Blood Capsule #292

PSYCHO COP 2 (1993)

I made a boo-boo.  Unknowingly, I watched the cut version of Psycho Cop 2.  It's not just cut; it's decimated.  The herky-jerky editing is laughable.  But - and this is a significant but - I doubt that it impacted my viewing experience to an appreciable degree.  Let me back up a little bit.  Several days ago, I sat down to watch the original Psycho Cop.  It.  Was.  Terrible.  It might be one of the worst slashers I've ever seen, and I've seen Bloody Murder.  I'm glad I got it out of the way, though.  I was freed up to get the most out of Random Sequel Month with this immoderate installment.  Bobby Shafer returns as Joe Vickers, a guy who makes Matt Cordell look like Axel Foley.  By the way, I know this doesn't need to be said, but Psycho Cop doesn't hold a baton to Maniac Cop.  Or even Zombie Cop.  Hell, when it comes to the horror genre, I would sooner grab Kindergarten Cop from the shelf before I entertained the notion of screening a Psycho Cop double feature.

Yeah, if you can't tell, I wasn't exactly bowled over by Psycho Cop 2.  The setting has changed (our victims are trapped in an office building), but the story remains the same on multiple levels.  I'll say this in the film's defense; it has a personality, one indelible enough to force me to use a semi-colon.  Director Adam Rifkin is in on the joke.  Personally, I've heard funnier jokes from lesser filmmakers.  I would be more amenable to this kind of b-cabbage if I was able to single out a character that had any definable traits.  I'm not sure that a main character exists here.  To give you an idea of how Psycho Cop 2 views its cannon fodder, the villainous Vickers is snuffed out by a crowd of bar patrons.  No hero, no final girl...come to think of it, I might have killed Vickers myself.  Who's to say?  I'm open to seeing the uncut version of Psycho Cop 2 somewhere down the road.  Way, way down the road.  Take my rating with all of the salt that you can muster.