Bad Movie Thursday

Viewing Date: Apr 17, 2025

Starring: Robert Davi, Robert Z’Dar, Caitlin Dulany, Jackie Earle Haley

Plot: A priest practicing the Voodoo arts resurrects Matt Cordell, who takes his badge and comes back from the dead to do his bidding. (via IMDB)

Rules

• Trash on the street
• “Maniac”, “Psycho”, “Crazy”
• “Cordell”
• Cop stereotypes, tropes or dialogue
• Scenes from the last movies
• Awesome stunts
• Baton twirling
• Voodoo

Quotes

• “At least he died with a smile on his face.”
• “He was huge and kind of scary looking so I followed him to the tunnels under the hospital.”

Viewer Quotes

• “Chopping a corpse’s head off I’m pretty sure is worse than a misdemeanor.”
• “Under the tunnels with Bob Marley?”
• “This is a crazy cast for Maniac Cop 3!”
• “What a piece of shit this guy is.”
• “That’s the big evolution of Maniac Cop. Now he kills people that deserve it.”
• “How’s he even seeing? His eyes must have melted by now.”

What We Learned

• Matt Cordell/Maniac Cop can push cars out of the way.
• Maniac Cop was a hopeless romantic.

Final Take

Apparently this movie was originally written with an entirely different main character and a different plot, but was recast and rewritten partly through filming. You can tell. Nothing about the plot makes any sense. There are actually quite a few recognizable actors in it, but most of them are killed off in the same scenes where they are introduced. You don’t know why the killer is killing people, or why he was resurrected in the first place. You’re just here for the ridiculous death scenes and the very enjoyable stunts. If that’s what you’re looking for, you can find it here. If you’re looking for a movie that makes any sense, keep looking.