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Ranked #915
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Ash is transported with his car to 1,300 A.D., where he is captured by Lord Arthur and turned slave with Duke Henry the Red and a couple of his men. When Ash is thrown into a pit, he defeats two monsters and wins respect of Arthur's army and vassals. The Wiseman points Ash as The Chosen One that will retrieve the Necronomicon but Ash is only interested in returning home. When he learns that the only way to return to his time is using the Necronomicon, Ash decides to travel to the unholy land of the Deadites. The Wiseman advises that he must say the words "Klaatu Barada Nikto" to safely get the evil book. However, Ash forgets the last word and an army of the dead resurrects to attack Arthur fortress and recover the Necronomicon. The battle between the living and the dead is about to start and the support of Henry the Red is the only way to help Ash and Arthur to defeat the army of darkness.
--IMDb
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Review by Chad
Added: June 16, 2004
We start out with a brief recap of the first two films in the series, which shows Ash and his girlfriend Linda going out to a cabin in the woods, where they're assaulted by demons. Some quick cut-scenes later, and Ash is being sucked into a portal, where he ends up falling, along with his Oldsmobile, into the fourteenth century. As usual, luck isn't on Ash's side, and upon picking himself up off the ground, he finds himself caught between two medieval groups; Henry The Red's group, and the main group whose name I didn't catch. The main group is taking Henry's group as prisoners who will be sentenced to death, and they also assume that Ash is one of them. After a great scene, Ash ends up becoming top man in this kingdom, but the fun doesn't end there; a wise man says that Ash is the promised one, who will rid the land of the undead forces that have been sweeping through. Ash will have none of that, until he finds out that the only way to get back to his time is to recover the Necronomicon (remember, from the first movie?). While recovering the book, Ash fucks up the words that he was told to say, and unleashes a huge army of the dead that intends to wipe out the measly humans.
While the storyline does follow some typical horror elements, don't let the above description fool you into thinking that this is a horror film. No sir, this is almost a pure slapstick comedy throughout, but it does work out nicely, even though I'm not normally a fan of movies that mix horror and comedy. The thing that made this particular effort work out nicely, in my opinion, is the fact that the comedy doesn't seem like it was trying to be funny... and by that, I mean that all of the comedic aspects of the film come from some of the greatest one-liners to be found and the facial expressions / mannerisms of Ash and his crew. Let's hope that last line made some sense, because it's a bit hard to describe if you haven't seen the film; so suffice it to say, it's a comedy that doesn't try to be funny, and in doing so, comes off being quite hilarious.
Ash (Bruce Campbell) is by far one of the greatest movie icons in history, due to his mix of average-joe klutz and badass. This film is no exception to the rule, as Bruce manages to mix those aspects together flawlessly. When a zombie / skeleton / deadite comes after him, you never quite know whether Ash is going to get his ass handed to him, or break out some serious boomstick on the poor creature. This take on the hero character works out quite nicely, as opposed to the "Terminator" style of films where the main guy can wipe out a small city in the blink of an eye.
All of the things that normally make or break a movie are in check here. I think I've sufficiently jocked Campbell enough, so you should have a guess at how he does on the acting side of things. The rest of the cast is also great, but nowhere near the level of Bruce. Over on the effects side of things, most scenes tend to work out excellently; however, there is a few that ended up looking a bit rough. Those can be excused though, since the scenes they pop up in aren't vital to the storyline, and though they are roughly done, they don't come out looking like total ass. Just think along the lines of the monkey from Dead Alive, and how awful those effects were, and how it didn't hurt the movie one bit.
Overall, a worthy film in the series, though I do hope it's not the end of it. Maybe someday, part four will drop... but until then, this one will serve nicely as the closure of the series. Definitely worth the viewing. 9/10.
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#1:
A FIRE INSIDE
- added 08/01/2004, 04:53 AM
What a hilarious movie, just insane.
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#2:
Schillinger
- added 08/25/2004, 09:26 AM
Great movie. My only complaint is that most of the
background sets made everything look so fake.
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#3:
IStabPeople420
- added 09/28/2004, 07:15 PM
This movie is a testament to what a brilliant mind
can do with a mediocre budget. Sam Raimi is a
true visionary, in that he knows how to make
plotline and script overcome problems such as
crappy sets and effects. Add to that the fact
that Bruce Campbell is about as perfect for the
part as anybody could ever hope to get, and this
is a great movie. Personally, my favorite of the
whole trilogy. And the one-liners kick so much
ass it's scary. "Good, bad, I'm the guy with the
gun"
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#4:
Merc_Risen
- added 02/01/2005, 09:17 AM
the best fucking movie sam has ver done and the
"fake" looking backgrounds just made the movie
that much better now if you'll excuse me im gonna
go watch army of darkness
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#5:
KaOTiK
- added 02/14/2005, 02:39 AM
nowhere near as good as the original two evil dead
movies, in my opinion.. alot of it is very funny
though
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#6:
Hektik_2004
- added 05/16/2005, 08:19 PM
this film is so pointless but ill be damned if it
aint great
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#7:
Tristan
- added 05/26/2005, 07:02 PM
I was surprised with the direction this one took,
but it's still an amazing movie. One of my
favorites.
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#9:
Ginose
- added 09/07/2005, 02:58 PM
This was the best horror comedy I've seen in
years... Hail to the king, baby...
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#10:
bluemeanie
- added 10/20/2005, 06:42 PM
This is my BOOMSTICK! One of the greatest lines
in the history of horror. 9/10.
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#11:
Dametria
- added 04/24/2007, 11:00 AM
If chins could kill....
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#12:
MerrysMiko
- added 07/31/2008, 10:54 AM
Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell are the masters of
making campy look fabulous. I've noticed that in
every film Raimi directs, Campbell and Sam's
brother Ted Raimi make guest appearances. (Go
watch the Spiderman movies again, they're in all
three.) Ted actually plays four different cameo
roles in "Army of Darkness" and he and
Campbell went on to have recurring guest roles
when Raimi directed Xena: Warrior Princess. For
campy goodness at it's best, you can't beat this
team.
Hail to the kings, baby. 10/10
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#13:
Shakes
- added 01/22/2009, 01:18 PM
I met Bruce years ago and he signed my copy of If
Chins Could Kill...he wrote "STAY
GROOVY!" He's just like you'd expect him to
be, sarcastic as hell, actually a little dorky
though. What a badass motherfucker. 10/10
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#14:
Shakes
- added 01/23/2009, 06:33 AM
Too bad Raimi sucks now, though.
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#15:
Hellknight03
- added 07/02/2009, 08:22 PM
Brilliant movie.
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#16:
Lucid Dreams
- added 05/30/2010, 09:50 PM
I doubt there will be a part four, but they ended
it pretty damn good. 10/10
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