<s>
Evil	B-Application
Dead	I-Application
:	I-Application
A	I-Application
Fistful	I-Application
of	I-Application
Boomstick	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
hack	B-Application
and	I-Application
slash	I-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
VIS	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
THQ	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
and	O
Xbox	B-Application
,	O
and	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
movie	O
trilogy	O
The	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
Dead	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
set	O
eleven	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Army	O
of	O
Darkness	O
,	O
and	O
three	O
years	O
after	O
Jenny	O
(	O
Ash	O
's	O
girlfriend	O
from	O
Evil	B-Application
Dead	I-Application
:	I-Application
Hail	I-Application
to	I-Application
the	I-Application
King	I-Application
)	O
,	O
was	O
killed	O
in	O
a	O
bus	O
crash	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
from	O
a	O
fallen	O
officer	O
and	O
a	O
chainsaw	B-Language
in	O
the	O
lumber	O
yard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
town	O
,	O
multiple	O
vortices	B-Application
have	O
opened	O
up	O
,	O
releasing	O
Deadites	O
into	O
the	O
town	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
preacher	O
at	O
the	O
church	O
tells	O
Ash	O
that	O
he	O
needs	O
silver	O
to	O
close	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
acquires	O
some	O
from	O
a	O
biker	O
gang	O
after	O
saving	O
them	O
from	O
the	O
Deadites	O
and	O
acquires	O
a	O
handgun	O
from	O
a	O
police	O
officer	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Knowby	O
's	O
notes	O
from	O
a	O
professor	O
at	O
the	O
university	O
;	O
unfortunately	O
,	O
Knowby	O
wrote	O
the	O
notes	O
in	O
code	O
,	O
being	O
clearly	O
aware	O
of	O
the	O
dangers	O
posed	O
by	O
the	O
book	O
,	O
and	O
they	O
need	O
a	O
cipher	B-Application
to	O
read	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ash	O
gives	O
the	O
notes	O
to	O
Eldridge	O
and	O
acquires	O
another	O
spell	O
that	O
allows	O
him	O
to	O
possess	O
Deadites	O
,	O
which	O
he	O
uses	O
to	O
bypass	O
a	O
massive	O
horde	O
of	O
Deadites	O
behind	O
the	O
police	O
station	O
and	O
get	O
the	O
cipher	B-Application
and	O
an	O
envelope	B-Algorithm
addressed	O
to	O
the	O
local	O
auto	O
repairman	O
from	O
the	O
trash	O
can	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
gives	O
the	O
envelope	B-Algorithm
to	O
the	O
repairman	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
's	O
only	O
Knowby	O
's	O
payment	O
for	O
his	O
car	O
repairs	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
guard	O
gives	O
him	O
some	O
explosive	O
shotgun	O
shells	O
as	O
a	O
reward	O
for	O
his	O
troubles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ash	O
breaks	O
into	O
the	O
park	O
,	O
kills	O
the	O
Deadites	O
,	O
and	O
gives	O
Eldridge	O
the	O
cipher	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trisha	O
and	O
Eldridge	O
go	O
to	O
the	O
museum	O
to	O
search	O
for	O
it	O
,	O
and	O
Ash	O
accompanies	O
them	O
after	O
closing	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
vortices	B-Application
around	O
town	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
soon	O
revealed	O
that	O
Eldridge	O
knew	O
about	O
the	O
true	O
nature	O
of	O
the	O
Necronomicon	O
all	O
along	O
,	O
and	O
plans	O
to	O
use	O
its	O
power	O
and	O
the	O
Stone	O
to	O
take	B-Application
over	I-Application
the	I-Application
world	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
opens	O
up	O
a	O
vortex	B-Application
and	O
disappears	O
into	O
it	O
,	O
and	O
Ash	O
decides	O
to	O
follow	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trisha	O
asks	O
him	O
if	O
he	O
is	O
crazy	O
,	O
but	O
he	O
merely	O
states	O
that	O
"	O
crazy	O
is	O
as	O
crazy	O
does	O
"	O
,	O
kisses	O
her	O
,	O
and	O
follows	O
Eldridge	O
into	O
the	O
vortex	B-Application
while	O
Trisha	O
stays	O
behind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eldridge	O
uses	O
the	O
rules	O
of	O
time	O
paradoxes	O
to	O
blackmail	O
Ash	O
into	O
finding	O
a	O
spell	O
scroll	O
that	O
will	O
allow	O
him	O
to	O
safely	O
pass	O
through	O
the	O
vortex	B-Application
,	O
promising	O
that	O
he	O
will	O
let	O
the	O
blacksmith	O
go	O
if	O
Ash	O
complies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ash	O
does	O
so	O
,	O
but	O
Eldridge	O
does	O
not	O
make	O
good	O
on	O
the	O
deal	O
and	O
escapes	O
through	O
the	O
vortex	B-Application
,	O
warning	O
Ash	O
that	O
his	O
two	O
monstrous	O
Deadite	O
bodyguards	O
will	O
kill	O
the	O
blacksmith	O
if	O
he	O
attempts	O
to	O
follow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ash	O
gives	O
the	O
blacksmith	O
the	O
piece	O
of	O
scrap	O
iron	O
,	O
and	O
follows	O
Eldridge	O
through	O
the	O
vortex	B-Application
after	O
the	O
blacksmith	O
coins	O
their	O
new	O
family	O
motto	O
:	O
"	O
A	O
man	O
's	O
gotta	O
do	O
what	O
a	O
man	O
's	O
gotta	O
do.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Eldridge	O
quickly	O
enters	O
the	O
Unionists	O
 '	O
fort	O
and	O
opens	O
a	O
vortex	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ash	O
confronts	O
Eldridge	O
and	O
shoots	O
him	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
only	O
transforms	O
him	O
into	O
a	O
monstrous	O
dragon-like	O
demon	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ash	O
grabs	O
a	O
katana	B-Operating_System
from	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
guards	O
and	O
tells	O
the	O
Deadites	O
to	O
"	O
come	O
get	O
some	O
!	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Evil	B-Application
Dead	I-Application
:	I-Application
A	I-Application
Fistful	I-Application
of	I-Application
Boomstick	I-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
"	O
reviews	O
on	O
both	O
platforms	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adam	O
Dodd	O
of	O
Bloody	O
Disgusting	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
"	O
actually	O
pretty	O
enjoyable	O
"	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
an	O
improvement	O
on	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
Evil	B-Application
Dead	I-Application
:	I-Application
Hail	I-Application
to	I-Application
the	I-Application
King	I-Application
.	O
</s>
