Evil
Dead 2 Movie Review:
Ash
goes to spend the weekend with his girlfriend but soon finds
out that they are not alone and soon finds her possessed
by undead spirits. This begins a reign of terror and he
has to defend himself against zombies, killer trees, evil
spirits and his possessed hand.
Evil
Dead 2 is just a completely insane and hilarious film. It's
more of a spoof horror film than an attempt at straight,
serious horror but this is what makes it so good. Some of
the one liners in it are boardering on comedy genious and
the special effects and make-up mean the monsters are sweet.
It's a very fast paced film with the camera going at a hundred
miles an hour, going upside down and shaking all over the
place most of the time and there was no let up in either
the horror or the comedy. Bruce Campbell gives a great performance.
There
are so many good bits in it but I particularly liked the
bit where Ash turns into a Commando type guy when he is
getting ready for the climatic showdown. The bit near the
start where he gets chased from the woods and through the
house in double quick time was cool as well. Oh and his
chainsaw arm was funny. And the bit with the eyeball. And
the Farewell to arms joke. The ending is like a horror version
of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
There
was an interesting bit in it when Ash is looking at himself
in the mirror but then his image comes out of the mirror
and starts strangling him. But we then see that Ash is actually
strangling himself. Remind you of Fight Club? Well maybe
it is just a coincidence but it got me wondering anyhow.
A
bit of extra and pretty useless information is that the
director Sam Raimi has directed The Gift with Keannu Reeves
and Spiderman which is due out in 2002. It's a bit of class,
the type of movie that you should put on for someone that
hasn't seen it and just say, "Check this out."
BBM
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