A Fitting End

Rating: 7/10 (1 January 2007)

Army of Darkness(1992) Review: The final Evil Dead movie. The first installment was creepy and eerie, the second was a awesome mix of horror and humor, now we got the final. What is this like? Let me tell ya. Just something was missing...
This movie is definitely has some humor no doubt, but also has it's fill of too much slapstick humor that gets old in a hurry. Bruce Campbell is fun as Ash. He's still got it. He has some very well delivered lines that just take the cake. The story is fine. He's gotta battle the evil dead that attempts to reclaim the Necronomicon: Book of the dead.
So what's missing? The horror. The sinister and eerie feeling from the first two Evil Dead movies is not here, replaced by common slapstick humor that gets old in a hurry. This movie I would almost recommend to the kids if it were not for the occasional cursing from Campbell.(Which does deliver some funny stuff)The slapstick is really childish. They should have focused more on the gritty and awesome one-liners delivered by Campbell and less on the slapstick. Campbell's liners are this movie greatest strengths. Nothing beats the lines of "Yo, She-Bitch, Let's go!" or "This is my BOOMSTICK!" Pure genius.
The Last Word: Alright. I saw this movie before the other Evil Dead movies, so this was great. After seeing the others, This is more like the black sheep in the family. This is a fine movie, but the Evil Dead charm was missing. Still, Campbell is the man. He saves this movie.