Cop movies can be a mixed bag. While the Hays Code forced us to always show law enforcement as the good guys, we immediately rebelled the instant we could. The 1960s and '70s were rife with both good and bad police, sometimes in the same person, with the likes of films such as Dirty Harry, … Continue reading Relentless (1989)
Maniac Cop 2 is the best of William Lustig's trilogy and is actually what he considers his best film to be. Sure, it's not perfect, but it is everything it needs to be: more violent, more sleazy, more nasty than the first without going overboard the way the third did. At its heart, Maniac Cop … Continue reading Maniac Cop 2 (1990)
Badge of do what now? A better title would have been Maniac Cop III: Bride of Maniac Cop, because that's pretty much what this one is about. A homeless guy who practices voodoo brings back Officer Matt Cordell, the titular maniac cop, for...some reason. But Cordell wants a lady friend, so what he decides to … Continue reading Maniac Cop III: Badge of Silence (1993)
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