I'll probably take heat for saying so, but this flick kind of sucks.
Army of Darkness (1992)
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Reviews Counted:36
Fresh:27
Rotten:9
Average Rating:7/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 57 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: Through a magic spell, Ash, a modern-day discount-store employee, finds himself back in the middle ages. Given the key to return home by an alchemist, he bungles the incantation and, instead,... Through a magic spell, Ash, a modern-day discount-store employee, finds himself back in the middle ages. Given the key to return home by an alchemist, he bungles the incantation and, instead, releases the forces of darkness. Now Ash has one job to do before transporting to the future: defeat the army of the evil dead... if they don't defeat him first. [More]
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert, Ian Abercrombie
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert, Ian Abercrombie, Richard Grove
Director: Sam Raimi
Director: Sam Raimi
Screenwriter: Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi
Composer: Danny Elfman
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Sep 15, 2009
Reviews for Army of Darkness
This is old-fashioned fun until the climactic battle, which almost comes across like routine bone piling after all the flights of fancy.
Raimi and his camera never slow down, which is good because many of the gags don't stand up to scrutiny.
a director, Raimi's strength lies in his manic inventiveness %u2013 which is somewhat in abeyance here, as he tries injecting some traditional plot elements into the old formula.
Camp isn't just an undercurrent here--it's the grindhouse force that drives the movie, with Bruce Campbell clearly happy behind the wheel.
Raimi approaches this scenario as if someone had given him a deep pail of Magic Markers and told him to draw the ultimate comic book.
A bloody and fairly lifeless witch's brew of medievalism, Jonathan Swift and the Three Stooges.
To watch the movie is to join its chaotic flow of hyperactive energy.
Army of Darkness s’impose comme un film diablement amusant, un summum dans le genre et à seulement quelques échelons d’Evil Dead II
Die-hard horror buffs beware: 'Army' gives the genre a giant 'Three Stooges'-style slap to the face.
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