Night Patrol

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Night Patrol

R

Jan 2026

1h 44m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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An LAPD officer must put aside his differences with the area's street gangs when he discovers a local police task force is harboring a horrific secret that endangers the residents of the housing projects he grew up in.

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Critics Consensus

Night Patrol boasts a killer premise and committed performances, but Ryan Prows' scattershot direction and an overstuffed screenplay undercut its cinematic prowess.

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Matt Zoller Seitz

RogerEbert.com

Jan 19

3/4

'Night Patrol' is far from perfect, but it’s got a certain something that pulls you in. The bleakness of its worldview is matched by the integrity of its filmmaking and performances.

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Alison Foreman

IndieWire

Jan 17

C+

This dark genre hybrid has a lot of flaws, but none of them are fatal. With “Night Patrol,” Prows drives a stake through the hearts of two familiar landscapes to try a unique idea with ever-prescient themes and a gamely frantic pulse.

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Beatrice Loayza

New York Times

Jan 15

The lumbersome conspiracy-building in the front half, paired with flashy visuals and some performances fitting for a crude stoner comedy, make this a bleary experience overall.

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James D. Williams

InSession Film

3d

C

At the end we’re left with decent performances from the actors, ok effects, cartoonishly funny action, and an underdeveloped script. Not too bad for a Shudder January release, don’t you think?

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Common Sense Media

Jan 22

3/5

This violent horror tale is a bit of a mess, extending itself in multiple directions, but it's ambitious, with enough good ideas, righteous fury, and unholy shocks to make it worth seeing.

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Abbie Bernstein

Assignment X

Jan 20

B-

Night Patrol is intermittently intriguing, and works as a shoot-‘em-up, but it overall seems unequipped to fully deal with the serious themes it presents.

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Alex

Jan 23

Real so so movie ,I’d recommend this more as a streaming Netflix watch if your bored , they tried to do a boyz n the hood meets a vampires movie and its just mediocre , I wish there was more gore

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Joeshiah

Jan 22

acting was poor. plot was weird

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Vero

Jan 22

Started out great then turned cheesy at end.

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james

Jan 21

On Piiiiiiiiruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

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William LaVant

Jan 21

Only watched to see RJ Cyler, Great movie & storyline!

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Calvin B

Jan 21

It was different. A BLACK GHETTO VERSION OF VAMPIRES. I didn't really care for the EXCESSIVE USE OF THE N word. But that was expected when I realized what kind of film it was. I liked the movie. It had a pretty good story line, A LOT OF COMEDIC OVERTONES

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Synopsis

An LAPD officer must put aside his differences with the area's street gangs when he discovers a local police task force is harboring a horrific secret that endangers the residents of the housing projects he grew up in.

Director: Ryan Prows
Producer: Josh Goldbloom, David S. Goyer, Narineh Hacopian, James Harris, Keith Levine
Screenwriter: Tim Cairo, Jake Gibson, Shaye Ogbonna, Ryan Prows
Distributor: RLJE Films / Shudder
Production Co: Phantom Four Films, Tea Shop Films, XYZ Films, Bondit Media Capital
Rating: R (Some Drug Use|Gore|Sexual References|Pervasive Language|Strong Bloody Violence)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 16, 2026, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $366.9K
Runtime: 1h 44m

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