5.9 | / 10 |
Users | 4.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
A female cop is gunned down and wrongly accused of using excessive force in a hostage rescue attempt. Maniac cop returns from the dead once more to seek revenge, destroying everthing and anyone that stands in his way.
Starring: Robert Davi, Robert Z'Dar, Caitlin Dulany, Gretchen Becker, Julius HarrisHorror | 100% |
Thriller | 19% |
Action | Insignificant |
Video codec: HEVC / H.265
Video resolution: 4K (2160p)
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: Dolby Atmos
English: Dolby TrueHD 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English SDH, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Korean, Mandarin (Simplified), Mandarin (Traditional), Norwegian, Russian, Swedish
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
4K Ultra HD
Slipcover in original pressing
Region free
Movie | 3.0 | |
Video | 5.0 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Bill Lustig's "Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence" (1993) arrives on 4K Blu-ray courtesy of Blue Underground. The supplemental features on the disc include exclusive new audio commentary; original trailer for the film; deleted and extended scenes; making of featurette; poster and still gallery; and more. In English, with optional yellow English SDH, French (Canadian), Spanish (Latin America), Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, French (Parisian), German, Italian, Mandarin (Traditional), Mandarin (Simplified), Korean, Japanese, and Russian subtitles for the main feature. Region-Free.
Some things should stay dead.
The 4K Blu-ray release of Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence is a combo pack with 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray copies of the film. Both are sourced from the 4K restoration of the film that was supervised and approved by director Bill Lustig in 2013. The same restoration was initially introduced on Blu-ray. You can see our listing and review of this release here.
The screencaptures that are included with this article are from the 4K Blu-ray disc, but are downscaled to 1080p. Therefore, when you view them, you should keep in mind that they do not accurately reflect the quality of the 4K content on the 4K Blu-ray disc, including the actual color values of this content.
This was the only Maniac Cop film that was shot in the wider 2.39:1 ratio, and now that I have seen it in native 4K, I think that some of the flashy action footage definitely benefits from it. In what way? The original cinematography leaves the impression that many backgrounds can produce more nuances, with darker footage in particular offering the most obvious examples. I realize that this description likely sounds a bit strange to you now, but I felt that it was worth mentioning after viewing Maniac Cop 2 in 4K. You will see what I mean after you view these films in native 4K on your system.
The overall quality of the visuals is outstanding. Delineation, clarity, depth, and fluidity are as good as I expected them to be because they were already very impressive in 1080p as well. However, my guess is that the majority of viewers will see the most striking upgrades in the manner the 4K presentation handles the film's colors. For example, a lot of the nighttime footage, which is the majority of the film, has incredibly vibrant colors and with HDR enabled it feels like they fill up the screen with some quite remarkable intensity. Shadows and highlights are fantastic too, especially where some color lighting is used. Image stability is excellent. The entire film look spotless as well. All in all, I think that the 4K presentation offers a very solid upgrade in quality over the 1080p presentation that a lot of people will be very pleased with.
*The 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray releases are Region-Free.
There are two standard audio tracks on this 4K Blu-ray release: English Dolby Atmos and English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0. On the Blu-ray release there are two standard audio tracks as well: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0. Optional white English SDH, French (Canadian), Spanish (Latin America), Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, French (Parisian), German, Italian, Mandarin (Traditional), Mandarin (Simplified), Korean, Japanese, and Russian subtitles for the main feature. When turned on, they appear inside the image frame.
The Dolby Atmos track was prepared exclusively for the 4K Blu-ray release, so it is the one I used when I viewed the film in 4K. I compared it to the DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track from the Blu-ray. (By the way, keep in mind that on the old Blu-ray release of Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence the two-channel track was lossy. On the Blu-ray copy that is included in this release the Dolby Digital 2.0 track is replaced with the DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 track).
Dynamic intensity is superb, and because there is so much action footage where the Dolby Atmos track can impress, I think that it can be used to test the muscles of your audio system. The sound is very rich and very intense, but I don't think that there are any exaggerated spikes or drops in dynamic activity. It just feels like it handles everything with excellent precision. The 'problem' is that I get the same feeling when listening to the DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track, which is pretty aggressive as well. So, I think that most viewers will end up utilizing the Dolby Atmos track because there is so much dynamic variety in the film's original soundtrack that some nuances will likely be better appreciated it on it, but the DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track is flawless and, in my opinion, just as effective.
4K BLU-RAY DISC
It would be very silly to argue that Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence is as good as the second Maniac Cop film. It just isn't. Why exactly? Well, there are all kinds of very specific reasons why it fails to match the quality of the previous film, but I like Bill Lustig's short summation -- everyone got to piss in the pot. However, a bad film can still be entertaining, and I think that if seen at the right time, which for me is usually very late at night, Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence can be that kind of a film. Believe it or not, I think that it has the best atmosphere of the three Maniac Cop films. This upcoming 4K Blu-ray release offers a superb technical presentation of Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence. Also, it has a very cool new audio commentary by Mr. Lustig and director Joel Soisson, as well as an exclusive new Dolby Atmos audio track. RECOMMENDED.
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