Bruce Campbell (“Evil Dead”, “Bubba Ho-Tep”) plays an exaggerated version of himself in this self-aware comedy. Sadly, it isn’t very funny and will most likely only impress those who are huge fans of Campbell.

In the small town of Goldlick, a group of teenagers unwittingly release the Chinese God of War, who is now going around decapitating everyone. For some reason, instead of the army, the town recruit down-on-his-luck B movie star Bruce Campbell to lead the fight against the monster. Campbell assumes the whole thing is another cheesy movie but when he face-to-face with the creature, he realizes this is all real.

It’s hard to say whether someone is a good actor when they’re playing themselves but based on his performance in other films, I think Bruce Campbell is an alright action star and it’s a shame he ended up being the star of countless bad movies (lots of them didn’t even make to theatres). Ted Rami, who you might remember having small parts in some of Campbell’s other films, makes several appearances as a few characters but none of them are very fun to watch. The other characters are really badly written and don’t aid the film at all. The creature is forgettable.

“My Name Is Bruce” made me laugh at times but the issue is that the film is really badly written at times. There were lots of things in this film that didn’t work for me including the irritating song explaining the backstory and the numerous appearances by Ted Rami. This movie is nothing more than a monument to the fact that Bruce Campbell could have been a big star (especially after hits such as “Army Of Darkness”). However, he just became a B movie star. If you’re a big fan of Bruce Campbell then check this one out but otherwise, I think you should skip it.