Having watched all three of these movies within days of each other, the conclusion is essentially that they should have left it with the campiness and cheesiness of the first movie. Especially since it was just downhill after that first movie."Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence" actually didn't much sense, especially in comparison to the previous two movies. The overall here just feels like a series of random shots had been put together for a movie, as if they had given different directors free reigns to just do whatever they wanted and then patches their individual products together at the end during production.The story line in "Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence" was laughable at best. It was so predictable that it almost hurt. You could essentially start watching the movie, leave for a while and come back, and you would still be fully up to speed with what was going on in the movie.As for the characters, well Matt Cordell had turned into a farce by now here in the third movie. But if you enjoyed the second movie, then you might actually find some enjoyment in this third addition to the franchise.The special effects were nothing outstanding, and just basically continued on in the same pace as the second movie. The effects, of course, show the signs of the age in which they were created. Just a friendly word of advice, don't expect too much here.By now with the third movie it felt like they were just squeezing out the last drops available. It didn't really feel like there was any heart and soul added to this movie.I have now watched this third movie, and with it I will let Matt Cordell rest, because it was definitely much needed after strained two sequels.

Wounded following a routine robbery, a female officer is abducted by the Maniac Cop Matt Cordell forcing an officer with previous encounters against him to race to save her before he makes her like him.This here was actually an incredibly enjoyable film. What is really fun and enjoyable in this kind of film is there's a lot of action in this one, starting with the opening as the voodoo ceremony over the casket followed by the resurrection in the cemetery is rather chilling and makes for some good atmosphere to open the film with, and the drug-store shootout here is just as nice. The hospital is good enough as the patients are freed and go on a rampage attempting to take over the whole building and shooting everyone in sight. The gurney scene itself is glorious and really exciting, and the resulting gunfight goes to the Church scene, which is really great and just as much fun. This is just pure action From the voodoo ritual to the gunfight that sets off the fire where the visual of them going up in flames together and him still walking around chasing the others is an impressive visual that is highly creepy and thrilling. Even after, there's a spectacular car chase with a still-flaming victim that has plenty of fun with the flaming angle and allows for some creativity and originality, there's a ton of bullets let loose and it even comes with an explosive conclusion. This is the biggest one of the film, and as the rest of the film is laced with action as well, it gives this one a spectacular pace to it that never feels boring or slow. This also comes with the same features as before, with the creepy killer, fun sense of style and a great overall flair here that makes it so much fun while keeping it firmly rooted in the series' lore. Although nearly all are gunshot, there's an impressive body count with a lot of deaths to this as well, and are the film's good parts. This one here did have a few flaws, that there's a really lame murder weapon in a slasher is a really noticeable one. It's really hard to be afraid of a slasher when ninety-percent of the time is using a handgun which really takes a lot out of the film and really ruins the feel of the film tremendously. The other part to it that doesn't work is the really big part wrong about the mishandling of two key areas. The cameramen's adventures around the city looking for news is quite dull and boring, though the intent to have them around is important as they set up the media crucifixion angle, which is the biggest one. It has a great start, but is then dropped and nothing significant is done with it. It's a failed potential, and there's something big it could've done here but instead comes off as a useless tangent. Otherwise, this one here was quite a fun entry.Rated R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.

Out of all the "Maniac Cop" series, this one was a letdown. However, out of due respect, I've always liked the character no matter what. This time, he tends to a policewoman who was gunned down during a stand-off. And Matt Cordell(Robert D'Zar) is enforced to "protect and serve". Since none of the other officers would help her, Det. Sean Kenny(Robert Davi) and Cordell are on the same page. Cordell takes on the usual trash crooked cops to be exact. I liked the part where he puts on guy under several exposures of X-rays. Then there's the scene where Kenny tells Cordell that she's been cleared of all wrongdoing. Somehow, underneath his hulking and ravaged exterior belies a interior that's anything but supernatural, it's human. Both went with the explosion, and covered in white. To me, it goes to show that love never dies, especially when Cordell touches the dead woman's hand from the sheets. I mean good grief, let her be. This version got a little sappy, yet will he continue the fight against crime, or will he settle down? This one got me baffled! 2 out of 5 stars!

Badge of Silence is undoubtedly the worst of the Maniac Cop series. The title is cool, and some of the movie is pretty good, but overall, it feels quite dull and lacking in comparison to the tense, suspenseful first movie and it's balls-to-the-wall horror action sequel. I suppose it's best viewed as a mix of the two, but it's unfortunately not quite as good as that sounds.For instance, the movie pulls in some good suspense moments, like a chase through an underground pipe system, and a fantastic closing chase segment, but generally these are quite tame and uneventful in comparison to the similar moments in the first two, and won't wring genuine scares out of you.Again, some cool action segments are present, but they're few and far between, and most leave you wanting for a little more than they provide. For instance, an early sequence in which Cordell (the titular Maniac Cop) throws a man up in the air then shoots him several times on the way down was very exciting, but then nothing like that happens for the rest of the movie.From the script and direction point of view, this movie is pretty interesting, involving a blacklisted cop in a coma that Cordell is trying to clear by killing everyone involved in her framing, and a lot of similar cop-thriller style direction from Lustig, but the movie just lacks any real spark.Don't get me wrong, Badge of Silence is still a reasonably fun watch. The dialogue is as snappy, well delivered and sarky as we've come to expect from the series, and Cordell is still quite an impressive presence thanks to the excellent Robert Z'Dar, but it just lacks oomph this time round. I can kind of see why it trailed off and they never made a fourth outing despite this movie's open ending.