Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Wounded following a routine robbery, a female officer is abducted by the Maniac Cop Matt Cordell forcing an officer with previous encounters against him to race to save her before he makes her like him.This here was actually an incredibly enjoyable film. What is really fun and enjoyable in this kind of film is there's a lot of action in this one, starting with the opening as the voodoo ceremony over the casket followed by the resurrection in the cemetery is rather chilling and makes for some good atmosphere to open the film with, and the drug-store shootout here is just as nice. The hospital is good enough as the patients are freed and go on a rampage attempting to take over the whole building and shooting everyone in sight. The gurney scene itself is glorious and really exciting, and the resulting gunfight goes to the Church scene, which is really great and just as much fun. This is just pure action From the voodoo ritual to the gunfight that sets off the fire where the visual of them going up in flames together and him still walking around chasing the others is an impressive visual that is highly creepy and thrilling. Even after, there's a spectacular car chase with a still-flaming victim that has plenty of fun with the flaming angle and allows for some creativity and originality, there's a ton of bullets let loose and it even comes with an explosive conclusion. This is the biggest one of the film, and as the rest of the film is laced with action as well, it gives this one a spectacular pace to it that never feels boring or slow. This also comes with the same features as before, with the creepy killer, fun sense of style and a great overall flair here that makes it so much fun while keeping it firmly rooted in the series' lore. Although nearly all are gunshot, there's an impressive body count with a lot of deaths to this as well, and are the film's good parts. This one here did have a few flaws, that there's a really lame murder weapon in a slasher is a really noticeable one. It's really hard to be afraid of a slasher when ninety-percent of the time is using a handgun which really takes a lot out of the film and really ruins the feel of the film tremendously. The other part to it that doesn't work is the really big part wrong about the mishandling of two key areas. The cameramen's adventures around the city looking for news is quite dull and boring, though the intent to have them around is important as they set up the media crucifixion angle, which is the biggest one. It has a great start, but is then dropped and nothing significant is done with it. It's a failed potential, and there's something big it could've done here but instead comes off as a useless tangent. Otherwise, this one here was quite a fun entry.Rated R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.

Maniac Cop 3 (1993) ** (out of 4) Third and final film in the series is without question the weakest. A female officer (Gretchen Becker) goes to a hostage situation where she is shot countless times while also shooting the crack head robber (Jackie Earle Haley). The robber, in return, decides to sue the police force, which awakens our maniac cop (Robert Z'Dar) with the help of a voodoo priest. Robert Davi is back as the detective trying to figure everything out. Third third film in the series also has a screenplay written by Larry Cohen but he has very little to offer here. Obviously the main focus of the film are those bad guys who manage to sue and get money but the screenplay does nothing smart with it and in the end everything here is pretty much by the books. The direction by Lustig and performance by Haley, Z'Dar and Davi are the main reasons to watch the film. Not only doesn't the screenplay deliver on the moral lesson but it also lacks in any reasoning for bringing the character back. The voodoo angle doesn't work nor does the relationship between Davi and the nurse. The death scenes, in their uncut form, are pretty weak and one wonders why the movie was originally given a NC-17 rating. In the end, after a couple good entries this series really goes out on a rather bland note. The movie isn't bad but one can't help but feel disappointed that this is all they could come up with to close the series.

Matt Cordell is back from the dead for a third go-round, although I'm not sure anyone cared at this point except for rabid MANICA COP fans. Cordell, who died in the last flick, is resurrected through voodoo, and is now hot on the trail of several miscreants involved in the shooting of a fellow officer Cordell is very fond of. I missed part of this early '90s low-budget quickie, but it was pleasing to see Cordell wracking up the body count in various, gruesome ways. Problem is, the overall film is pretty static, and Cordell simply ain't Jason or Freddy. The interest wanes pretty fast, even with that grand B-movie master Robert Forster as a doctor who ends up with his brains scrambled. Stick with the first film in the series, which is funny and scary and exciting, all at the same time.

Out of all the "Maniac Cop" series, this one was a letdown. However, out of due respect, I've always liked the character no matter what. This time, he tends to a policewoman who was gunned down during a stand-off. And Matt Cordell(Robert D'Zar) is enforced to "protect and serve". Since none of the other officers would help her, Det. Sean Kenny(Robert Davi) and Cordell are on the same page. Cordell takes on the usual trash crooked cops to be exact. I liked the part where he puts on guy under several exposures of X-rays. Then there's the scene where Kenny tells Cordell that she's been cleared of all wrongdoing. Somehow, underneath his hulking and ravaged exterior belies a interior that's anything but supernatural, it's human. Both went with the explosion, and covered in white. To me, it goes to show that love never dies, especially when Cordell touches the dead woman's hand from the sheets. I mean good grief, let her be. This version got a little sappy, yet will he continue the fight against crime, or will he settle down? This one got me baffled! 2 out of 5 stars!