A Misunderstood Indie/ Cult Hit Phenom that Rocks!

Rating: Null/10 (30 July 2001)

Army of Darkness plays out like a sick, existential nightmare of a tangled protagonist's web of inner demons, set up against the backdrop of a premise that all to gladly parodies itself in the name of good comedy; but backfires as the premise gets water thin; and the audience is left to wonder if horror movies have embraced laid back nostalgia as a substitute for sheer terror and dauntless tension. As compared to Raimi's "The Evil Dead", this film plays out like a sick and syrupy snow cone that's been allowed to sit out on a late summer afternoon, on a porch, for a little too long. As a result, it is a nauseaus mess, at times. I still enjoyed the symbiotic interplay of the characters, and the story and dialogue should keep any enlightened existentialist glued to their chair, and the movie runs at a breakneck pace, and brings back fond memories of fond times past, in a good-natured, devil-may care, David Lynch awe-inspiring way. Rating: 5/10 ( An unnecessary addition, it single-handedly brings down a metaphoric "empire" that would have been better off left to the first two films-how tragic.)