Over the Top, stupid, and proud of it

Rating: 8/10 (1 March 2015)

After beginning the Evil Dead series with a straight horror film, and then merging horror and comedy together in Part II. In Army of Darkness, it looks like Raimi's said "To hell with it" and just made the biggest, dumbest action/ comedy movie the $13 million budget allowed him to make.
In some foreign markets this was released with the awesome title "Captain Supermarket." That's because in this one Ash (Bruce Campbell) is a supermarket clerk who gets sucked back to medieval England to kick some undead ass. Corny one liners fly thick and fast, Campbell displays physical comedy that will have you in stitches. "THIS IS MY BOOMSTICK!" There are two different endings, both have their strengths and weaknesses.
If you were paying attention in Evil Dead 2, you would have noticed a scene where they are looking the Book of the Dead and see an ancient story about a knight in medieval England who stopped the dead. "Didn't do a good job," quips Ash. Well the knight is him. And he actually causes the problems with the undead in the first place due to his half baked attitude toward duty. There are shenanigans to be had with fighting bones, Ash getting an evil alter ego, and an all out battle for the human race between medieval knights and undead zombies plays out like a small budget Robin Hood vs the Zombies film.
There actually is a nice supporting cast in this too, including Embeth Davidtz. Marcus Gilbert, Ian Ambercrombie and a young Bridget Fonda (hardly in it at all). But this is Campbell's film. He's not quite as unrestrained as in the insane second part, but he certainly does "Let it Go" in this one too. The scene at the windmill is three stooges stuff, but is great.
You'll laugh, you'll roll your eyes at some effects and one liners, but ultimately you'll be really entertained by this over the top action comedy that doesn't take itself very seriously at all.