5.9 | / 10 |
Users | 3.5 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
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: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English: Dolby Digital 2.0 (256 kbps)
English SDH, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Korean, Mandarin (Simplified), Russian
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (1 BD, 1 DVD)
DVD copy
D-Box
Slipcover in original pressing
Region free
Movie | 3.0 | |
Video | 5.0 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Bill Lustig's "Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence" (1993) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Blue Underground. The supplemental features on the disc include original trailer for the film; deleted and extended scenes; making of featurette; poster and still gallery; and original synopsis for the film presented in text-format. 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.
It can't be done.
Presented in an aspect ratio of 2.35:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Blue Underground.
Similar to Maniac Cop 2, Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence transitions to Blu-ray with a brand new high-definition transfer struck from a new 4K scan of the original camera negative. Unsurprisingly, the film looks very, very healthy. Depth and clarity are very good despite the fact that large portions of the film were shot either at night or with restricted light. The well-lit footage from the hospital looks sharp and vibrant. Color reproduction is also very good, though the range of colors here is quite different from that seen in Maniac Cop 2. There is a wider range of warmer but darker colors. There are absolutely no traces of problematic denoising adjustments. Problematic sharpening corrections also have not been applied. Overall image stability is truly outstanding - from start to finish the film remains tight around the edges and pleasingly vibrant. Lastly, there are no damage marks, cuts, debris, scratches, flecks, or stains to report in this review. All in all, like Maniac Cop 2, Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence looks terrific on Blu-ray, undoubtedly the best it ever has on any home video format. (Note: This is a Region-Free Blu-ray release. Therefore, you will be able to play it on your Blu-ray player regardless of your geographical location).
There are two standard audio tracks on this Blu-ray release: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and English Dolby Digital 2.0. For the record, Blue Underground have provided 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. When turned on, they appear inside the image frame.
The lossless track is very aggressive. The final third of the film, in particular, has a couple of sequences that could be used to hear how good one's audio system is (see the car chase). Joel Goldsmith's soundtrack and some of eerie audio effects are also handled quite well. The dialog is consistently crisp, stable, free of hiss, and easy to follow. Also, there are no audio dropouts or distortions to report in this review.
There have been a lot of harsh words for Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence, but I think that it actually has the best atmosphere in the trilogy. Seen very late at night, it can be quite effective. As it was the case with Maniac Cop 2, Blue Underground's technical presentation is outstanding. Buy with confidence, folks. RECOMMENDED.
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