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Army of Darkness (Evil Dead 3)

Army of Darkness (Evil Dead 3) (AKA The Evil Dead 3: Army of Darkness)

1992

Sam Raimi

Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert, Ian Abercrombie ...

6.7

22,310

Adventure. Fantasy. Horror. Comedy. Action In the third film of "The Evil Dead" series, our gun-totting, chainsaw-handed hero, Ash (Bruce Campbell), has been transported to England in the 13th century where he has been prophesized as the one who will find the Necronomicon, the Book of the Dead, and deliver the people from the terrors of the Deadites, who quest for the book, too. But he is mistaken as a spy from a rival kingdom and forced to fight two Deadites before the people ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"The movie isn't as funny or entertaining as "Evil Dead II," however, maybe because the comic approach seems recycled (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Ian Nathan Empire	"Apart from the budget-tempered ineptitude of the effects, which most would count as part of its deliberate whimsy, it is relying almost completely on Campbell’s oafish humour (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"Taken on its own terms, 'Army of Darkness' displays some ambition and wit, though not nearly enough to lend it broad appeal."	NEU
United States	Scott Tobias AV Club	"Army Of Darkness belongs to the 'cinema of cool,' that pantheon of movies with enough style and attitude to reduce critical thinkers into drooling fanboys and fangirls."	POS
United States	Jay Carr Boston Globe	"All sword and sorcery movies are parodies, but Sam Raimi's 'Army of Darkness' is the best intentional parody that hardware-heavy genre has ever seen"	POS
United States	Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"Dipping wittily into myth, the macabre and the modern, it's an effervescent adventure that's as amusing as it is genuinely gripping"	POS
United States	Peter Besas Variety	"Blending almost nonstop violence with humorous parody, Sam Raimi's latest excursion into horror-kitsch seems more like an irreverent "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"	NEU
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Tribune	"Raimi has created the cinematic equivalent of fast food (...) It may not be much good for you in the end, but consuming it is loads of fun."	POS

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