Clearing up a myth

Rating: 10/10 (22 September 1999)

There are common misconceptions abounding that say that this is the best of the Evil Dead trilogies. I'm sorry, but this information is false. Army of Darkness is genius, to be sure. It is the funniest, most slapstick of all the movies, and perhaps the most brazen. But hang it all, it's just too high-budget, high-quality, and self-deprecating to be as good as Evil Dead II, which tempered all of these. Especially the first two... Much as I love Army of Darkness, and believe me I adore it, it will never be the timeless masterpiece of its immediate predecessor. Thank you.