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Tuesday 2 June 2015

Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1993)

Problems behind the scenes caused part three to be abandoned by its original director partway though, requiring a hasty replacement, new scenes to be shot (filler) and the insertion of outtakes from part two to make up the running time. That maybe explains why the focus of the story is all over the place, giving too much screen time to uninteresting people that aren't necessary to the main story. The remainder is more about Detective Gruff and his personal attachments. The maniac cop has no real function until the finale.
There’s a well-staged scene in a drug store in the first hour but it’s the ending that you’ll remember most. The stuntmen are the real stars.

2 restless souls out of 5

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