Army of Darkness (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD)
by Sam Raimi
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Actor: Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Ian Abercrombie, Marcus Gilbert, Richard GroveDirector: Sam Raimi
Brand: Universal Pictures
Producer: Bruce Campbell
Cinematographer: Bill Pope
Writer: Sam Raimi
Editor: Bob Murawski
Producer: Dino De Laurentiis
Producer: Robert G. Tapert
Writer: Ivan Raimi
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 81 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-10-10
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
DVD Reviews of Army of Darkness (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD)
DVD Review: Forget the nay-sayers about this HD DVD/DVD Combo
Summary: 4 Stars
This HD DVD represents the best video presentation of the film thus far. The previous Universal and (mutiple) Anchor Bay DVDs just can't match the fine detail and color production of this edition. Even the standard DVD side is a noticable improvement over the other DVDs. The biggest difference (aside from the advantages of HD) is that this edition features the film's intended coloration. The Anchor Bay DVDs have an ugly greyish-blue tint and are heavily filtered with digital noise reduction techniques.
Sure, this HD DVD is only the 81 theatrical version, but not only does it beat the Anchor Bay theatrical version DVDs, it destroys the Anchor Bay director's cut DVDs. The DC DVDs look like a 9th generation bootleg VHS, Anchor Bay should be ashamed of themselves. On a sidenote if you want the best DC presentation on DVD, track down the region 3 Hong Kong DVD released by MGM. It's 96 minutes and perfect, the longest cut anywhere, and will make you feel cheated you ever invested in the unwatchable Anchor Bay DC editions to begin.
Also this HD DVD/DVD Combo only has the film's theatrical trailer, but what can you expect when Universal never created supplemental features for the film. All that was Anchor Bay's doing. Sure, it kinda sucks it's so bareboned, but there is a rational explaination as to why.
So in short, this HD DVD/Combo Combo is a worthy purchase for any ED fan.
Description of Army of Darkness (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD)
Universal Pictures Army of Darkness - HD-DVD/DVD Dual FormatBoundin human flesh, inked in blood-and amazingly hardto pronounce-the ancient "Necronomicon" (Book of the Dead) unleashes unspeakable evil upon mankind in director Sam Raimi's (Spider-Man) outrageously hilarious sword-and-sorcery epic.Back to do battle with the hideous "Deadites," Bruce Campbellreprises his role from the Evil Dead series as Ash, the handsome, shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed department store clerk from S-Mart's housewares division. Demonic forces time warp him-and his '73 Oldsmobile-into England's Dark Ages, where he romances a beauty (Embeth Davidtz) and faces legions of undead beasts, including a ghastly army of skeletons.A movie that only true horror buffs could love, Army of Darkness is officially part 3 in the wild and wacky Evil Dead trilogy masterminded by the perversely inventive director Sam Raimi, who would later serve as executive producer of the popular syndicated TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. Raimi's favorite actor, Bruce Campbell, returns as Ash (hero of the first two Evil Dead flicks), a hardware-store clerk who is magically transported--along with his beat-up Oldsmobile and a chainsaw attachment for his severed left forearm--to the brutal battlefields of the 14th century. He quickly assumes power (who else in the Middle Ages packs a shotgun and a chainsaw?), and unites his band of medieval knights against the dreaded Army of the Dead. Raimi gleefully subverts almost every horror-movie cliché as he serves up a nonstop parade of blood, gore, and vicious sword-bearing skeletons--an affectionate homage to animator Ray Harryhausen's classic Jason and the Argonauts. The frantic action is fun while it lasts, but even at 80 minutes Army of Darkness nearly wears out its welcome. You know that Raimi can maintain the mayhem for only so long before it grows tiresome, and fortunately this madcap movie quits while it's ahead. --Jeff Shannon
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