Innocent people are being brutally murdered on the streets of New York by a uniformed police officer.
As the death toll rises and City Hall attempts a cover-up, Frank McCrae heads the investigation.
A young cop, Jack Forrest, finds himself under arrest as the chief suspect, having been the victim of a set-up by the real killer and a mysterious woman phone-caller.
Forrest, his girlfriend Theresa, and McCrae set out to solve the puzzle before the Maniac Cop can strike again....
One of those movies from the eighties you come across once in a while and you just have to watch it for the sheer stupidness of it all.
From the cops deciding it's another cop more or less straight the way, you really have to take a movie like this with a huge pinch of salt.
If you can overlook the plot holes, you are treated to a lovely piece of work by Lustig, the days before CGI was imperative to this sort of movie, and when stunts were done without the use of green screen.
It's also one of the last films Campbell was in before he became self aware and mocked his own career. Atkins is great in this and Z'dar, the man with the chin, has his signature role here.
It's flawed, certainly, but it's fun, and the sequels are just as good too.
As the death toll rises and City Hall attempts a cover-up, Frank McCrae heads the investigation.
A young cop, Jack Forrest, finds himself under arrest as the chief suspect, having been the victim of a set-up by the real killer and a mysterious woman phone-caller.
Forrest, his girlfriend Theresa, and McCrae set out to solve the puzzle before the Maniac Cop can strike again....
One of those movies from the eighties you come across once in a while and you just have to watch it for the sheer stupidness of it all.
From the cops deciding it's another cop more or less straight the way, you really have to take a movie like this with a huge pinch of salt.
If you can overlook the plot holes, you are treated to a lovely piece of work by Lustig, the days before CGI was imperative to this sort of movie, and when stunts were done without the use of green screen.
It's also one of the last films Campbell was in before he became self aware and mocked his own career. Atkins is great in this and Z'dar, the man with the chin, has his signature role here.
It's flawed, certainly, but it's fun, and the sequels are just as good too.