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Ash
(Bruce Campbell) is transported, from his
cabin in the woods, into 1300 AD with his
car, shotgun and chainsaw and is stranded
there but then is invaded by vikings.
Soon he is discovered and thought to be a
spy for a rival kingdom and is taken
prisoner.
He is thrown their pit down at their
castle and battles deadly creatures down
there as he uses his own weapons and
survives by killing them. He also proves
to the people there that he is powerful
with his weapons and is treated like a
king and requests to be taken back to his
own time.
However, the evil spirits have followed
him to this time and so he decides to
help the kingdom retrieve the
Necronomicon (which will also help him
return to his own time), which they need
to battle the supernatural forces at play
in the land.
Ash accidentally releases the Army of
Darkness when retrieving the book, and a
fight to the finish ensues as a woman
from the viking castle named Sheila
(Elizabeth Davidtz) is taken hostage and
transformed into a demon and Ash and the
viking gang must rescue her and bring her
back to her normal self.
This story is
extremely more comedic than in Evil
Dead 2 which this film is the
third party of the Evil Dead
sequels.
It also has a better plot than the first
two and hilarious dialogue scenes.
Altogether I enjoyed this flick as it was
alot of fun to watch and is a must for
all people who enjoy slapstick comedy
with their horror films.
The acting is
terrifically performed with plenty of
laughs. Bruce Campbell delivers
a great performance as Ash for the third
time at being aggressive and comedic at
the same time.
I also enjoyed Embeth Davidtz
role in the film too she had alot of great
characterisation in her role like you'd
see in a Shakespearean
performance.
This film mainly
focused on the special effects than on
the gore unlike on the first two films
but there is the odd moment of graphic
violence like some creatures in a pit
being sawed in half by a chainsaw
An evil clone of Ash's face gets scarred
and then a body part of his head is
revealed while Ash bury's him.
Sam Raimi's
best direction out of all the three films
as he deilivers tons of laughs with this
one.
He shows a perfect fighting scene with Campbell
in a pit against some evil creatures
doing martial arts etc which really made
me laugh.
And then his direction with Campbell
showing the people no mercy after
surviving down in the pit was well
polished too.
There's wicked camera shots of a robotic
arm being made for him.
There's another hilarious direction with
Campbell battling mini evil Ash clones
which was done in perfect tongue in cheek
and then a full grown clone is revealed
and Raimi directs him well at
playing goofy with the evil clone of his
character Ash which was my favourite
direction of his.
Campbell shows his wielding
chainsaw act too which looked cool
There's tons more of this stuff in the
film and I give Raimi two thumbs
up for all of it.
He also coaches Campbell and
Davidtz wonderfully together with
tall of their scenes in it and it looks
romantic
There's also a terrific performance by
the cast of army of darkness too which of
course involves Campbell playing
that role too.
We have terrific battling scenes too
which looks incredibly composed.
Danny Elfman
composed the "March of the
Dead" scene and the rest of the
music was composed by Joseph LoDuca.
Both of these composers have worked with
Raimi numerous times.
There's great music chanting and lots of
versatile composing too.
Ash:
Shop smart. Shop S-Mart.
Ash:
It's a trick. Get an axe.
Sheila:
I may be bad... but I feel gooood.
Ash:
See this? *This* is my *boom stick*! The
12-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
$109.95. It's got a walnut stock, cobalt
blue steel, and a hair trigger. That's
right. Shop smart. Shop S-Mart. *You got
that*?
Duke
Henry: You're not one of my
vassals... who are you?
Ash: Who wants to know?
Duke Henry: I am Henry the Red.
Duke of Shale, Lord of the Northlands and
leader of its peoples.
Ash: Well hello Mister Fancypants.
Well, I've got news for you pal, you
ain't leadin' but two things: Jack and
shit... and Jack just left town.
[Sheila
wants to apologize to Ash]
Ash: First you wanna kill me, now
you wanna kiss me. Blow.
[In a
passionate moment of romance]
Ash: Gimme some sugar, baby.
Sheila:
But what of all those sweet words you
spoke in private?
Ash: Oh that's just what we call
pillow talk, baby, that's all.
Ash:
[to the Witch] Yo, she-bitch!
Let's go!
[Upon
getting the powered glove in place of his
right hand]
Ash: Groovy.
Ash:
Don't touch that please, your primitive
intellect wouldn't understand things with
alloys and compositions and things
with... molecular structures.
Ash:
Clatto Verata Nicto.
Wise man: Again.
Ash: Clatto Verata Nicto.
Wise man: Again.
Ash: I got it, I got it. I know
your damn words, right?
Ash:
Clatto Verata N... Necktie... Nickel...
It's an "N" word, it's
definitely an "N" word!
Arthur:
Are all men from the future loud-mouthed
braggarts?
Ash: Nope. Just me baby... Just
me.
[as
undead Ash stands triumphant on catapult]
Ash: Buckle up Bonehead. 'Cause
you're goin' for a ride!
Demon
Lady: I'll swallow your soul!
Ash: Come get some.
Ash:
Lady, I'm afraid I'm gonna have to ask
you to leave the store.
Possessed woman: Who the hell are
you?
Ash: Name's Ash.
[cocks shotgun]
Ash: Housewares.
Arthur:
How will we stop an army of the dead at
our castle walls? How will you fight
that? With more words? Most of our people
have already fled. We are but sixty men.
Sheila:
You found me beautiful once...
Ash: Honey, you got reeeal ugly!
Ash:
All right, you primitive screw-heads,
listen up!
Ash:
Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the gun.
[as an
evil Ash begins growing out of his
shoulder]
Ash: Oh, dear God, it's growing
bigger!
[when
Sheila walks into the blacksmith's shop
to talk to Ash]
Ash: What? Were you raised in a
barn? Shut the door! Probably was raised
in a barn, along with the other
primitives.
Evil
Ash: I got a bone to pick with you.
Evil
Ash: You're pissing me off, you ugly
son of a bitch!
Evil
Ash: [Admiring Sheila] Well
aren't you the sweetest little thing?
Sheila:
[Being handled by Evil Ash] Don't
touch me! You foul thing!
Evil Ash: Your gonna learn to love
me, missy.
Sheila: The Promised one will come
for you.
Evil Ash: Darlin' I'm gonna save
him the trouble.
Ash:
Keep your damn filthy bones outta my
mouth.
Skeleton:
Let's get the hell out of here!
Old
Woman: Into the pit with those
bloody-thirsty sons of whores!
Ash:
London bridge is falling down, falling
down, falling doown! *steps on a nail
held by the mini Ashes*
Mini Ashes: My fair lady ha!
Evil
Ash: You're going down!
Ash: I'm going up!
Ash:
Oh you little bastards! All right, I'll
crush each and every last one of ya! I'll
squash you so hard you'll have to look
down to look up!
Mini Ash: Hey dumbass!
Ash:
Now I swear the next one of you primates
even *touches* me...
Ash:
Maybe. Just maybe my boys can protect the
book. Yeah, and maybe I'm a Chinese jet
pilot.
[after
Ash chops up Evil Ash with a chainsaw and
throws him into a hole]
Evil Ash: You'll never retrieve
the Necronomicon! You'll die before ya
get it!
Ash: Hey! What's that you got on
your face?
Evil Ash: Huh?
[Ash throws dirt on Evil Ash's face]
Ash:
Now whoa whoa whoa right there spinach
chin!
[from
Director's Cut]
Ash: What are you? Are you me?
Evil Ash: Whad are do? Are do be?
HAHAHAHAHAH! You sound like a jerk!
Ash: Why ya doin' this, huh?
Evil Ash: Oh, you wanna know?
'Cause the answer's easy! I'm BAD Ash...
and you're GOOD Ash! You're a goody
little two-shoes! Little goody two-shoes!
Little goody two-shoes!
[begins to sucker-punch Ash]
Evil Ash: Goody little TWO-SHOES!
Goody little TWO-SHOES! HEHEHEHEHE!
[honk honk honk]
Evil Ash: GOODY LITTLE TWO-SHOES!
GOODY LITTLE...
Ash: [cocks shotgun and points
it under Evil Ash's nose]
[nods head]
Ash: [BLAMMO!] I ain't that
good.
Skeleton:
[dragging topless wench] We got
plans for you, Girlie-girl!
Ash:
That's it, go ahead and run. Run home and
cry to mama!
Skeleton:
I'll cut off your gizzard.
[stabbing
at Ash's car]
Soldier: What a piece of armor
this is!
[to
his skeleton minions, who are digging up
corpses in a graveyard]
Evil Ash: Dig, damn you! Dig
faster! I shall command every
worm-infested son-of-a-bitch that ever
died in battle!
Skeleton: Thank you, sir!
Ash:
[trying to kill a small ash that has
jumped into his mouth and into his
stomach, he gets a kettle of boiling
water] OK, little fella, here’s
a little
[shouts]
Ash: hot chocolate for ya! Ha ha
ha ha ha ha!
[last
lines]
Ash: [narrating] Sure, I
could have stayed in the past. I could
have even been king. But in my own way, I
*am* king.
[Ash grabs girl close]
Ash: Hail to the king, baby.
[Ash kisses the girl]
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