Basically Evil Dead without Ash, which should sum it up for you

Rating: 4/10 (13 July 2013)

I am a fan of the Evil Dead movies (who isn't?) and I'm glad I didn't put my expectations too high for this. I can totally see why some of the old fans of the series like this reboot. It takes some new turns so it's not a complete plagiarism, and it still manages to set the setting completely right. I didn't laugh once though, which was a shame, because I found all the other Evil Dead movies to be hilarious (even the first one). This one therefore takes a much more serious tone, which is not bad... but I liked the fact that the Evil Dead movies could be so silly but it didn't take away the disturbing content in them. This one just abandoned that. But, it has tons of gruesome and disturbing moments that will please the fans of this genre!
So, why the low score then? Because Bruce Campbell. This was such a dumb idea to reboot, seriously. Ash was the character who made the movies so much more entertaining, and without him, this just feels like our typical gory teen movie with bland characters that could have used its ambition (which it does have in my opinion) on something else more interesting.
However, it's one of the more gruesome flicks I've seen in a while, so I give them that.