Synopsis
Ash, a handsome, shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed department store clerk, is time warped backwards into England's Dark Ages, where he romances a beauty and faces legions of the undead.
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Cast
- Bruce CampbellAshley 'Ash' J. Williams / Evil Ash
- Embeth DavidtzSheila
- Marcus GilbertLord Arthur
- Ian AbercrombieWiseman
- Richard GroveDuke Henry the Red
- Timothy Patrick QuillBlacksmith
- Michael Earl ReidGold Tooth
- Bridget FondaLinda
- Patricia TallmanPossessed Witch
- Ted RaimiCowardly Warrior / Second Supportive Villager / S-Mart Clerk
Recommendations
- 80
Washington Post
Few American directors would dare to show as much over-the-top glee in their chosen craft as Sam Raimi does in Army of Darkness. [19 Feb 1993, Style, p.c7] - 75
ReelViews
No matter what your opinion is of the movie, you're unlikely to be bored. - 75
Chicago Tribune
Much of the movie's charm, in fact, is derived from its sense of its own instant disposability. Raimi has created the cinematic equivalent of fast food-efficient, unassuming and seriously regressive. It may not be much good for you in the end, but consuming it is loads of fun. [19 Feb 1993, Friday, p.C] - 60
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." - 60
Chicago Reader
Enjoyably campy hokum. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
By the time Army of Darkness turns into a retread of "Jason and the Argonauts," featuring an army of fighting skeletons, the film has fallen into a ditch between parody and spectacle. - 50
The New York Times
Army of Darkness would appeal to small children if it were not also too gruesome for them, since Ash does after all wield a chain saw. [19 Feb 1993, p.C10] - 50
TV Guide Magazine
Raimi is a master at pacing this kind of material, however, and never allows it to become redundant.
