Any resemblance to current events is strictly intentional. Night Patrol co-writer and director Ryan Prows previously earned acclaim for his 2017 directorial debut Lowlife, a black-comedy thriller about an ex-con and a disgraced luchador facing off against a crime lord and a corrupt ICE agent harvesting organs from immigrants in a run-down Los Angeles neighborhood. (Reviews widelycompared it to Quentin Tarantinoโs early work; Tarantino himself reportedly told Prows the movie was โa real stroke of genius.โ) Night Patrol is a more supernatural, fantastical take on some of the same concerns.

