646f9e108c Officer Matt Cordell&#39;s third ride from beyond the grave has him looking for a girlfriend. His ideal date should be nice, tender, and dead. He soon finds one in the person of a female officer killed by shop robbers. This gets him in trouble with some living officers, though… A female cop is gunned down and wrongly accused of using excessive force in a hostage rescue attempt. Maniac cop returns from the dead once more to seek revenge, destroying everthing and anyone that stands in his way. &quot;This is gruesome,&quot; says a squeamish cop when uncovering the headless corpse of a wino in a back alley. But to be precise, this 3rd entry in this popular horror series is not that gruesome at all, mostly downplaying the gore in favor of the stunt-filled action sequences.<br/><br/>The Maniac Cop himself, Matt Cordell does not have much of a part in the story-line until the final act. Instead the film is mostly focused on around frayed-at-the-edges detective Robert Davi, who is very upset when his protégé young police woman is left brain-dead after a drugstore shootout with a psychopath.<br/><br/>There are various peripheral characters who are going to suffer from Cordell&#39;s wrath. For instance, there is the greedy medico who jokes about the lady cop on life support, saying she might make a nice rock garden ornament.<br/><br/>The final act is full of stunts including the sequence where Cordell is set on fire. The photography is good, characterizations are quirky, dialog witty, and the score pleases the ear.<br/><br/>Arresting entertainment. To my mind, the best part of the trilogy. &quot;Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence&quot; is yet another solid sequel that is justgoodthe previous two movies in the series. As weirdit may seem, the maniac cop (played again by Robert Z&#39;Dar) seems to have a heart in this one when he starts protecting a female cop who was wounded in a shootout and was said to be too hard on criminals. Now the crazed cop goes on another killing spree and it is up to Robert Davi (repraising his role from &quot;Maniac Cop 2&quot; to stop him. If you&#39;re a fan of the first two, be sure not to miss this entry with the exciting climax with the crazed cop a flame behind the wheel of a car. *** out of ***** Stars.
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