Army of Darkness (1992)

	Also Known As: Evil Dead 3
	Year of first release: 1992
	Director: Sam Raimi (Spider-Man trilogy, Evil Dead 1-2, Drag me to Hell)
	Actors:  Bruce Campbell (Bubba-ho-tep, My Name is Bruce), Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert
	Country: USA
	Genre: Horror, Comedy
	Conditions of visioning: 08.03.2016, Blu-ray, Home cinema
Synopsis: After his fight against the dark spirits in the woods, Ash (Campbell) is projected in the past and mistaken for an enemy before appearing as a savior.
Review: I was so eager to watch again this movie that after The Evil Dead I skipped Evil Dead 2 from the logical order of watching to get straight to it. Even more since I recently read the autobiography by Bruce Campbell (If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor), that covers in particular his Evil Dead period. As much as Evil Dead 2 is a more elaborate remake of The Evil Dead, for this third movie director Sam Raimi went in a completely different direction. Indeed our favorite character Ash finds himself in a totally different environment (a fantasy past reminding me of the Hyborian Age from Conan the Barbarian) but strong of the fighting skills (and tools) he accumulated during the first two adventures. Instead of fighting shadows, trees or his own hand, he will this time face many foes in a movie extremely generous in special effects action scenes in spite of a limited budget. And the result is not bad at all, considering the hard shooting conditions. Campbell is showing off as ever ('Well hello Mister Fancypants. Well, I've got news for you pal, you ain't leadin' but two things, right now: Jack and shit... and Jack left town'), also during his fight against skeletons (homage to Ray Harryhausen's work on Jason and the Argonauts), small versions of himself or a big evil one. The movie may be too offbeat and not taken seriously enough to actually be a classic, but it was very nice to watch again in a superb Blu-ray copy, and I am looking forward to putting my hand on the recent TV-series Ash vs. the Evil Dead.
Rating: 7 /10