Unlimitedia Sick Product of a Sick System

Konterr Brilliant and touching

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

lukem-52760 What a great 80s treasure MANIAC COP is & so much fun!!! This was one i owned on old vhs & watched it tons of times it's so rewatchable & exciting, It's a very dark & gritty New York mystery Horror Thriller all in one & works perfectly. Cult Horror icon TOM ATKINS is fantastic as the tough & gritty detective Frank Mcrae a perfect performance by Atkins he's born to play these rugged hero types especially cops!!!! & Bruce Campbell is good in this as the other hero who takes over in the second half of the film & he's good not great like Atkins but just good as he doesn't have the screen presence that Atkins does but all in all this is a BRILLIANT brutal slasher Thriller set in the very scary darkness of 80s very gritty New York City a place full of creepy atmosphere & plays like another character in this film!!! Also Matt Cordell the Maniac Cop is a great Villain who should be up there with Jason Voohees & Michael Myers!!! Robert z'dar is another great screen presence as this big scary violent Cop turned Maniac after the system screws him over & puts him in a tough prison surrounded by criminals he's put away, a really great 80s film & a really great Cop Thriller & Horror Slasher combined. Tom Atkins is great in this probably my favourite role & performance by the King of cool!!! MANIAC COP truly is one of those 80s gems & so much more!!! Thank you TOM ATKINS you make these movies even better.

jacobjohntaylor1 This is a very scary movie. There are not to many movie is scarier then A Nightmare on elm street. This is one of them. This has a great story line. It also has great acting. It a very scary movie.

hwg1957-102-265704 A tile like 'Maniac Cop' should be an indicator of low quality but this film even though low budget is surprisingly good. A disgruntled ex-cop thought deceased is killing people in New York but it is not as simple as that. Who he is and why he is killing are eventually explained which involves the justice system, the penal system and ideas of trust and betrayal. There is a lot in the film and it moves along briskly with good character scenes and exciting action scenes. The last stunt is amazing. When the city realises there is a killing cop the paranoia of the population is well portrayed.The cast acquit themselves excellently, particularly Tom Atkins as policeman Frank McCrae, William Smith as Captain Ripley and Sheree North as Sally Noland. Robert Z'Dar as the titular cop is frightening, even in silhouette standing still. Bruce Campbell plays an adulterous cop who is accused of the crimes. Apparently the actor disliked the film but what does he know? He is fine in it.It's not really a slasher film, it's not a monster film, it's not a police procedural film. The laudable direction by William Lustig and script by Larry Cohen makes it rather a good drama and more engrossing than many a bigger budgeted thriller. There were sequels but was definitely the best one.

Predrag The story (written by Larry Cohen of "It's Alive" fame) is just about as straightforward as you can get: a guy's dressing up as a cop and going out and hacking the stuffing out of people, first at random, then with a clear vendetta in mind. Tom Atkins plays the tough as nails but honest as a boy-scout detective who decides he's got to unravel the whole thing, even if it means airing out some dirty laundry at the mayor's office. Along the way, Bruce Campbell turns up as the prime suspect, and he's determined to prove his innocence! The pace is great, especially at the beginning where some films will bog you down with trying to get to know their one dimensional characters as if that has any relevance in a film like this. Nope, Maniac Cop doesn't pretend its characters are people it gets right down to the nitty gritty of murdering victims. Murder, meet Tom Atkins and see that his boss doesn't like him much, murder, get to see a couple more scenes of Atkins, murder, hello this is Bruce Campbell he could be the killer but murder happens and it's not likely he did it. No stringing you along, no pretension that this is anything but a slasher film through and through. While we're on the topic of murder, the killings are all done well. There's not an especially high level of variety or creativity to them, but it's not a film that calls for that kind of thing anyway. There's stranglings, stabbings, hangings, quite down to earth, almost even realistic within the story. The level of gore is also just right.Overall rating: 8 out of 10.