You have to see this to believe it

Rating: Null/10 (23 August 2004)

I have to hold my hand up and say first off that I'm no fan of horror movies. I hate them in fact, dont even see the point of them. And yet, here is Army of Darkness and it's one of my favourite movies of all time. While the horror is there, painful mutilation and things from the nether regions of hell appear in pretty much every scene, it's the comedy that shines through. I laughed my ass off, and much of that has to be credited to Bruce Campbells performance as much as the writing and direction. Despite the weird and wonderful situations he finds himself in, our reluctant hero battles on with a handy wisecrack and his chainsaw fist.
Highpoints have to be the over-the-top battle scenes against hordes of undead and skeletal warriors, who are obligated by movie history to look and move as if Ray Harryhausen had animated them. Ash and evil Ash battle it out across medieavel ramparts, wisecracking all the way and kicking record amounts of ass. Low points for me are some of the out-and-out horror scenes at the mill, but since I'm no fan of horror that's not surprising. I am willing to put up with a little of it though, if it means I get to watch a movie that is as much fun and as full of action as this one. Cinematic candy? Yes, but no one can deny that candy tastes damn fine.