Army of Darkness (2007)

Simply A Masterpiece

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

A book awakens evil forces and sends Bruce Campbell into a magical past resembling Highlander medieval times with Scottish people. Just before sending him to this other realm, the book which is alive enters into his body and Bruce must chop off his hand with a handy-dandy chainsaw. He then puts the chainsaw in place of his right hand. In the other realm, he is captured by soldiers wearing English knight armor and Renaissance uniforms. At their castle the soldiers all throw Bruce into a pit where he kills a zombie. Even though they confiscated his chainsaw, he recovers it from a sorcerer who throws it in there so that he does not die. The magical sorcerer also lobbed Bruce's shotgun below. He releases the other prisoners who were about to be throw in the pit after him. With the shotgun he makes the rules now! So, basically, he is King in this realm because of his technology. Fortunately, his car was sent with him as well. He uses it in the final battle against the forces of Evil, the Evil Dead Army. Bruce Campbell's character fights witches and skeletons along the way.

Meet Bruce Campbell yet again in an Evil Dead sequel where this time, time turns back. Ash awakens in 1300ad and is believed by the kingdom to be their savior from the deadites. In order to end their suffering Ash must retrieve the necronomicon from a cemetery just beyond the castle. This movie is a well carried story that really turns the tables on the series and brings Ash at his finest. There's almost nothing boring about the film and can be watched over and over again unlike movies such as Incarnate, 47 Meters Down, or The Grudge. This movie is appropriate for almost all ages(there is one minor scene) and is a all time classic.

I need say absolutely nothing. This film is awesome. The end...Fine. (figured I had better state spoilers, but if you didn't think this beforehand then I don't know how to help you):Bruce Campbell comes to medieval wherever we are, and of course he bumbles into releasing the demons of the Necronomicon...again, and he kicks major ass in an epic finale. Give it a watch if you haven't already. Makes for a great evening."Good, bad...I'm the guy with the gun."

As a fan of the first two films, which introduced me to Bruce Campbell. I can say this third installment is a worthy follow up. The pit scene and Sam Raimi's name, you can't go wrong. The artwork put into a film of this caliber is fantastic. The humor of the onlookers, the spirit, and everything seems to all be there. And you are cheering Ash on with the crowd as he is fighting like a gladiator. The book of the dead, the Necronomicon is the basis of the whole film. You destroy that book and Ash would never even be in this mess. He just wants his life back. Though this film is "S-Smart." And it is a win! A lot of points earned for the epic battle with the "deadites." If anyone has read the book the "Swan Song" by Robert R. McCammon, you know what I'm talking about. Though this is kind of like referencing the parking lot when everybody is butting heads, it does its own thing. I am for Raimi's artistic direction and all, but things spin out of control as far as is direction. This needed to be explained to me. How Ash managed to fix his car that dropped from the sky, and then had time to turn it into a battle rig, is beyond me. Some things like this make no sense. I understand this took a while to orchestrate, or at least it looks that way, but the deadites are already dead. Why on earth would they be needing wooden shield roll-aways? they are "bags of bones." Anyhow, I will say this is a very original work and Sheila is a hoot. There are parts that suggest an admiration for Brian de Palma's "Carrie, 1976" involving her. Sheila "got real ugly" when she copies Carrie White (Sissy Spacek) standing in front of Ashes car. This was really my only complaint. Raimi could of thought of something better for this shot, something more original. The only difference from Carrie using her powers is Ash abandons his vessel. So she just woke up one day and was a crazed strung-out possessed zombie? Oh well, still cool. Good resolve at the end by Raimi, bringing us back to the main objective of the whole film, the book. My final thought is the whole film could be in Ashes imagination as he is working. And then he wakes up in his bed, and realizes it's all a dream. The score was interesting and I think anyone who is a fan of Steven Spielberg's, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, or Tim Burton's, A Nightmare Before Christmas will appreciate this.