Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick

Will the Deadites swallow your soul?

It?s been a crying shame what?s been done (or hasn?t been done) with the great Evil Dead movie series. Fistful of Boomstick makes up some ground.

This Mature-rated 3D action/adventure demon-whacker kicks off with a smarty-pants TV host playing the Knowlby tape (you know, the tape that raised the dead in the first movie) of the Necronomicon ex Mortis (the book) live on the air. Evil Dead?heads everywhere know that means it?s Deadite-clobberin? time for Mr. Ash with vocals by Evil Dead star Bruce Campbell.

The zombie-zapping is violent, bloody, and continuous as Ash tackles the mother of all pest problems with classic Dead weapons?the shovel, the prosthetic chainsaw, and the ever-lovin? ?boomstick? (a.k.a. shotgun). But Boomstick also does a commendable job of mixing action and brain-gaming. An aggressive A.I. directs Deadites to hunt you all over a drab, colorless Dearborn. As in State of Emergency, you can encounter monstrous mobs of vile creatures, too. The controls do a first-rate job of handling the action, and Ash can pull some sweet boomstick moves.

The story is a decent spin from the movie and Ash?s wisecracks keep things entertaining, even though Campbell sometimes sounds like he?s phoning it in. The music?s overly melodramatic and repetitious. The visuals are just okay. Ash looks just great, but the Deadite character models are just not scary. At least the dogged game cam stays tight and steady on the action.

A Fistful of Boomstick is definitely for Evil Dead fans. The repetitive combat won?t wow hardcore action fans, but committed zombie-hunters might enjoy the challenge and the attitude. Hail to the king, baby.

Comments [0]

post a comment

Post a Comment