Review of Army of Darkness (1992) by Nickkan — 09 Feb 2023

Contains spoilers.

Army of Darkness is pure fun. This movie gave us the Ash that went down in pop culture.

Ash was already a badass in evil dead 2, but not until the end of the movie. Here we can see Bruce Campbell as Ash in his prime. BruceContains spoilers.

Army of Darkness is pure fun. This movie gave us the Ash that went down in pop culture.

Ash was already a badass in evil dead 2, but not until the end of the movie.

Here we can see Bruce Campbell as Ash in his prime. Bruce Campbell's comedic timing, charisma and line delivery are amazing. He not only has his funny but also his badass moments that could just come out of a Schwarzenegger film. He is like a combination of Clint Eastwood, Elvis and Jim Carrey.

Bruce Campbell is also a great physical actor. The different screams he can make and how he can make Ash suffer. The scene where one of the little Evil Ashes is in Ash's stomach shows how good Bruce is at overacting.

How Ash drinks boiling water to kill him in his stomach, enjoying it and suffering himself is just terrific.

This movie is the most epic but somehow also the funniest movie of the trilogy.

The one liners are legendary and this film has so many iconic scenes.

E.g. the scene in the fountain with the 2 deadites, the scene where he builds his hand, the boomstick scene, the scene where Ash forgets the words, the windmill, or the scene in the supermarket. And these are not all examples.

The setting and locations are great and it's interesting to see Ash interact in a big open world.

Making Ash (an everyday guy) the chosen one to become a total badass and that in a horror franchise makes him very unique just like his movies.

The costumes are epic too, especially evil Ash.

At first I didn't even know that Bruce had also played his evil version.

Practically this is just amazing, I wonder how they came up with the idea of ​​the car and how Ash shows them how to make explosive arrows.

We also have sam raimi's camera work at it's peak.

Of course, the skeletons are still funny today.

I also think that the end of the director's cut was also very great and special. Ash's mistake with the drops suits the character.

Again, Bruce's acting is great when he wakes up and gets excited too soon.

Both endings are great, but the theatrical version has the better ending since there was never a fourth part.

The theatrical version ending is over the top, badass, funny and fits the character just as much.

This movie doesn't take itself seriously and the only thing I could criticize would be how bloodless the movie was and how bland most of the side characters were, but still memorable. It's amazing how Sam Raimi changed the formula of his horror franchise with every sequel.

It's not even a horror comedy, it's a fantasy comedy with a few horror elements.

But I didn't mind much.

If I would rate it more objectively, it would be an 8 or 9, but I love it just as much as Evil dead 2.