Love it or hate it

Rating: Null/10 (31 January 2002)

There's no in between with this movie. No one ever says, "Well, it's okay." It takes a certain sense of humor to enjoy this movie, which is why it bombed at the box office, but has since earned itself a massive cult following.
If you haven't seen this movie, it's basically a retelling of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.' To leave it at that, however, is to miss the point. Like the previous installments of the 'Evil Dead' series, this one has copious amounts of gore, but it takes the sense of humor presented in the second film and runs with it. The result is sort of a bloody, live-action cartoon which pays tribute to the old adventure films of times past (similarities to 'Jason and the Argonauts' should be fairly obvious).
In the hands of less talented individuals, this horror/comedy/adventure combination would surely have been a disaster, but Sam Raimi's off-the-wall script and stylish direction combined with Bruce Campbell's amazing performance as Ash, make this one of the funniest movies ever made.
This is without a doubt one of the most entertaining films ever, packed with enough jokes and one-liners to strangle a horse.
See this movie. You may or may not like it, but at least you'll know what your friends are talking about when they suddenly proclaim, "Hail to the king, baby!"