Maniac Cop
Cineplex-Odeon Films | Release Date: May 13, 1988 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
40
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
4
Negative:
4
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75
Slant MagazineEric Henderson
Maniac Cop is the type of movie that you would want to watch through the slits in a sewer grate, only its execution sits perched well above its scummy aim, and the end result is that you feel guilty for wishing for something more perverted. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
Maniac Cop is heavier on the goofery than the relevance. Read full review
60
EmpireKim Newman
A no-holds-barred assault on hollywood cop sensibilities that could have benefited from more comic diversions. Read full review
60
CineVueLee Cassanell
Maniac Cop deserves to be re-evaluated as a quintessential 80s B-movie – low on brains but high on charm – and lucky viewers should keep an eye out for cameos from The Evil Dead (1981) director Sam Raimi and the Raging Bull himself, Mr. Jake LaMotta. Read full review
50
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Despite abundant action and a start involving a fistful of murders, the overall effect is sluggish. Read full review
40
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Maniac Cop is a disappointing thriller that wastes an oddball premise and offbeat point-of-view. Read full review
30
The New York TimesCaryn James
The acting is stiff, the dialogue is stiffer and the action scenes are laborious. Even the presence of professionals like Sheree North and Richard Roundtree, in small roles, tend to diminish them rather than improve the film. Read full review
25
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
This is a one-idea concept enlivened ever so slightly by fleeting moments of Cohen's patented sociopolitical subtext and goofy black humor. Read full review
20
Washington PostRichard Harrington
The script is at once so undernourished and so obvious that you'll be convinced Cohen produced it via telegram: START MANIAC COP KILLS CIVILIANS STOP CLEANCUT GETS BLAME STOP WORLD-WEARY DETECTIVE FIGURES IT OUT STOP BODIES FALL STOP. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesChris Willman
It also begs for an anarchic-camp approach, or else a deeper exploitation of the very real fears the common citizenry have of men in blue in so many urban climes nowadays. Read full review
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