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Night Patrol

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Policeman Melvin (Murray Langston) works the weirdo night beat and moonlights as an unknown comic with a bag on his head.
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Paul Attanasio Washington Post ... the movie soon becomes the sort of tired punfest that went out with, well, "The $1.98 Beauty Show," "The Gong Show" and "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour." Jan 4, 2018 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Even Police Academy looks like The French Connection when compared to this desperate dud. Rated: 1/4 May 18, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Eric T the movie is so bad its good well actually it's a good movie. funny in a politically incorrect way so its no wonder woke people will not like it much today but its wacky cheesy.fun .. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/28/23 Full Review Audience Member one of my favourite comedys of all time, deffo in my top 5 anyway Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Oldsters may remember this as something in frequent rotation on USA Up All Night. Uncensored, and through the lens of 2018, Night Patrol can be a bit of a difficult watch. At some point, you have to either say "This is too offensive, and I'm not watching it" or accept that "things were different back then". As a point of reference, I sometimes have the same internal conflict with White Christmas when they do their Asian and minstrel show routines. In the "things were different then" context, Night Patrol is a fairly decent product of its time. The comparisons with the Police Academy series are a bit off the mark, I'd say. Night Patrol is much more self-aware than Police Academy, putting it more in line with Police Squad! or Airplane!. Sadly, Night Patrol isn't as consistent as any of the aforementioned movies, and the last third of the movie seems like it was slapped together to tie up the underlying (and largely irrelevant plot). I'm not sue if being a stand-up comedian was something that would get you fired from being a police officer in 1984, but that's the string that's supposed to tie Night Patrol together. It doesn't make sense now, and I doubt that it did then. But if you go with it and set aside the multiple _____-phobia instances, there's at least a solid hour of decent comedy here. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member A couple (and I mean a couple) of funny lines in an otherwise terrible tone deaf awful movie. Stick with Police Academy Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member If you like slapstick then you will enjoy Night Patrol. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member This film was handed around the school playground on a VHS tape when i was a kid. It contained scenes that the kids all talked about and was considered the stuff of legend. The tape never made it to me, so i've only now (some 30 years later) had a chance to see it. Well... the scenes everyone talked about are all there... i'm sure they would have seemed funnier at the time. It has a enough giggles to keep you entertained, but it's not quite as good as other comedy films from the same time. It's quite short which is a blessing. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Policeman Melvin (Murray Langston) works the weirdo night beat and moonlights as an unknown comic with a bag on his head.
Director
Jackie Kong
Producer
Bill Osco
Screenwriter
Murray Langston, Bill Osco, Jackie Kong, William A. Levey
Production Co
RSL, Vis Art Consultants
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 8, 2017
Runtime
1h 22m
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