Bruce Campbell's defining movie

Rating: 8/10 (13 October 2011)

It's not everyday you get a third movie that measures up, but "Army of Darkness" does just that. And this time Ash is banished to medieval times to face off against his evil doppelgänger, and . . . a legion of stop-motion skeletons. Which should give you a pretty good idea the sort of comic absurdity that is this movie; one that wears its B-movie leanings on its sleeve. Also, it's hilarious.
But really, it's the movie I think of when I think Bruce Campbell. The chainsaw hand, the boomstick, the gags. This is Bruce's finely-tuned b-movie persona. His talents are put to extremely likable effect as the lunkhead braggart. And all of his iconic lines are here:
"This . . . is my BOOMSTICK!"; "Give me some sugar, baby"; "Well, if it isn't Mr. Fancy Pants . . . "; "Klaatu, Barada . . . Necktie!"; "Whatsa matter, you raised in a barn? Shut the door."; "Groovy"
It's just such a memorable presence.
Hail to the king, indeed.
8/10