| Maniac Cop (1988) Cast:Bruce Campbell,Tom Atkins,Laurene Landon,Robert Z'Dar, Richard Roundtree,William Smith Entertaining Horror/action combo has lovers Campbell and Landon on the run from an apparent Maniac cop who is wasting civilians, now Campbell and Landon must put their foot down and fight the man, but the Maniac Cop (Z'Dar) has been killed before, and he doesn't die from bullets. This nail-biter makes for a good snack, the secret to making a Horror/Action combo, is to define your monster and have him larger then life, and Z'Dar makes for an imposing presence and the movie is quite effective in terms of building suspense. True the story is your typical Slasher stuff but, the movie is done with style and moves at a brisk pace and has good action, including a Police station masscre in the vein of The Terminator, Maniac Cop may not be a classic in the horror genre next to Psycho but this movie entertains. D.William Lustig *** |