Rocketeer_Raccoon
I don't get it, what the Hell is this? Before I watched it I was hoping that this was going to be like the Evil Dead films but instead it's a broken mess that's so crap, we might as well actually be watching a pile of crap. Here Bruce Campbell plays himself who is nothing like his heroic and badass Evil Dead character Ash, instead he's a yellow-bellied couch potato coward who is a big wimp when a small town need his help to fight a monster for real. This film is full of unfunny jokes and racist remarks so that's the comedy down the toilet. I say, what the Hell possessed Bruce Campbell to do this movie like this is anyone's guess? But the worst thing of all is it's an absolute insult towards the fans and is a real let-down. Avoid like the plague because this film is really, really bad.
Jackson Booth-Millard
I remember seeing the DVD for this film, the title pretty much tells you what to expect, starring and directed by the star I know best as Ash from The Evil Dead trilogy, I knew this was going to be terrible, but I had to see why. Basically in the mining town of Gold Lick, Oregon, young Jeff (Taylor Sharpe) is a big fan of B-movie star Bruce Campbell, he is out with his friend Clayton (Logan Martin) to meet Big Debbie (Ariel Badenhop) and Little Debbie (Ali Akay) in the nineteenth-century cemetery. Jeff unintentionally removes a medallion off the mausoleum, unleashing the Chinese god of the dead, Guan-Di (James Peck), it kills Clayton and the girls, while Jeff flees, he panics and knows that the town needs to be saved, and he can think of only one person to help, his movie hero. Bruce Campbell is filming his latest naff looking science-fiction , blood-filled B-movie, Cave Alien II, with his drinking habits and rude nature he is not popular amongst the film crew, but his agent Mills Toddner (Ted Raimi) has promised a birthday surprise. Next thing he knows Bruce is knocked unconscious and wakes up inside the trunk of Jeff's car, Bruce assumes he is a mad stalker-like fan, he arrives in the town of Gold Lick and listens to the townspeople talk about the trouble with the ancient ghoul, he assumes this is his birthday surprise, a new movie, and despite no scripts and cameras in sight he agrees to "help". While "preparing" himself Bruce is trying to get in the good books of Jeff's mother Kelly Graham (Grace Thorsen), who initially finds his behaviour irritating, and he gears himself up in the town gun shop. Bruce joins some townspeople brave enough to venture into the woods and take on Guan- Di, he assumes it is all still just a movie, he then finds out it is all real and flees the town, a running gag is an Italian painter (Ted Raimi) constantly repaints the population sign every time someone dies, including himself. Returning to his own movie set Bruce, everyone on the set hates him, including his own dog, and his ex-wife Cheryl (The Evil Dead's Ellen Sandweiss) has a restraining order placed upon him, but the real birthday surprise does show up, a singing prostitute named Kasey (Janelle Farber). Bruce gets a call from Jeff, he informs him he is going up against Guan-Di, so Bruce goes back to Gold Lick, he is treated with contempt and tries to reconcile with Kelly, but ultimately he is back to save the town. Bruce and Jeff set up dynamite at the mausoleum, they try to lure Guan-Di inside, eventually Bruce sacrifices himself and the dynamite is blown, and the medallion is returned into the wall of the mausoleum to ease the spirit. But Guan-Di ha survived and comes out to attack, at the very last minute however, it turns out that this whole scenario is a movie, Bruce argues with Ted he doesn't want clichés, he wants a happy ending, so it is changed to Bruce marrying Kelly, and Jeff accepted into Harvard University, Bruce is pleased with this new ending, but again, this is not real, and Guan- Di appears and attacks Bruce. Also starring Ben McCain as Mayor and Timothy Patrick Quill as Frank. The whole is geared by Campbell parodying his own persona and movie roles, there are many in-jokes and spoofs based on The Evil Dead and his many other movies, but the story of the actor going against an awakened Chinese demon is silly, it hardly made me laugh, and the quality of special effects was low, the whole thing is just an awful mess, even for fans of Campbell, I would not bother with this boring and ridiculous comedy horror. Poor!
michal-havran
The people who never liked or even knew BC will never understand this film. This film is the second BC effort as a director and not only actor after so-so Man with a Screaming Brain. I see many people bashing the film because of how "The filmmakers" described Bruce as a total whiner and looser... hey, did you even see who is that "filmmaker"?. It is Bruce Cambpell himself. And the film is self-irony humor done in an excellent way (like when the lady screams: You sucked in Moontrap). not everyone likes this kind of humor maybe, but I completely do (my kind of humor that goes well with my Zodiac sign).The special effects are top notch, the main villain is funny as hell (what can be more funny than God of War & bean curd). Actually the real Guan DI, or even Guan Yu (http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/324162/Guandi) is a real historical general and became god, and is still worshiped especially in southern parts of China, hong Kong, etc...What can I add, a great horror comedy (less horror, more comedy) for Bruce Cambpell fans
donmunk321
I loved every moment of this film! Massive horror and Campbell The storyline is pretty simple but yet something different, playing himself is a nice touch. Mocking himself and his career, even his fans is quite amusing and nice to see he's not taking himself too seriously. The monster is all right, didn't blow me away but cool enough. If you're looking for scares, try a different film it's not really a horror film even though that's where I would imagine I would find it amongst that genre in a shop, it's more like a black comedy. Quite silly at times but with lots of laugh, you would probably have to be a fan of Bruce Campbell or at least horror movies to enjoy this too its full potential, i'm not sure if it would be everyone cup of tea. The slapstick violence and cheesy one liners from Campbell with the added Ted Raimi cameos make this a great watch for the majority of horror and Campbell fans.
