Man, reading all the ferociously harsh reviews of this one is depressing. I can't believe so many people mercilessly slag this blissfully stupid, witless and tasteless chunk of choice 80's comedy cheese. I personally think this delightfully raucous and rambunctious movie is funny as all hell. Sure, it's dumb, gross and unsubtle, plus very politically incorrect (there are foul jokes made about rape, voyeurism, lesbianism, vertically challenged folks with problem flatulence, and much, much worse), so of course I love it. The best humor is no-holds-barred humor that dares to be possibly offensive and picks on every conceivable target without shame, fear or apology. "Night Patrol" is loaded with this kind of gleefully brazen and disgusting humor. We've got the alarmingly buxom Kitten Natavidad exclaiming "No, this is a bust!" while baring her ample breasts. Billy Barty drives a bunch of hookers out of town in his car because he promised to. Sydney Lassick does an uproarious cameo as a leering peeping tom. Pat Morita has a truly bizarre bit part as a male rape victim who speaks in a whimpering woman's voice (!). Then there's the lesbian bar ... well, I can't go into specifics on that one, but it's one of the most hilariously rude moments in a film that's just ripe to bursting with 'em. Moreover, the luscious Lori Sutton doffs her duds and gives us a nice, long, lingering look at her generous assets, Andrew "Dice" Clay tells a lot of groaningly awful jokes, Murray "the Unknown Comic" Langston performs his sidesplitting stand-up act several times, the ever-bubbly Linda Blair looks mighty cute, Pat Paulson lends fine support, and such folks as Jaye P. Morgan, Vic Dunlop, and Jack Riley pop up in suitably embarrassing secondary roles. Sure, it's no work of art, but "Night Patrol" overall is way too energetically inane and blatantly moronic to hate. Hell, I'm not the least bit ashamed to admit I enjoyed this terrifically tacky hoot tremendously. And, yes, I do indeed own the Anchor Bay DVD for this honey, which it goes without saying I watch all the time.
Review of Night Patrol
