Maniac Cop

HKFanatic

The premise of "Maniac Cop" remains as evocative and timely as ever: the film's vignettes of citizens terrified of the police will likely strike a chord with contemporary audiences. Unfortunately, Larry Cohen's million dollar idea and the grimy New York City photography are all there is to recommend about the film; in director William Lustig's hands, "Maniac Cop" eventually devolves into a clunky action movie.

Nick Schwab

Maniac Cop is a heavy-handed slasher film with a concept that could make a much better film than it actually is. As despite the appealing cast of genre regulars, it's not as entertaining as it could be, and although it has some good ideas in tow, it doesn't properly capitalize on them. William Lustig's direction-- that was oh-so-greatly sleazy in his debut Maniac for a horrific effect-- feels underwhelming here.

Palmat

A fun and sleazy movie that I almost forgot. I haven´t seen this in like 20 years so it was fun revisiting it. The cast is pretty good and the acting decent. The plot beats are somewhat haphazard and the story is beyond ludicrous but for a movie like this it doesn't matter. It's violent, sleazy and a whole lot of fun. Gotta watch part 2 again...

Dan Kenneth Gigernes

An excellent movie title and a bunch of great cult actors collected in one movie. Tom Atkins' role is excellent. A couple of stunts are fantastic for a low-budget film as well. The problem is that the film really doesn't know if it wants to be a horror/slasher movie with a killer cop or an action movie with a supernatural element. It could have needed more humor as well as it takes itself too damn serious at times.

Tibulle85

(Vu en DVD dans une copie "juste passable") Comme échantillon chimiquement pur de série B des années 80, le film est clairement distrayant. Mais une fois ôtées ces lunettes "meta-", le film pris tel quel s'avère assez plat, brouillon et longuet; il lui manque clairement une dose d'humour et/ou de trash supplémentaire pour devenir un fleuron du genre. J'ai aussi été déçu par la sous-exploitation de Bruce Campbell...

Dominic Simard-Jean

The dialogue is really solid, as well as the performances. It definitely saves a lot of things that the generic plot imposes on the film, but Maniac Cop is still packed with fun and violence that makes it stands out from the average B horror flick. Not great but definitely a good time. Great shower scene, great chase scene.

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Louis Léonard

(2.5 / 5)