Taking more influence from Slapstick than Schlock

Rating: Null/10 (30 January 2004)

Army of Darkness completes the Evil Dead (Sam Raimi) trilogy - where we find that Ash, the hero, has been transported back to the Dark Ages in England where he accidentally unleashes a huge "Army of Darkness". This movie is completely different (in my opinion) than the previous two - there is much more emphasis on slapstick than schlock (see The Evil Dead). More comedic - this film reminds me a lot of the Three Stooges sort of painful slapstick stuff. Ash (Bruce Campbell) is portrayed as a witty action flick movie star (it works!) where he is seen taking on the evil hordes whilst flicking off one-liners a la Arnie style. Even though the movie is only 80 plus minutes long - it tends to drag around two-thirds the way through. But if you love action adventures (or the other two entries in the Evil Dead Series) you'll probably enjoy Army of Darkness.