Year:
1993
Studio:
Dino de Laurentiis Coporation/
Renaissance Pictures
Movie:
3/5
DVD:
3/5
Army of Darkness
is the third and so far final movie of the Evil Dead series. Once again
we quickly start out by recapping what happened in the first two
movies, changing it so that it's only Ash (Bruce Campbell) and his
girlfriend. At the end of Evil Dead 2
Ash found himself dropped into the Europ of the 13th Century and this
is where this movie picks up.
Ash is mistaken for a rebel and thrown into a pit, where he uses his
"magic" chainsaw to make mincemeat of the pit demons. The local wizard
convinces people that Ash is the hero foretold. Ash just wants to get
home but to do that he has to retrieve the Necronomicon. Of course, Ash
doesn't do it right and unleashes the undead hordes.
Still, Ash isn't going to help until the local hottie Sheila (Embeth
Davidtz) is taken by the undead. Now it's personal and Ash organizes
the defenders to make their final stand against the undead hordes.
This movie is the polished of the three. The humor is amazingly good
and the special effects are up to the ok level. Ash is not quite an
anti-hero, more of a bumbling anti-hero. Sam Raimi keeps trying to
refine his camera techniques. Overall it's a good movie.
The DVD has a commentary track with Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell.
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