Saturday, October 28, 2017

Army of Darkness (1992)



Who's In It: Bruce Campbell (Escape from LA, Xena: Warrior Princess, Bubba Ho-Tep), Embeth Davidtz (Schindler's List, Thir13en Ghosts, The Amazing Spider-Man), and Ted Raimi (everything, and yet not enough stuff).

What It's About: After being sent to the fourteenth century at the end of Evil Dead 2, Ash (Campbell) agrees to fight demons in exchange for a way back to his own time.

How It Is: Differentiates itself from the previous two movies by toning down the horror and ramping the comedy way, way up into full camp and slapstick. Ash is no longer supposed to be relateable; he's now a cartoon and I love it that way. Army of Darkness is an on-the-cheap fantasy movie (with horror elements) from the guys who would go on to bring us Hercules and Xena. And Bruce Campbell is at the absolute top of his game. It's super fun and super funny.

Rating: 4 out 5 boom sticks.



2 comments:

Erik Johnson Illustrator said...

I'm right there with you. Ash is more short tempered and snippy in this installment, which is understandable giving all he's gone though. Maybe if he hadn't been through such trying circumstances he might have remembered the nessecary words.

Michael May said...

Ha! Yeah. I gotta cut him a little slack.

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