Director: William Lustig
Year: 1992
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Supernatural Slasher
Plot:
Wounded following a routine robbery, a female police officer is abducted by the Maniac Cop Matt Cordell to be taken away to an underground lair and forcing an officer with previous encounters against him to race to save her before he goes through a harrowing ritual that makes her like him.
Review:
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 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 of it that doesn't work is the really big part about the mishandling of two key areas. The cameramen's adventures around the city looking for news are 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.
Overview: ***.5/5
A great ending to an already-strong series, there's enough to like here that it manages to keep this one enjoyable as only a few issues are holding it down from the other entries in the series. Give it a shot if you're a fan of the other entries in the series or are intrigued by this one, while those who aren't fans of the style might want to heed caution.
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