Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1993)

Directors:

William Lustig
Joel Soisson

Writers (WGA):

Larry Cohen (characters)
Larry Cohen (written by)

Genre:

Action | Horror

Tagline:

The Wrong Arm Of The Law Is Back.

Plot:

A female cop is gunned down and wrongly accused of using excessive force in a hostage rescue attempt...

Plot Keywords:

Camera Man | Psycho Cop | Severed Head | Policewoman Killing | Policewoman

Cast

Robert Davi	...	Det. Sean McKinney
Robert Z'Dar	...	Matt Cordell
Caitlin Dulany	...	Dr. Susan Fowler
Gretchen Becker	...	Katie Sullivan
Paul Gleason	...	Hank Cooney
Jackie Earle Haley	...	Frank Jessup
Julius Harris	...	Houngan
Grand L. Bush	...	Willie (as Grand Bush)
Doug Savant	...	Dr. Peter Myerson
Robert Forster	...	Dr. Powell
Bobby Di Cicco	...	Bishop
Frank Pesce	...	Tribble
Lou Diaz	...	Leon
Brenda Varda	...	Lindsey
Vanessa Marquez	...	Terry

Also Known As:

Badge of Silence: Maniac Cop III (USA) (trailer title)
MC3: Maniac Cop 3 (USA) (video title)
Maniac Cop 3
Maniac Cop III: Badge of Silence (USA) (DVD box title)

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:Unrated (video release) | Germany:18 (video premiere) (cut) | Netherlands:16 | Finland:K-16 (cut) (video premiere) | Australia:R | UK:18 | USA:NC-17 (original rating) | USA:R (edited for re-rating)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

NEO Motion Pictures

Trivia:

Joel Soisson was replaced as director when the original series director William Lustig just walked off the set.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: At the end of the movie with Maniac Cop chasing after the detective in a police car while being set on fire, you can see the safety goggles under his mask in several of the changing shots in this stunt scene.

Quotes:

Det. Sean McKinney: [sighs] What's the prognosis?
Dr. Peter Myerson: [smiles] Stick 'er in a rock garden!
Det. Sean McKinney: I don't like your sense of humor.

Movie Connections:

Features Maniac Cop 2 (1990)

Could have been called 'Bride of Maniac Cop'

All the evils of the modern world are represented. There are corrupt city officials, sensationalist, greedy reporters, and ambitious lawyers. Cordell has to kill insensitive doctors two times!

The theme here is "anti-justice" as represented by an evil priest's sign. The priest brings back the wronged (we know from the first two films) Cordell to help him find love!? Maniac Kate, screwed by the evil people mentioned in my previous paragraph, lies dying in a hospital bed. She is a good person, yet her name has been soiled. The Maniac Cop does good by clearing her name, but is of course too violent and must be dealt with. There is a message in there for us.

Cool stuff includes a wedding dream between Cordell and Kate and an opening scene where Cordell punches through his coffin to grab his badge. The Cop, of course, looks great throughout.

Most of the killings are pretty weak as are the dull gun fights. In fact, until the final fight the action is more than a let down. What works for this movie are the issues dealing with revenge and the creepy ending.