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Night Patrol [VHS]

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so - finally Night Patrol comes out on DVD and what do they do? They mess up the beginning soundtrack by eliminating the extra commentary going on in the background skit, they give no extras or subtitles, they eliminate the bed scene which is the happy ending of the hero/heroine and most of all, THEY DELETE BLAIR COMPLETELY out of the final bed romp and play her giggles while the motion stop image stays there???? AND, to add insult to injury, they eliminate the Blair part of the credit bloopers - what is going on - if i wanted an edited version, i would have waited for it to come back on tv again - what happened to the integrity of original editions? Yeah,I still luv the movie, but what a big disappointment and with no mention upfront (NO PUN INTENDED!)! but, hey, how would it be if all the naughty parts were cut out of dvd reissues of other movies, like dangerfield's "easy money"? the clean - made - 4 - tv edition has no laugh potential at all when he takes the garbage out back and sees the nude sunbathing female neighbor - whatta rip!

They don't make 'em like this anymore:the low budget schlockfest populated with third rate actors(though the Linda Blair cameo was a hoot).I remember this movie airing almost nightly on HBO for two or three years in the mid 80's and I recall watching it most of the times it played.This film is strictly for buffs of Airplane! type goofoff movies loaded with ridiculous sight gags and crude humor.This movie is not to be taken seriously in the least.It has absolutely no social redeeming value whatsoever,and if you are up for a barrage of nonsense then pick this slice of cinematic absurdity for your viewing pleasure.

It's him in a low budget but high laughter romp. Langston is a Los Angeles policeman who gets involved in all of the predictable low comedy situations by day and moonlights as the unknown comic with a grocery bag over his head at night. Everything works well for a while, until he's teamed up with Pat Paulsen (in his last notable role, and really his first funny one) on night patrol, when the cops are even less responsible. The humor is rank and generally wedded to sight gags ala Airplane and abundant body function jokes. Actually, I thought Langston's Unknown Comic routine was very funny. The whole movie is if, like me, your sense of humor still functions at an adolescent level. I recommend it, although not for those with sensitive attitudes.

after reading about the dvd being edited the way it was just like the political thiller from 1985 titled 1984 starring william hurt i decided to try getting the vhs version instead. about 15 to 20% of yesterdays classics being re-released on dvd today are being chopped-down for various stupid reasons and we the film buffs ARE BEING FORCED TO CONSIDER...buy the new cut-up, find a classic/rare vhs copy or go without which is so totally unfair. i've run across at least 6 overall comedy, horror, stand-up comedy(eddie murphy and others)and political thrillers with revisions made to them without any notification to the general public at all, period! whatever happened to respecting the original integrity of past films. i think political correctness is getting way out of control lately.

if you agree with me on any level.then please consider possible product-market boycotts.

Aficionados of USA Up All Night (during the Gilbert / Rhonda era) are sure to be delighted with this DVD. The gags are corny, and the comedy is pretty lowbrow. The acting is pedestrian, at best. The picture is grainy. The editing is like a train wreck. The story line is contrived. The soundtrack (read: one "song", and a bunch of 80's synth interludes) could make a sane person wish they were deaf.

Combine it all, and you have a masterpiece. Yes, this movie is as bad as you remember it, and seeing it uncensored (I'm pretty sure USA is the only channel that ever showed this movie) makes it even worse.

You shouldn't laugh at anything this movie contains, but you will. You'll try to resist, but you'll laugh, and you'll feel dirty for it. In my mind, that's the mark of a fine comedy.

I SAW THIS MOVIE WHEN I WAS YOUNGER,MOSTLY FOR LINDA BLAIR.AFTER SEENING IT AGAIN,I PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE BOUGHT THIS MOVIE.IT IS A CHEESY,CORNY MOVIE.THERE WERE SOME FUNNY PARTS IN IT.BUT AFTER SEENING IT AGAIN I PROBABLY WON'T LET IT TAKE UP ANY SPACE ON MY SHELVES.

How about 'lil Billy Barty 'driving all
the hookers out of town, himself'. Or
the unknown comic, "How do you keep a
roomful of **sholes in suspense for 24
hours? Stay here and I'll come back tom-
orrow and tell you!" Did you hear about
the girl in jaws with the bad case of
dandruff? They found her 'head-and-shoul-
ders' on the beach!" I could go on...this
film is what 'Fletch', 'Who's Harry Crumb?'
and 'Polic Squad/Naked Gun' COULD have been
with a little more bite. Who remembers that
the unknown comic got his start on the Gong
Show? Maybe only 'Gene-Gene, the Dancin' Ma-
chine'...

OK, so this movie is definitely not for everyone. It's rude, crude, and offensive, but, taken at the level of a guilty pleasure, it must be considered some kind of a classic. This film aims not so much below the belt, but more like straight towards the gutter. It's targets include gays, women, minorities, police, and almost every other group imaginable. Now that you've been warned, those who are not easily offended will most likely laugh their lips off at everything from the oft-repeated theme song("LAPD"), to the I-can't-believe-these-people-are-in-it cast, which includes "Gong Show" alumni such as Jaye P. Morgan and The Unknown Comic to faded names like Pat Paulsen and Linda Blair to actual stars like Pat Morita (in one of the most surreal scenes ever) and Andrew Dice Clay. More importantly, especially in the post-Rodney King era, it paints LA cops as degenerates who get high with the drug dealers they should be busting and blithely shooting innocent bystanders like its no big deal. All in all, not to be missed for fans of bad taste.

I wanted to re watch this movie for so long, and thankfully i could find it here, no extras, just the trailer but the movie is everything it promises and doesn't take itself seriously, not even the shooting¡¡ but i have to admit i laughed at certain scenes... worth a look...

This is definitely a "leave your brain at the door" movie. The one liners come a mile a minute and they don't stop or let up till the end. This is a bad movie done REALLY well. This is one of those movies people either really really love or really really hate. Either way it is not a movie you will forget.