The F/X in Sam Raimi’s Army of Darkness are something to behold—and they were achieved without the assistance of a computer. Unfortunately, the film is little else than a spectacular KNB Group demo reel. Perhaps its creators’ biggest misstep is in thinking that wacky skeletons are more amusing than the flesh and blood antics of Bruce Campbell, Raimi’s brick-jawed alter ego, who worms in a smattering of brilliantly funny takes before blending into the mayhem of an endless and uninspired third act.
Beleaguered S-Mart employee Ash (Campbell) is deposited in medieval times by a cloudy, swirling portal, whereupon he’s mistaken for a criminal and prepped for execution. He survives the subsequent pit fight with a hideous monster, thanks to his trusty chainsaw, and becomes the town’s resident Superman. They feel he is the only one capable enough to carry out the difficult task of retrieving the Necromicon ("the Book of the Dead") and thereby ridding the land of evil forces forever.
Naturally Ash, an amputee as a result of his last adventure with ghosts and goblins, fails miserably—his ineptitude unleashes the bony Army of Darkness, led by Ash’s evil twin, on the poor people who asked for his help, including Sheila (Embeth Davidtz), with whom Ash was having an affair.
The road to this third and probably final entry in the Evil Dead series was paved with enthusiasm, but the script has the feel of a one-off, and just as spectacle alone can’t save the average summer blockbuster, so can it not elevate Army of Darkness beyond its journeyman writing. Stale ideas and mostly recycled gags collide with the resourceful work of a respected design team to produce an intermittently entertaining "Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court" spoof/retread. The sequel came out of the box with a cult following attached, presumably because fans of Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn felt obliged.
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