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| About Review |
Reviewer
Bub
Review Date
27th May, 2004
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| Movie Credits |
Director
Sam Raimi
Cast
Bruce Campbell
Embeth Davidtz
Marcus Gilbert
Ian Abercrombie
Richard Grove
Screenplay
Sam Raimi
Ivan Raimi
Tagline
"Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas."
Country
USA
Classification
R
Year
1992
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| DVD Information |
Format
NTSC
Region Coding
1
Aspect Ratio
1.66:1
16x9 Enhanced
Yes
Running Time
81 mins (theatrical cut)
96 mins (director's cut)
Year Released
2003
Packaging
Keep Case
Extra Features
Audio Commentary
Behind The Scenes
Additional Footage
Alternate Ending
Deleted Scenes
Storyboards
Talent Profiles
Theatrical Trailer
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Army Of Darkness
The Plot
Ash, the chainsaw handed, wisecracking hero of the Evil Dead series, returns in
the next part of the Evil Dead Trilogy. Ash is transported back to medieval
times, where the citizens believe him to be the savior that will save them from
the evil that has plagued them. Ash does so in return for a way back to his
time, but Ash makes a little mistake that causes BIG problems.
The Movie
This may disappoint those looking for a real horror film, but Army of Darkness
succeeds in being enjoyable on every level. There really isn’t a reason to find
this film un-enjoyable. It’s really fun and humorous.
Bruce Campbell is back at it again. He’s always enjoyable and funny as Ash.
Campbell’s funny delivery of some classic one-liners (“Hail to the King Baby”)
adds to the slapstick humor and benefits the film a lot. Embeth Davidtz seems
like the serious actor stuck in the midst of party clowns and just didn’t fit in
with the film’s whole sense of ghoulish comic relief and slapstick horror humor.
The film also has nice animatronics, puppets, and rubber suits. The Special
Effects are done well and despite a few noticeable things, they work well.
The humor combined with horror elements is enjoyable on many levels. The
skeletons’ screaming in horror just before they explode cracks me up every time.
This film will disappoint those seeking a real horror film, for this is truly
not a horror film.
If you’re searching for a true horror film, keep looking. But if you want
something refreshing and totally fun, Army of Darkness is the way to go.
The DVD
After being released several times on different DVDs, Army of Darkness made it
onto a truly cool and features packed DVD. The cover art is cool and the book
contains a funny little booklet called Join the Army by Bruce Campbell. There
are two DVDs: The Theatrical Version and the Directors Cut. The Director’s Cut
has some cool battle footage added, but the picture quality is quite dirty. The
Original Apocalypse ending is included as is a trailer, with talent bios and 4
deleted scenes rounding out the offerings. A nice featurette narrated by Bruce
Campbell provided some nice insight and some included some cool behind the
scenes footage. The highlight may be the commentary by Campbell and Sam and Ivan
Raimi for the Director’s Cut. Some nice quips here and there with some cool
behind the scenes talk made it a cool feature. Storyboards could also be enabled
so as you watch the film storyboards of the current scene appear.
The DVD is worth it, and is certainly a better alternative than buying one of the other DVD editions.
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