A missed opportunity

Rating: 6/10 (31 July 2013)

As a fan of the original Evil Dead trilogy I got really excited when I saw the trailer for this film. The weekend it came out there was a huge buzz that got me even more excited. My question is did they see the same movie? The people that gave this perfect reviews must not have been fans of the original. This film makes no sense to me, the plot is loose and thin and if you think too hard about it you can find numerous holes and questions. My main complaint is the deadites. In the original when the Evil came and turned people it turned them into ruthless crazy people that taunted and played with the people's minds. In this film when someone turns (with the exception of Mia) they just turn into mindless zombies that can use weapons. They make rules with the book but none of them seem to matter in the long run. The (evil one) at the end is just another mindless deadite that is too easily killed. The visuals and gore in this film are great (the main reason I scored it as high as I did). All in all it just doesn't feel like an Evil Dead movie even though many of the pieces are in place.