The Last Patrol (2000)

User Rating:

3.1/10   

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:

Post Apocalyptic

Cast

Dolph Lundgren	...	Nick Preston
Sherri Alexander	...	Sarah McBride
Joe Michael Burke	...	Lucky Simcoe
Rebecca Cross	...	Candy
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
Yoav Deckelbaum	...	Michael McBride
Yohanan Herson	...	Dying Man
Jessica Lettich	...	Lamar
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joe Virzi	...	(voice)

Directed by
Sheldon Lettich

Writing credits (WGA)
Stephen Brackley		(written by) &
Pamela K. Long		(written by)

Produced by
Stephen Brackley	....	executive producer
Leman Cetiner	....	co-executive producer
Guenther Heinlein	....	co-executive producer
Hanan Kotzky	....	producer
Jacob Kotzky	....	producer
Pamela K. Long	....	executive producer
Steven Mendelson	....	executive producer
Axel Munch	....	co-executive producer

Original Music by
David Michael Frank

Cinematography by
David Gurfinkel

Film Editing by
Martha Huntley
Isaac Sehayek

Casting by
Mindy Johnson
Mark Tillman

Production Design by
Kuli Sander

Art Direction by
Giora Porter

Set Decoration by
Amos Lavi

Costume Design by
Yael Rubin

Makeup Department
Esther Ben-Noon	....	key makeup artist (as Etty Ben Noon)

Production Management
Danny Ben Menahem	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tamar Ichilov	....	second assistant director
Dov Maoz	....	first assistant director
Greg Powell	....	second unit director

Art Department
Robyn Glaser	....	assistant property master
Boaz Katzenelson	....	property master

Sound Department
Colin Bates	....	supervising sound editor
Alex Epstine	....	boom operator
Greg Mauer	....	foley mixer
Yohai Moshe	....	sound mixer
Susan Pusateri	....	foley artist (as Sue Pusateri)
Paul Ratajczak	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paul Ratajczak	....	sound supervisor
Jonathan Wales	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brett Williams	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Pini Klavir	....	special effects

Stunts
Wade Eastwood	....	stunt double: Mr. Lundgren
Bradley Farmer	....	utility stunts
Lee Millham	....	stunts
Greg Powell	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Ehab Assal	....	focus puller: second camera
Itzik Ben-Aroya	....	key grip
Micky Binyamini	....	focus puller
Yoni Hamenachem	....	still photographer
Ofer Margolin	....	electrician
Gali Reshef	....	gaffer
Amnon Salomon	....	camera operator
Yehuda Sar-Israel	....	second assistant camera
Prosper Saul	....	grip
Moshe Shabbat	....	best boy grip
Choresh Wald	....	grip
Gaby Weismann	....	second assistant camera

Casting Department
Beth Blanks	....	casting associate

Other crew
Alona Barer	....	production coordinator
Nitsana Bellehsen	....	script supervisor
Brian Fitkin	....	personal coach: Mr. Lundgren
Katie Ladyko	....	personal assistant: Mr. Lundgren
Robert Yap	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• Dogwood Entertainment Inc.
• Kohan Productions
• Silverline Pictures

Distributors

• Alliance Atlantis Home Video (Canada)
• Artisan Entertainment
• EFF Holdings Inc. (2000) (non-USA) (all media)
• Flashstar Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Globus United (200?) (Israel) (video)
• Indies Home Entertainment (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Indies Home Entertainment (2001) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (video)
• Nu Image Films (2001) (USA) (video)
• RTL Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing) (RTL5)
• SBP (2000) (Argentina) (DVD)
• SBP (2000) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Silverline Pictures (2000) (non-USA) (all media)
• Splendid Film
• United King Films (video)

Other Companies

• Arkia  air transport
• Avis  rental cars
• Cinema Research  titles and opticals
• David Intercontinental  hotel accomodations
• Delta Film  film stock
• Digital Symphony  Avid rentals
• F.T.S.  camera and lighting equipment
• Golden Tulip, Dead Sea  hotel accomodations
• Halm Towing Services  recovery vehicles
• Magic Film and Video Works  lokbox electronic negative conforming
• Network Courier  customers brokers
• Thrifty  rental cars

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.

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