The Last Patrol (2000)

Director:

Sheldon Lettich

Writers (WGA):

Stephen Brackley (written by) &
Pamela K. Long (written by)

Release Date:

19 April 2001 (New Zealand)

Genre:

Drama | Action

Tagline:

Welcome to the island of California.

Plot:

After a massive earthquake destroys Los Angeles, a new order is formed. But disagreement among the ranks leads to more war and disruption, and The Last Patrol must bring order if there's to be any hope for the future.

Plot Keywords:

Earthquake | California | Gun | Desert | Bare Chested Male

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Dolph Lundgren	...	Nick Preston
Sherri Alexander	...	Sarah McBride
Joe Michael Burke	...	Lucky Simcoe
Rebekah Carlton	...	Candy (as Rebecca Cross)
Brook Susan Parker	...	Rainbow
Juliano Mer	...	Jesus
Chanan Elias	...	Simon Peace
Ze'ev Revach	...	Cooky
Angelique Lettich	...	Tamara
Terry Big Charles	...	Pope
Howard Rypp	...	Will
Gilya Stern	...	Miriam
Ishai Golan	...	Jasper
Jack Adalist	...	Ferguson
Nati Ravitz	...	State Trooper

Also Known As:

The Last Warrior (USA) (video title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for action violence and drug content.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

Israel | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Netherlands:16 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Germany:16 | UK:12 (video premiere) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #37195)

Filming Locations:

Eilat, Israel

Company:

Dogwood Entertainment Inc.

Trivia:

Because of sound issues, a few of Dolph Lundgren's lines were re-dubbed by another actor because Lundgren was not available for looping.

Quotes:

Nick Preston: Something's not right. Something shifted.
Lucky Simcoe: Shifted? Now you're spooking me, Captain.

Movie Connections:

Edited from Dante's Peak (1997)

Soundtrack:

I Wanna Be Loved By You

Fun

'The Last Patrol' feels eerily like a prequel to Van Damme's 'Cyborg', which began as a sequel to Dolph Lundgren's live-action 'Masters of the Universe'. In fact, replace the German pirates of 'Cyborg' with the Mexican geologists of 'The Last Patrol', and they could very well be the same movie. Not really, but you get my point hopefully.

Welcome to the island of California, in the early 21st century. An earthquake measuring 9.5 on the Richter scale has separated California from the rest of America. Naturally, this is an alternate universe in which Arnie never became Governator, and thus was not around to use his awesomeness to stop this devastating earthquake. Camping out at a military junkyard, Nick Preston (Dolph Lundgren) is an Army Captain who leads a group of survivors including Air Force Captain Sarah McBride, an Army sergeant 'Lucky' Simcoe and some civilians. Meanwhile, a bad-guy named Jesus and his evil-geologist partner have taken over a prison and are intent on taking out the remnants of the military. Unfortunately for the bad guys, the 'remnants of the military' include Dolph Lundgren...

So the story is something we've been told before, many many times, except this time it has Dolph Lundgren, who brings in a great sense of awesomeness. I was entertained, even if the movie was a bit slow at points. As to be expected from a Dolph Lundgren movie, there were some plot points brought up early on in the movie and then were hastily resolved, or remained unresolved entirely. The police officer promised dangerous killer mutants. Dagnabbit, what happened to the killer monster-mutants?

Despite the movie being a little slow at times, there were some nice action sequence, and the battle at the end was exciting. Dolph even throws a brick at a bad-dude's head. I can honestly say I haven't seen that outside of 'Home Alone 2', and I found it incredibly funny in both films. Other than that, I don't think Dolph's character ever fired a gun at any point in the movie, leaving a lot of Dolph fighting hand-to-hand, and a lot of Dolph acting.

'The Last Patrol' is an entertaining action B-movie. Avoid it if you don't like Dolph Lundgren, otherwise, enjoy - 6/10