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Weekend Classics - Evil Dead: Army of Darkness

Sam Raimi finishes his hat trick trio by sending Ash(Bruce Campbell) back in time to face against the darkness a third and final time. At first viewed with speculation and believed to be part of a conquering army, Ash is dragged forward by his captures to pay for his imagined crimes. However on seeing his amazing ability to survive(it's as if Ash were in Return of the Jedi vs a Rancor) the supernatural and his 'boom-stick' the primatives turn to Ash to aid them in their battle. Ticked off, chainsaw armed and out of time, Ash sets out to be as groovy and awesome as he can and how can he not with that chin!

Only one name needs mentioning Bruce. Campbell. His badass and arrogant nature this time around win out as he's pushed to the limit (wouldn't you if it's happened twice before!) and Campbell makes us remember the character of Ash so much so that he's a cult hero! With brilliant yet terrible one liners and his cheesy completely off the page remarks generations will view Ash as one of the greatest and classic cult heroes to have faced the undead several times with only a chainsaw and shotgun.

So should you invest time in this? its not the best of the Evil Dead series to be fair (its hard to decide out of Evil Dead or Its sequel Dead by Dawn which is the greatest film ever made) however just to see Ash in another film and this time going completely over the top is one of the greatest things to ever grace human eye balls. It's a classic, not a briliant film but a classic, its nineties dumb feel is there throughout and gives it that crazy edge. The best way to describe Army of Darkness? Imagine Die Hard's John Mclane winding up in the world of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, if that's not for you then you don't like good films but seriously this is dumb, insane and copletely over the top nineties fun. See this film.

"Hail to the king baby!"

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