"You have the right to remain silent...FOREVER!"
From the twisted imagination of B-movie maestro Larry Cohen (The Ambulance, Q: The Winged Serpent) Maniac Cop is an efficient slice of grindhouse schlock that straddles both bollocks and brilliance and somehow manages to get away with it.
The fact that it's even vaguely watchable is remarkable - the plot is diabolical, the performances ham-packed (and I mean, completely & utterly Troma-terrible - sorry, Lloyd!) and the whole thing reeks of "direct-to-video" shoddiness, BUT...for something so undeniably cobblers, there's a wonky charm underpinning the gratuitous slasher violence on-screen. I mean, police brutality has rarely been so much fun! And more to the point, it's a B-list movie with A-list pretensions. Don't believe us? Check out the climactic car chase, a genuinely fun sequence with some really impressive stuntwork and production values way above its pay grade.
Throw in some amusing cameos from a couple of cult luminaries like Sam Raimi & Richard Rowntree and you've got yourself a good old Saturday night banger. And let's be honest, anything that keeps Bruce Campbell in beer money is fine by us.
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