Professional wrestling can be a lot of fun after drinking a beer too.

Rating: 8/10 (25 October 2006)

I caught myself vaguely watching this movie on TV one day. . . and coming to the realization. . . 'hey, this is really great'. During a commercial. . . sometime during the movie anyway. . . I was talking to a friend on the phone. . . and he mentioned, he was watching it too. We were both amazed we were liking this movie so much.
Army of Darkness comes off somewhere between camp, comedy and action heroics.
I think you have to be in the right mood to appreciate this movie. For example, I love Godzilla movies, but, after drinking a beer, Godzilla can be so much more fun. Watching professional wrestling can be a lot of fun after drinking a beer too.
It's said, some movies are so bad, they are funny. Sometimes, I think, movie makers can sense their movie isn't that good and so try and skirt this line between bad and 'funny'. Army of Darkness may be trying something else. The special effects aren't that great and sometimes it's as if the movie could have been filmed in your house or your backyard or something. The mundane atmosphere makes the movie-itself seem that much better? Perhaps it's the main character Ash (Bruce Campbell). He says and does all the things you wish you could do. Perhaps Army of Darkness gives us a great action hero, yet just enough comedy and silliness it's acceptable to give in to it.