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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.

Alan Smithee's best.

The third installment of William Lustigs Maniac Cop series. Apparently the director and producer were at loggerheads during the making of this film with major script problems and finance problems resulting in Lustig criticising the end result and the director credit being changed to Alan Smithee.

I guess that the film still had plenty of entertainment but also I felt something was missing that was there in the first two installments. I can't quite put my finger on exactly what it was but I just didn't enjoy this one. Maybe watching all three films in quick succession left me feeling a little bored with it all. The action set pieces didn't feel quite as well done, and the story devolved into silliness as did the kills.

One thing I did learn though.... police uniforms burn for an extraordinary length of time, making them an extremely efficient fuel source.

Final score - 3/10

So Cordell is an actual zombie now, raised from the dead for reasons unexplained. The voodoo witch doctor or whatever just says he needs Cordell, but not for what, and in the end this is just Bride of Maniac Cop since Cordell is obsessed with a female cop that he wants to kill and resurrect to be his zombie mate. I get why, since she's wrongfully accused like Cordell was, but it's not really clear that this is the plot until towards the end. The preceding approximately 60 minutes are just a confusing mess that feels like it has no plot or point. At least this one has better kills than the last film, and is a better kind of stupid, but it's still not as much fun as it should be.

Robert Davi classes up the joint much more than it deserves and is really the only thing that makes these two sequels watchable.

Via Chiller

I thought the first two were a bit ehhh but holy fuck this was shit.

It's the same story as the first and second films, but without the charm, or effort, or the memorable characters, or anything too investing. Saved by some creative effects and the return of the always fun Robert Davi.

The weakest of the three Maniac Cop movies but fine for a no-brainer.

2/10

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My least favorite of the Maniac Cop movies. The cast is fun though. And that ending car chase is awesome.

A female cop is gunned down and wrongly accused of using excessive force in a hostage rescue attempt. Maniac cop returns from the dead once more to seek revenge, destroying everything and anyone that stands in his way.
This is an absolutely terrible film, and such a poor way for the trilogy to close out. This film is terribly written, and directed, in fact William Lustig took his name of this version of the film making me think and hope we may some day see a directors cut.
Until then we have this unintelligible nonsensical mess of a film, and to be honest, if I were you, I wouldn't bother.