Night Patrol
RLJE Films | Release Date: January 16, 2026 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
4
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
ColliderLuna GuthrieJan 16, 2026
With its depth, style, and surprisingly outlandish ending, Night Patrol is the latest feather in Long's mightily-quilled cap. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzJan 20, 2026
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. The life it depicts is not sugarcoated. It’s drenched in blood. Read full review
58
IndieWireAlison ForemanJan 16, 2026
Caught somewhere between “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “The Wire,” this dark genre hybrid has a lot of flaws, but none of them are fatal. Read full review
50
Screen RantGrant HermannsJan 16, 2026
Co-writer/director Ryan Prows has assembled a star-studded cast, some of whom wonderfully elevate their potentially one-note characters into intriguing figures, and its base structure of corrupt cops being vampires is one rife for tackling the very real issues of police corruption in the world, yet the mix never quite comes together. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerJan 15, 2026
Prows lets all those subplots divert him from saying something meaningful about how even the best-intentioned of cops end up part of a nightmare machine. Luckily, the plentiful and creative gore splatters enough blood and ichor to provide camouflage disguising those shortcomings. Or rather, enough to make Night Patrol entertaining – just not enough to completely obfuscate what it could have been. Read full review
50
The New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaJan 15, 2026
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. Read full review
12
Slant MagazineJustin ClarkJan 14, 2026
Ryan Prows’s film comes across as just straight-up exploitative. Read full review
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