This is an excellent film with a few holes. Probably the second best in the series but lacks a little horror that made the first two so great. This is more an action film than anything else. It would have been better as a horror action with some comedy. This is very funny with one scare element and really is enjoyable but this enjoyment is aimed at a wider market and tragically suffers a little for it. A definite must for fans of the first two. Enjoy this classic early action from Sam Raimi - a precursor to Spider-Man? This is pure silliness and I love it! The sets look small and the action is tame but the comedy and the Bruce of it make it excellent.

Of course it is nice to see the same scenario in a different environment and that in the same film series but what I do not like at all is that the tone and the mood of the movie are completely in another direction.The narrative arc where unfortunately spanned and the humor exaggerates it in many places and tried too often convulsively funnier than he should.This of course results in the fact that most of the film is completely unpleasant, the whole serious moments are only mediocre and I did not enjoy this movie. And that's a mistake, such movies are not there to teach people or to make them think so much, these movies are supposed to be fun and have cool effects, though the effects could somehow be seen, I am really disappointed that it has become so boring and unpleasant I should not have been that.I like the end the. And even alternative ending is actually pretty cool and if it were not for Bruce Campbell I would not like this movie at all but unfortunately it's my least favorite part.

I can understand how this film wound up a cult classic but it did very little for me. It's difficult to categorize what genre it's in, as it combines elements of horror, sci-fi, comedy and camp, along with a lot of farcical nonsense. So maybe that's the appeal for dyed in the wool fans who have watched it over and over again, judging by it's positive reviews on this board. I have to admit though, the concept was cleverly outlandish, taking a modern day housewares clerk and transporting him back to the medieval ages along with his car and a chainsaw. Lots of possibilities there, but then it degenerated into a lot of downright silly battles against evil demons and a whole host of skeleton warriors. I guess that's where the Army of Darkness comes in. Without acknowledging it's origin in the 1951 sci-fi classic "The Day The Earth Stood Still" (one of my favorite movies by the way), our hero Ash (Bruce Campbell) is given a secret password to retrieve a deadly scripture known as the Necronomicon. However it sounded to me like the second word in the phrase 'Klaatu, Barada, Nikto' was changed to something like 'Verata', or at least that's the way I heard it. The original usage of the term in the earlier movie was also used as sort of a password to let a supporting character advise an alien robot that it's Master Klaatu was in trouble. In retrospect, now that I think about it, the usage of 'Klaatu, Verata, Nikto' here might have meant the whole picture was in trouble. (But in a good way for all you loyal fans.)

This film is the continuation of the first evil dead movies (although it is supposed to be a stand-alone movie). This time, Ash goes to the medieval ages and must return to modern times.This movie is much more concentrated on slapstick than it is on gore, which was a little bit of a downer to me because I do like my gore from Evil Dead 2. But I suppose it was done on purpose because it is supposed to be different from the other Evil Dead movies.Bruce Campbell as always, gives an amazing performance as the tortured Ashley Williams. The effects, are on point, just cheesy enough to provoke a laugh. I also love evil Ash as the villain of the film.One thing to mention is that in my opinion, this movie has the best one-liners from the whole Evil Dead series (except "groovy" and "eat this" from the second one).I do not have a lot of problems with the film, it is just what it needs to be. A fun continuation of the Evil Dead series. I am giving it a 7/10 because this movie fails to do something different for the genre or do something mind-blowing like the first two.