Review of Army of Darkness (1992) by Edward C — 18 Oct 2012

Plot/Summary,The third in director Sam Raimi's stylish, comic book-like horror trilogy that began with The Evil Dead (1982), this tongue-in-cheek sequel offers equal parts sword-and-sorcery-style action, gore, and comedy. Bruce Campbell returns as the one-armed Ash, now a supermarket employee ("Shop Smart...Shop S-Mart") who is transported by the powers of a mysterious book back in time with his Oldsmobile '88 to the 14th century medieval era. Armed only with a shotgun, his high school chemistry textbook, and a chainsaw that mounts where his missing appendage once resided, the square-jawed, brutally competent Ash quickly establishes himself as a besieged kingdom's best hope against an "army of darkness" currently plaguing the land. Since the skeleton warriors have been resurrected with the aid of the Necronomicon (the same tome that can send Ash back to his own time) he agrees to face the enemy in battle. Ash also finds romance of a sort along the way with a beautiful damsel in distress, Sheila (Embeth Davidtz), and contends with his own doppelganger after mangling an important incantation.

My Review.

"Ok you Primitive Screwheads, listen up! You see this? This... is my boomstick! The 12-gauge double-barreled Remington. S-Mart's top of the line. You can find this in the sporting goods department. That's right, this sweet baby was made in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Retails for about $109.95. It's got a walnut stock, cobalt blue steel, and a hair trigger. That's right. Shop smart. Shop S-Mart. You got that?'' well this was actually alot better then I was expecting it to be it had tons action delivered on the Army part of the title and it's loads of fun. This is my third favorite trilogy of all time I mean a horror comedy trilogy with zombie demon witches is really hard to find but if that's what's you want then look no further then the evil dead trilogy cause it is loads of fun. The acting is still astonishing from Bruce Campbell as Ash and some other great performances from Embeth Davidez,Marcus Gilbert,Richard Grove and Timothy Patrick Quill. This final conclusion to Sam Raimi's evil dead trilogy takes place in a midieval era and I thought it was kind of chessy but in the end I went along with it. I give this a 5 out of 5.