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Army of Darkness (1993)

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Average Rating: 6/10
Critic Reviews: 5
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Movie Info

The third in director Sam Raimi's stylish, comic book-like horror trilogy that began with The Evil Dead (1982), this tongue-in-cheek sequel offers equal parts sword-and-sorcery-style action, gore, and comedy. Bruce Campbell returns as the one-armed Ash, now a supermarket employee ("Shop Smart...Shop S-Mart") who is transported by the powers of a mysterious book back in time with his Oldsmobile '88 to the 14th century medieval era. Armed only with a shotgun, his high school chemistry textbook,

R, 1 hr. 21 min.

Action & Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy

Directed By: Sam Raimi

Written By: Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi

In Theaters: Feb 19, 1993 Wide

On DVD: Aug 6, 2002

Universal Pictures

Army of Darkness Trailer & Photos

Cast

Bruce Campbell
Ash (Ashley J. Williams...
Embeth Davidtz
Sheila/Evil Sheila
Marcus Gilbert
Arthur
Ian Abercrombie
Wiseman
Richard Grove
Duke Henry
Michael Earl Reid
Gold Tooth
Timothy Patrick Quill
Blacksmith
Bridget Fonda
Linda
Patricia Tallman
Possessed Witch
Theodore Raimi
Cowardly Warrior
Deke Anderson
1st Tiny Ash
Andy Bale
1st Lieutenant
Bill Moseley
Deadite Captain
Josh Becker
Fake Shemp
Ira Belgrade
William Lustig
Fake Shemp
David O'Malley
Fake Shemp
Ivan Raimi
Fake Shemp
Bernard Rose
Fake Shemp
Ron Zwang
Fake Shemp
Don Campbell
Fake Shemp

Critic Reviews for Army of Darkness

All Critics (47) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (30) | Rotten (13) | DVD (25)

This is old-fashioned fun until the climactic battle, which almost comes across like routine bone piling after all the flights of fancy.

May 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

Army of Darkness' story is so perfunctory and lame that there's nothing to tether its bits and pieces of loopy madness.

January 20, 2011 Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

Containing less of the blood soaked insanity of the previous two instalments, Army of Darkness comes off as more of an adventure film with a horror element attached to it.

July 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Matt's Movie Reviews

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Matthew Pejkovic

Matt's Movie Reviews

I'll probably take heat for saying so, but this flick kind of sucks.

September 11, 2009 Full Review Source: Dread Central

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Steve "Uncle Creepy" Barton

Dread Central

Raimi and his camera never slow down, which is good because many of the gags don't stand up to scrutiny.

May 28, 2009 Full Review Source: LarsenOnFilm

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Josh Larsen

LarsenOnFilm

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.

March 9, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinefantastique

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Steve Biodrowski

Cinefantastique

Camp isn't just an undercurrent here--it's the grindhouse force that drives the movie, with Bruce Campbell clearly happy behind the wheel.

August 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine)

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Christopher Smith

Bangor Daily News (Maine)

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.

July 23, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

A bloody and fairly lifeless witch's brew of medievalism, Jonathan Swift and the Three Stooges.

August 14, 2006 Full Review Source: Boulder Weekly

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Thomas Delapa

Boulder Weekly Source: Boulder Weekly

A masterpiece of lunacy and oddball creativity.

October 28, 2005 Comment

Bill Clark

FromTheBalcony Source: FromTheBalcony

To watch the movie is to join its chaotic flow of hyperactive energy.

April 29, 2005 Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star

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Phil Villarreal

Arizona Daily Star

Army of Darkness s'impose comme un film diablement amusant, un summum dans le genre et � seulement quelques �chelons d'Evil Dead II

October 31, 2004 Comment (1)

Louis-J�r�me Cloutier

Panorama

[W]ickedly witty...

October 31, 2003 Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher

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MaryAnn Johanson

Flick Filosopher

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It definitely smacks of a "third installment plot idea," and Evil Dead fans are generally quick to dismiss it (in large part because Raimi tones down the horror in favor of the slapstick), but as a send up to the Marx Brothers and The Three Stooges, Army of Darkness works and Raimi is in complete control at all times.

January 14, 2012

Jonathan Hutchings

Super Reviewer

Even for a B-movie, it's bad. so whimsical and outrageous that its stupid and unfunny.I did not like Army of Darkness at all. I loved the first two Evil Dead movies....loved the few characters it had and how much could happen in a small cabin...the 3rd was just silliness drawn from cheap slapstick humor that did not work as part of a? horror trilogy.

March 22, 2008

John Hein

Super Reviewer

Army of Darkness Quotes

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1. Ash (Ashley J. Williams): Alright you Primitive Screwheads, listen up! You see this? This... is my boomstick! The twelve-gauge double-barreled Remington. S-Mart's top of the line. You can find this in the sporting goods department. That's right, this sweet baby was made in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Retails for about a hundred and nine, ninety five. It's got a walnut stock, cobalt blue steel, and a hair trigger. That's right. Shop smart. Shop S-Mart. You got that?
– Submitted by Rocky F (2 days ago)
1. Ash (Ashley J. Williams): All right you primitive screwheads, listen up... see this? This... is my BOOM stick!
– Submitted by Dominic D (39 days ago)
1. Ash (Ashley J. Williams): Good, bad, I'm the guy with the gun.
– Submitted by Joseph M (3 months ago)
1. Ash (Ashley J. Williams): Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the gun.
– Submitted by Christopher H (6 months ago)
1. Sheila/Evil Sheila: But what of all those sweet words you spoke in private?
2. Ash (Ashley J. Williams): Oh that's just what we call pillow talk, baby, that's all.
– Submitted by Christopher H (6 months ago)

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