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| | 'Army of Darkness' |
 | | ew American directors would dare to show as much over-the-top glee in their chosen craft as Sam Raimi does in "Army of Darkness." A sequel to his "Evil Dead" cult classics, this was originally titled "Medieval Dead," since its chain saw-wielding, dead-defying hero, Ash, has been swept back to the 14th century. |
 | | Those new to Raimi's dark world get a newly shot, somewhat clumsy flashback recap of the first two films (reportedly done at Universal's insistence), and then a setup of the new one where Ash's predicament is familiar: Once again he's trapped in an isolated structure, this time a castle, besieged by evil forces. |
 | | As Ash, the only character to survive the "Evil Dead" experience, Bruce Campbell has suffered long and painfully at the hands (or is that fists?) of Sam Raimi and co-writing brother Ivan Raimi (and Campbell's the co-producer). |
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