Ngaphambi kokuba itreyila iphume, sinepowusta yomdlalo omnandi «IRaven", yenziwe ngu NguJohn Cusack y ULuka Evans kwaye ilawulwe ngu UJames McTeigue (Ninja Assassin, V for Vendetta), eya kukhutshwa ngoMatshi 9, 2012. Sele siyibonile eyokuqala yeCusack ebizwa ngokuba ngu-Edgar Allan Poe.
Ebalini, xa umama nentombi yakhe babulawa ngenkohlakalo eBaltimore ngenkulungwane ye-19, uDetective Emmett Fields (Evans) wenza into eyothusayo: ulwaphulo-mthetho lufana nokubulawa kwabantu okungeyonyani okuchazwe ngokweenkcukacha ezibuhlungu kwiphephandaba lasekhaya, eliyinxalenye ye ingqokelela yamabali abhalwe ngumbhali Edgar Allan Poe (Cusack).
Xa iPoe ibuzwa ngamapolisa, kwenzeka okunye ukubulala, ikwaphefumlelwe yintsomi eyaziwayo yePoe. Ke ngoko, iiNdawo ngoncedo lombhali ziya kuzama ukumisa umbulali ...