Maniac Cop 2

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Cast

Robert Z'Dar
as Matt Cordell

Robert Davi
as Det. Sean McKinney

Claudia Christian
as Susan Riley

Michael Lerner
as Edward Doyle

Bruce Campbell
as Jack Forrest

Clarence Williams III
as Blum

Leo Rossi
as Turkell

Charles Napier
as Lew Brady

Laurene Landon
as Teresa Mallory

Lou Bonacki
as Detective Lovejoy

Paula Trickey
as Cheryl

Santos Morales
as Store Clerk

Robert Earl Jones
as Harry

Andrew Hill Newman
as Citizen

Angel Salazar
as Traffic Officer

Vincent Russo
as Cab Driver

Hank Garrett
as Tom O'Hanlon

Bo Dietl
as Detective

Charlie Alfano
as Colour Guard

Kurek Ashley
as Police Officer

Joe Cirillo
as Police Officer

Nick Barbaro
as Captain of the Guard

John Barnes
as Prison Guard

Barry Brenner
as Medical Examiner

Marc Chamlin
as Pedestrian

Charlie Croughwell
as Trustee

David Michael Graves
as Trustee

Shelly Desai
as Convict

James Dixon
as Range Officer

Jude Farese
as Sergeant

Henry Fehren
as Priest

Lisa Kramer
as Ambulance Attendant

Ira Belgrade

Lennon
as Club Host

Frank Pesce
as Strip Club MC

Sam Raimi
as Newscaster

Debra Sarategui
as Bartender

Danny Trejo
as Prisoner

Audrey Maryln
as Interviewee

Patrick S. Harrigan
as Interviewee

Glen Lloyd Hahn
as Interviewee

Maria D'Alessio
as Interviewee

Linda Moline
as Strip Club Girl

Cynthia Banks
as Strip Club Girl

Heather Dalberg
as Strip Club Girl

Robin Hansen
as Strip Club Girl

Nancy Dregan
as Strip Club Girl

Manuella Mora
as Strip Club Girl

Krystal Sather
as Strip Club Girl

Mildred Smedley
as Strip Club Girl

Ysobel Villanera
as Strip Club Girl

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Critic Reviews for Maniac Cop 2

Audience Reviews for Maniac Cop 2

• Oct 12, 2014

  Like most propulsive action pictures, the sordidly jaunty 'Maniac Cop 2' starts with an in media action extravaganza that recaps the first film and it barrels forward with a brute-force velocity that totally supersedes its ignoble predecessor. From the onset, the cinematography is more burnished with the camera gliding through a squad car graveyard until it lands on Matt Cordell's (Robert Z'Dar) phantom mode of transportation. A morbid monologue from a blind newsstand proprietor is a shrewdly written deduction for psychologist Susan Riley's (Claudia Christian) investigation. Bar none, the stuntwork is not feigned and action junkies can rejoice at their balletic resilience (ex. In an unbroken shot, a felon vaults out of a fire escape and onto the roof of a van before rolling onto the asphalt). A car chase with a taxicab on its rims is a humdinger and then it's followed with an even more nail-biting scene with Christian handcuffed to the steering column of a car in neutral. In the tradition of Janet Leigh, loose-end protagonists are slain within the first quarter. Robert Davi is his flinty best and Leo Rossi (with the bearded simulacrum of a deadly Grizzly Adams) is rabidly teeth-gnashing as the serial killer Turkell. Turkell's misalliance with Cordell is akin to the loquacious weasel Buscemi and the tacit psychopath Stormare in 'Fargo'. Somehow a zombie Cordell nonchalantly shambling through door frames in a precinct shootout is fodder for a dynamic action sequence. In quintessential slasher movie fashion, a Molotov cocktail can't stymie Cordell's spree and his flame-engulfed rampage through Sing Sing is utterly dazzling. No delusions of loftiness here; 'Maniac Cop 2' is a rarefied sequel that simply sizzles above the ashes of the original.
  

  Cory T Super Reviewer
• Feb 02, 2013

  A decent sequel to the first film, picking up from where the last movie left off, this time, Maniac cop not only kills cops but also saves criminals. Despite being more action packed, the reusing of old footage bugs me plenty. it's not as good as the first film, but it's not too bad either.
  

  Sylvester K Super Reviewer
• Sep 02, 2010

  Some impressive stunts (including an absolutely jaw-dropping one), decent performances and the overall seediness of the atmosphere almost make up for the shlocky, disjointed, repetitive, nonesensical screenplay and the uneven direction.
  Eduardo C Super Reviewer
• Jul 22, 2010

  Sequel to the awesome Maniac Cop, Maniac Cop 2 is one awesome ride. Not as great as the original, this still manages to deliver awesome Horror thrills mixed with loads of low budget action. For me, the films in this series are by far the best B movie films ever made in the horror genre. They are loads of fun, despite being sleazy and feeling cheap at times. However the filmmakers obviously knew how to pull out something very good despite the fact that the film feels low budgeted. But who cares, right? All the best and greatest horror films of the late 70's and 80's were low budget films. Maniac Cop is just another example of a low budget classic. In this sequel, we get a bit more action than the first and Larry Cohen's script offers just the right amount of both elements(action and horror) to please the audience. In one scene, theres almost an homage to the first Terminator film as the Maniac Cop commits a massacre in a police precinct. The cast here are good Robert Davi is probably the best known actor in the film as he played in Licence To Kill and Die Hard. Robert Davi plays a tough cop on Matt Cordell's trail who is played Robert Z'dar. William Lustig's direction is again, impressive and he manages to get the most out of the actors and achieve a film with lots of action and horror. Matt Cordell is a very unique villain as he helps the criminals and not the victims, he kills the victims and Z'dar plays that character with phenomenal chilling perfection. All in all, not as great as the original, but still awesome in it's own right, and as far as sequels go, Maniac Cop 2 is a terrific follow up to a neglected classic of the horror genre. Maniac Cop 2 is one of the best horror sequels that I have ever seen, violent, horrifying and action packed, this will definitely appeal to fans of the first.
  Alex r Super Reviewer

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