Review of Maniac Cop (1988) by Brian P — 20 Nov 2006

I had a hell of a time getting my hands on this movie. It was supposed to be a casual purchase -- well, casual given the caveat of my being a Maniac Bruce Fan -- but recently my local store seems to have cracked down on age-restricted sales. Sure, if you wanna get technical, it says '18' on the box and I'm only 17 and a half... but, for one, the same store has sold me 18s many times before; for two, I'm also a connoisseur of cinematic gore and bloodthirstiness; and for three, did I mention that I'm a HUGE Bruce fan? So I got my (newly) 18-year-old pal to buy it for me, but it was a lot of bother, and an insufferable humiliation for a dedicated horror fan.

As for the film -- it's sublimely retarded. It's a bunch of cardboard cut-out cliches tied together with string. It's stupid, it's predictable, it's often cringeworthy, and I really enjoyed it.

And apart from anything else, it has Bruce Campbell in it. And he gets his kit off. If that's not a reason to see a movie, I sure as heck don't know what is.