The Night Stalker

Charles Napier is a cop with a bad drinking problem looking for a large man who kills to gain immortality. The entire police force has cozy relationships with the city prostitutes here. Worth a look if only to see Napier in a Miami Vice wardrobe.

They don't make like this anymore. A truly cheesy and violent 80's cop film. The late great Charles Napier plays tough no nonsense alcoholic cop JJ Striker. On the hunt for a serial killer who is bumping off hookers. I enjoyed the supernatural element in this film. The serial killer preys on hookers and with each kill he grows stronger. Basically becoming an unstoppable killing machine. In fact the serial killer is played by Robert Z'dar of maniac cop fame. I can only imagine he got the role of maniac cop after this as they are pretty much the same character. There some genuine laugh out loud moments (I think unintentional) in one scene JJ and his partner chase down a perp, the film goes into slow motion. But with the humorous sound of them heavy breathing over the soundtrack. Hilarious. James Watkins scenes are comical too. He plays a stereotypical black pimp Daddy. Everything from his clothes to his dialogue is just outlandish. There is apparent chauvinistic tone running through the film. Apart from Michelle Reese who plays JJ's muse. The women in this film don't get any kind of meaningful role. The one female cop is often told to stand aside in a kind of "this is mans work" way. In fact JJ and his partner call all the girls "baby". Although it's an extremely cheesy and "dated" film it is a tremendously enjoyable watch.

Charles Napier is a cop with a bad drinking problem looking for a large man who kills to gain immortality. The entire police force has cozy relationships with the city prostitutes here. Worth a look if only to see Napier in a Miami Vice wardrobe.

Charles Napier is letter perfect as the divorced, alcoholic cop tracking indestructible killer targeting the local working girls. A rare chance to see Napier in a starring role, although he's not quite able to pull off the Sonny Crockett wardrobe convincingly.