Maniac Cop 2

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

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

The Maniac Cop (Robert Z’dar) is still on the loose. This one picks up right where the last one left off. This time he teams up with a serial killer to wreak more bloody havoc. Director William Lustig is back. Screenwriter and producer Larry Cohen is also back with a…

David Whitman

"how could you feel guilty? you're a cop." One of those sequels that blows past the original because it understands the assignment – picking up exactly where the first one leaves you, then going bigger, meaner, tighter, crazier. Maniac Cop 2 runs on pure momentum: insane…

Tim Fehrenbach

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

It's fine, I just can't really get into this series. It's just like that sometimes. Also, they killed Bruce WAYY to early. Never understood that. I know people consider this the best of the series, and it might be, but I just couldn't really care less about it.…

MizfitMathew

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

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