what the fuck is a badge of silence

Even though Bill Lustig and Larry Cohen think Maniac Cop 3 is an awful abomination, it's better than Maniac Cop 2. For a movie that was thrown together by a group of producers, I think the end result was better than some may lead you to believe. Through the entire film all I could think was, "you know, this really isn't as bad as I thought it was going to be.." Despite my apprehension before the movie started, I'm glad I watched it.

Was planning to skip this seeing how Lustig hated it so much he walked off the set, but things don't always turn out the way we expect them to. Somehow on this fine evening I got possessed by some supernatural being and was forced to embark on a tedious journey towards regret. Not much I can do about it, you know.

I’d heard that Badge of Silence wasn’t on the same level as the first two and honestly wtf? Look, the first Maniac Cop is a legit Lustig/Cohen bonkers masterpiece. Nothing will ever top that one for me, but MC3 is just as much goddamn fun as MC2. And that’s a really goddamn fun time. When it comes to crazy violent 80s machismo action slashers, no series of films is better.

Man war der mies, gut ist wirklich nur der erste der Reihe. Während der zweite noch "guckbar" ist, ist der dritte äußerst langweilig inszeniert, voller Anschlussfehler und die Optik ist auch sehr bescheiden.

Maniac Cop 3. Well, after 2 really great instalments in the series they tried to succeed a third time. Unfortunately that didn´t happened. I don´t know why "Maniac Cop 3" is the mess it is, but nothing really makes sense. The plot is all over the place and the scenes with the Maniac Cop are boring and forgettable. I really don´t know what happened, but it looks like too much interference during the production. It´s a shame....

Bride of Maniac Cop

I was apprehensive about watching this one, but it actually wasn't bad. Not quite as good as the first two, but I enjoyed it. It actually tries to return to the horror vibe of the first one, while still cramming in some action... and now some voodoo too.

Also, it looks great on Blu-ray.

Un bruixot treu Maniac Cop de la tumba no s'entén molt bé amb quina finalitat, però el policia assassí acaba fent de les seues en un hospital. La pel·lícula la firma Alan Smithee, ja que William Lustig es va quedar curt en el muntatge (l'argument no dona per a més) i els productors van afegir palla... molta palla. Al final n'hi ha una escena interminable amb una persecució en cotxe on el monstre va tota l'estona conduint en flames. La més fluixa i absurda de tota la trilogia, que ja és dir.

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Always a clasic, reliable series. I love Lustigs movies.

The last prescription she filled was the bitter pill of fate.

Diminishing returns, eh, but still immensely enjoyable no matter how much Lustig badmouths it. The wedding is clunky and stupid, making the film unnecessarily self-contained, but I do love how this hints at a future beyond the trilogy, with Cordell returning from the grave to right the wrongs committed within the criminal justice system. It might have even made a great television series.