Excellent Entertainment

Rating: 10/10 (2 April 2005)

You can't go into Army of Darkness expecting something on the line of The Godfather,Star Wars,or High Noon,those are excellent films that will stand the test of time.Army of Darkness is an excellent film in a different way,it's entertainment value.Army of Darkness is great because it is fun. Bruce Campbell gives the performance of his career as the one-liner shouting Ash.The plot takes place after the events of Evil Dead II,Ash is sent back in time by the Necronomican to the Middle Ages,and is mistaken for a promised one from the skies to lead the people against evil.Ash isn't a hero,heck even his creator Sam Raimi doesn't say so.You love Ash because he is a different type of hero.He works at a sleazy department store,he likes his normal routine and he doesn't want to be involved with the deadites(the monsters Ash fights) He wants to get back to working in the Housewares Department at S-Mart.We can easily say Ash is a hero close to home.He is what we'd be like in these situations.He eventually has a good heart under all the one liners and cocky attitude.When being offered to be sent home to leave the people in the castle to die,Ash knows he can't do this and pulls through for them.Most of the Bruce Campbell/Sam Raimi fans know that this is the third entry of The Evil Dead trilogy.The original Evil Dead has to be admired after reading about how the film was made,it was extremely low budget to the point where cans of dog food were used for body parts.Yet you look aside and the film is an effective horror masterpiece among the greats.Army of Darkness is nothing like Evil Dead,in fact the horror element is completely gone except for the deadites.The film is an action/comedy/horror hybrid.As a fan of the original Evil Dead I was not disappointed in the outcome,you will be entertained in a different way than Evil Dead.
10/10