My friend pointed out that this passes the "Bechdel test." I'm going to pretend I don't know what that is and assume that it's the test in which a stuntwoman is strapped to the outside of a speeding car as it hits small ramps and swerves in and out of traffic. In that case,…

laird

Lists I have to update after seeing Maniac Cop 2: Best movies of the 90s Best horror/action hybrid movies Best stunts in a horror/action hybrid movie Best Christmas movies Best end-movie rap songs Best movies featuring an Italian Zach Galifianakis as a friendly serial…

laird

A beautiful picture. You're a worm if you thought for even a moment that I was kidding. New York looks beautiful in this movie. The shadows, the neon lights, the rainy windshields, the reflections in the puddles. This is NYC before Giuliani made them get rid of all the dry…

Branson Reese

One of the original DTV action sequels that has no business being as good as it is. Picks up in the same neon grime cop conspiracy procedural meets gruesome slasher register of the original before expanding it into a series of absurdly gross buddy cop situations (where our…

Josh Lewis

I think the reason I never watched these when I was younger is that the vhs art didn’t really appeal to me. None of them look especially horror-esque but this one especially looks more like a cop action thriller and kid me wanted straight horror, preferably slasher, which…

Tony the Terror

Warning Review Contains Spoilers. Trivia. 1) Some of the violence was trimmed to get an "R" rating, most notably the police station massacre. This scene appears in its entirely in a flashback sequence in Maniac Cop 3 (which was also originally given an "NC-17"…

Timelord007

62 Solid action-horror hybrid. The cinematography by James Lemmo is seedy and gorgeous. The main reason to watch this sequel is for the mind-boggling stunts. Full of "how did they *do* that?" moments, and that's before the titular maniac cop is set on fire.

SilentDawn

Watching this on a 4K UHD Blu-Ray was a revelation. Wow, those smokey alleyways and neon lights and rain-covered Manhattan streets look good! Crazy to think how nobody watching this on hazy VHS tapes for a decade would have had any idea how good it could potentially look.…

Will Sloan

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac? The Maniac Cop rap song rules.

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