version. But perhaps I'm wrong.
In any case, I just do not understand the logic behind the majority of remakes. It's pretty much always a generic, poor man's version of what came before. So again, why bother and are modern audiences clueless to this franchise?
It seems like a recipe for failure.