Maniac Cop 3 is another great sequel to the 1988 Cult Classic original, part 2 was great but i enjoy part 3 more but the first film is the best of this excellent underrated Horror Trilogy. I just really think these flicks are so much fun.
The excellent Robert Davi is back in the lead role as tough Detective Sean mckinney (from Maniac Cop 2) who is again on the hunt for a newly resurrected zombie Maniac Cop, there's a nice night time voodoo atmosphere & this time the Maniac Cop "Cordell" is definitely a zombie & is out to murder once again, the Maniac Cop is very much like "Jason Voorhees" here as he's a big hulking silent,super-strong killer & is almost unstoppable.
Robert z'darr plays the matt Cordell aka the Maniac Cop & he's still the same in his movements & presence but more zombie looking this time.
Our Hero of this slick looking 90's Slasher-Thriller is of course the excellent rugged Robert Davi who is perfectly cast in the role of the no-nonsense,tough & gritty Detective sean Mckinney, Davi plays Mckinney serious & moody & like the equally excellent Tom Atkins in the first Maniac Cop, hes the best character & performance in the whole movie!!!
Davi has a cool presence about him, he looks rugged & comes accross like a Detective from an old pulp novel or even a bounty hunter, Davi is a class actor who appeared mostly in straight to video low-rent Thriller's during the 90's but he was always great to watch even if the B-movie isn't that good, Davi always gave a good memorable perfperformance & that's why he's one of my favourite actors along with Atkins, they both have that screen quality where you look forward to seeing them in anything. Davi is a true retro action star of the DTV B-movie era & has given us plenty of low-budget gems to uncover!!! Davi is great in The Bad Pack, The Zone, Night Trap, Center of the Web, Peacemaker & many more, go check out his awesome filmography.
Maniac Cop 3 is pure early 90s in it's look & tone, it feels like a 90s Dark Thriller with slasher elements here & there but it feels more like a Cop film or a Detective Thriller & that's fine, there is a darkness to this movie in it's style & visual look & a great new setting within a hospital abit like "Michael Myers" stalking the hospital in "Halloween 2" & it works well here as we've watched the Maniac Cop stalk the dark city streets in the other films so this is a nice new setting & feels fresh.
There's a little side story mixed in about a good lady cop who becomes abit of a bride of Frankenstein in a way to the Maniac Cop, its a fun little fantasy bit even if it's abit silly really it doesn't hurt the movie as it's so entertaining with a fantastic shootout scene in the hospital with "mckinney" taking on some street thugs in a hospital corridor, it's truly an Awesome action scene & there's another great bit where "mckinney" discovers a secret underground tunnel leading from the hospital to an old church where the Maniac Cop hides out along with the zoodoo witch doctor guy who brought him back to life, the look is lovely with candles all over the old church it's a great peice of production design in it's almost cosy look.
There's also the spectacular end car Chase sequence, it's Amazing.
Maniac Cop 3 is a thrilling sequel with a great rare lead role for Davi & some excellent action scenes & some real gory death scenes, it's great late night entertainment in it's old school 90s vhs Slasher Thriller feel.
