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Bill PopeCast:
Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert, Ian Abercrombie, Bridget Fonda, Patricia Tallman, Ted Raimi, Josh Becker, Harley Cokeliss, William Lustig (more)VOD (3)
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Bound in human flesh, inked in blood, and amazingly hard to pronounce, the ancient "Necronomicon," or "Book of the Dead," transports a department store clerk and his '73 Oldsmobile into England's Dark Ages to face legions of undead beasts in director Sam Raimi's outrageously hilarious sword-and-sorcery epic starring Bruce Campbell. (official distributor synopsis)
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A bombastic array of excellent "fights" with the dead, a huge number of great original ideas, a wonderful sense of perspective, and the divine Campbell. Overall, I really like the way Raimi conceived the whole trilogy – he started with a pretty serious horror film, then defined a new genre in which he mixed horror elements with comedy elements, and then conceived the final part as pure comedy. Even though I was laughing a lot of times ;))), this instalment is still the weakest of the whole series for me.
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An hour and a half of unbridled fun. The film pretends to be horror, but there is nothing to be afraid of, it’s just fun and marveling at what Raimi has come up with again. There are countless gags and when you add Bruce Campbell, my personal cult actor with charisma to spare, the fun is guaranteed. Clearly the best film of the Evil Dead trilogy!
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The situation with Sam Raimi is strange - his early films have an unshakable cult status, even though they have been significantly affected by the passage of time, and if I were to go back to Evil Dead or Evil Dead II, I would probably need a stiff drink to encourage me because otherwise, they would seem too stupid to me. However, it is evident that they were made by someone who can do better. With each subsequent film, Raimi improved and each of his films had a weaker impact on the audience. Army of Darkness is not the younger sibling of the two aforementioned low-budget slasher films and instead is a much older relative of Raimi's film Drag Me to Hell. It is a horror comedy, where the director makes fun of genre clichés, horror props, over-the-top heroes of B-movie trash, and even himself. It can be criticized in a hundred and one ways, but it is filmed with such irony and quite a distinctive directorial style, that I generously overlook those flaws. It is entertaining, and undemanding, but not stupid, and in my opinion, it is the first work in his filmography that withstands stricter standards. Bruce Campbell with his lines, faces, and proverbial audacity simply gets to you and you instantly forgive Raimi for the lack of a proper script and the need for improvement in all aspects. Overall impression: 60%.
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A feature-length reinforcement of the cult named Bruce Campbell. The story is non-existent, the atmosphere too and the other actors aren’t even worth a mention. But Bruce and his charisma make all of these negatives seem so petty. The end of the trilogy where Sam Raimi and his ingenious and inventive directing or any kind of a story is important anymore. It’s all about Bruce here, Bruce and... did I say that Bruce plays in this?
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Rather than a horror film, this turned out to be a fantasy comedy full of wisecracks. And that's good. Campbell brings Ash's character to perfection. Raimi must have read Conan stories as a kid, and Army Of Darkness is part tribute and part parody of his adventures. I'm kind of curious if they're going to eventually make a fourth installment, and if they do, you can bet I'm going to go see it.
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