I try to find something good about every film that I watch but I was unable to find any redeeming factor even remotely associated with this wack job of a movie. Parole Violators seemed like a good buy at the dollar store but the truth is that it will rob 90 minutes of your life that you will never get back. The bottom line is poor acting along with poor script..... makes for a very painful viewing experience. The cast and crew do deserve an award for making one of the worst films of modern times. This is one of those films that probably makes perfect sense after chugging 9 or more beers. Do yourself a favor and avoid this one even if someone is trying to pay you to watch it. I'm normally an upbeat person but this film is a total wally.
8 Reviews
mybabymyBAYbee
hbeeinc28 February 2021
Warning: Spoilers
I came in maybe 1/4 into it on B-Movie TV. I thought, "Huh. Maybe I missed a bunch of plot because this make no sense." But I hadn't. It just makes no sense.
The woman's a cop (maybe?). The guy is a talk show host but I only know that from the synopsis. Again, didn't see it from the start, but I guess that's why he reached for his video camera...I mean...camcorder, puts it down and then picks up a GUN instead. Duuuuuuuude!
A girl is kidnapped by a Mexican dude 3 seconds after the kid waves hello to her as she rides her bike in the street. Oh. You didn't see that POS car RIGHT across from your kitchen window? Bad cop, no donut.
Apparently, they know who did it because they go straight the hideout...and get their asses kicked. I mean...brutally...for the next 45 minutes.
The man. woman and the bad guys all wind up in someone's back yard. The girl is sitting on a milk crate floating in a blow up boat in the middle of a pool that apparently the producers couldn't find the budget to clean. Mom, in possibly the least convincing maternal wail ever on screen says "mybabymyBAYbee" and continues to say this over and over again.
The bad guy has a deal: Talk Show Host will fight the seven guys there and every 30 secs fought, he'll poke a hole in the blow up boat....which is tiny and doesn't even look that deep. Look who's futile getting his ass kicked again!
The kid falls unconscious. They try to resuscitate her while Mom says (with little emotion) "breathe damn you." Then she feels badly because she "cussed" her kid.
More asskicking of the heroes. Some dude from Internal Affairs shows up out of nowhere talking about (in the middle of asskicking) "This won't look good on your record."
Asskicking...asskicking...asskicking...some new wave chick who shoots and walks like Robocop...well... more like Robo Vampire and then in the end...
Honestly I have no idea. My wife came in with the groceries so I turned it off.
(Pretty sure the kid died though)
(NO-OOT!)
The woman's a cop (maybe?). The guy is a talk show host but I only know that from the synopsis. Again, didn't see it from the start, but I guess that's why he reached for his video camera...I mean...camcorder, puts it down and then picks up a GUN instead. Duuuuuuuude!
A girl is kidnapped by a Mexican dude 3 seconds after the kid waves hello to her as she rides her bike in the street. Oh. You didn't see that POS car RIGHT across from your kitchen window? Bad cop, no donut.
Apparently, they know who did it because they go straight the hideout...and get their asses kicked. I mean...brutally...for the next 45 minutes.
The man. woman and the bad guys all wind up in someone's back yard. The girl is sitting on a milk crate floating in a blow up boat in the middle of a pool that apparently the producers couldn't find the budget to clean. Mom, in possibly the least convincing maternal wail ever on screen says "mybabymyBAYbee" and continues to say this over and over again.
The bad guy has a deal: Talk Show Host will fight the seven guys there and every 30 secs fought, he'll poke a hole in the blow up boat....which is tiny and doesn't even look that deep. Look who's futile getting his ass kicked again!
The kid falls unconscious. They try to resuscitate her while Mom says (with little emotion) "breathe damn you." Then she feels badly because she "cussed" her kid.
More asskicking of the heroes. Some dude from Internal Affairs shows up out of nowhere talking about (in the middle of asskicking) "This won't look good on your record."
Asskicking...asskicking...asskicking...some new wave chick who shoots and walks like Robocop...well... more like Robo Vampire and then in the end...
Honestly I have no idea. My wife came in with the groceries so I turned it off.
(Pretty sure the kid died though)
(NO-OOT!)
Might be one of the funniest movies ever made...
kUkUKacHU12 November 2008
Although my summary might suggest sarcasm, I assure you that I seriously consider this to be one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. I received this movie as a gag birthday gift and my initial reaction to the DVD cover was "Wow, this looks awful!", but I decided to give it a chance anyway. To my surprise, this movie turned out to be a comedic gem. What actually makes this movie so hilarious is that it takes itself so seriously. I am sure that the makers of this movie had every intention of creating a gritty action/crime drama, but they failed on every level. Between the unbearable acting, terrible dialog, God-awful stunts and absurd characters you are left feeling visually and mentally raped if you take a serious approach at watching this movie. Instead, watch this movie with a non-critical eye, trying to see it as funny and you may actually end up thoroughly entertained. As a serious movie it is a complete crap fest, but as a comedy I give it a 9 out of 10. The only reason I didn't rate this movie a full 10 was due to the lack of gratuitous nudity. You will find that there are many scenes where nudity or sex seems inevitable, but never happens. In my opinion, this is the only disappointing factor. Regardless, sit back and enjoy the masterpiece that is "Parole Violators".
It's clearly a labor of love and it's downright charming to watch.
tarbosh2200019 November 2018
Warning: Spoilers
Miles Long (Donahue) is a guy who really cares about his community. A former police officer, he now hosts his own TV show where he chases down PAROLE VIOLATORS, films them personally with his video camera, and, if need be, beats them up. He inexplicably wears a black ninja mask while taping even though he is the host of the show and everyone knows who he is. His night of filming usually ends with him duct-taping the baddies to a pole and writing the words "parole violator" on the bare chests of said baddies with a black marker. The area police are familiar with this local pole and check it regularly for the latest prey of Long, known in the community as "Video Cop." Video Cop is in a relationship with policewoman Tracy Dodd (Bosley), and when her daughter Susan (Rhodeos) is kidnapped by some thugs that Long had put in prison in his former life as a regular cop, his raging hatred for parole violators kicks into full gear. Teaming up with Tracy, the pair go on a mission of rescue/revenge, and all the local baddies should know that their comeuppance is going to be MILES LONG!
Parole Violators is a wildly fun and entertaining gem in the vein of Samurai Cop (1991), Miami Connection (1987), or Geteven (1993). But would you expect anything less from the great and hugely underrated filmmaker Patrick G. Donahue? This wonderful man gave us the great Kill Squad (1982), as well as Savage Instinct (1991), also starring his son Sean, as this movie does. Both he and this movie as a whole are very Ron Marchini-esque.
Miles Long is a scrappy Martial Artist who just wants to play horseshoes in the park while wearing his large purple windbreaker. Instead, evildoers are kidnapping girls all around him and he is forced to snap into action. He can take a lot of damage, as he is constantly being punched, kicked, thrown off multiple cliffs and run over by multiple cars. But nothing will stop him on his mission. His serious-minded mullet is all business and you better not get in his way. Naturally there is the time-honored barfight - featuring a bouncer whose name is...Bouncer (Harvier Mims) - and an awesome Final Warehouse Fight. There's also a goon whose name is Goon (Edwards). There are many, many scenes of Martial Arts fights and shooting. Choreographing and staging them were clearly a labor of love and it's downright charming to watch.
The thing is, TV shows like Cops and America's Most Wanted were hot at the time. The Donahue family (including actor Mike) just postulates what might happen if the host went from filming and talking about bad guys, to actually fighting them himself, mano-a-mano. It's a great idea and it's executed in a fantastically entertaining way. This movie was even ahead of its time in many respects - it predates current shows like Live P.D. by many years, and Miles Long is like a cross between Dexter and Louis Bloom, the main character of the fine film Nightcrawler (2014), as portrayed by Jake Gyllenhaal.
Most of the cast were one-timers who weren't in any other movies. But if you're going to be in one movie only, make it a winner, and they clearly did that with this diamond in the rough. Unfortunately, this got little to no distribution on VHS. It desperately needs to find a bigger audience, so here's hoping a company like Vinegar Syndrome grants it a Blu-Ray release sometime in the future. For that winning combination of silly/awesome that is so addictive, seek out PAROLE VIOLATORS!
Parole Violators is a wildly fun and entertaining gem in the vein of Samurai Cop (1991), Miami Connection (1987), or Geteven (1993). But would you expect anything less from the great and hugely underrated filmmaker Patrick G. Donahue? This wonderful man gave us the great Kill Squad (1982), as well as Savage Instinct (1991), also starring his son Sean, as this movie does. Both he and this movie as a whole are very Ron Marchini-esque.
Miles Long is a scrappy Martial Artist who just wants to play horseshoes in the park while wearing his large purple windbreaker. Instead, evildoers are kidnapping girls all around him and he is forced to snap into action. He can take a lot of damage, as he is constantly being punched, kicked, thrown off multiple cliffs and run over by multiple cars. But nothing will stop him on his mission. His serious-minded mullet is all business and you better not get in his way. Naturally there is the time-honored barfight - featuring a bouncer whose name is...Bouncer (Harvier Mims) - and an awesome Final Warehouse Fight. There's also a goon whose name is Goon (Edwards). There are many, many scenes of Martial Arts fights and shooting. Choreographing and staging them were clearly a labor of love and it's downright charming to watch.
The thing is, TV shows like Cops and America's Most Wanted were hot at the time. The Donahue family (including actor Mike) just postulates what might happen if the host went from filming and talking about bad guys, to actually fighting them himself, mano-a-mano. It's a great idea and it's executed in a fantastically entertaining way. This movie was even ahead of its time in many respects - it predates current shows like Live P.D. by many years, and Miles Long is like a cross between Dexter and Louis Bloom, the main character of the fine film Nightcrawler (2014), as portrayed by Jake Gyllenhaal.
Most of the cast were one-timers who weren't in any other movies. But if you're going to be in one movie only, make it a winner, and they clearly did that with this diamond in the rough. Unfortunately, this got little to no distribution on VHS. It desperately needs to find a bigger audience, so here's hoping a company like Vinegar Syndrome grants it a Blu-Ray release sometime in the future. For that winning combination of silly/awesome that is so addictive, seek out PAROLE VIOLATORS!
One of the best bad movies of all time. Don't ever associate me with a bird. Birds are weak, I don't like birds.
dougy-tz21 April 2019
This movie's a masterpiece of crap. I don't think I've witnessed so much action in one movie, it literally goes from one action scene into another.
The female lead is wooden beyond belief, I really can't explain how special her acting is.
The bad guy pedophile is supposed to be Mexican but looks more Asian, and his sidekick who also is supposed to be Mexican is clearly white.
The lead guy gets kicked in the head about 50 times and generally gets beaten up throughout the movie, yet continues on like nothing happened. The ending was really a thing of brauty, health and safety had nothing to do with the making of this .
There are countless one liners, funny scene's and continuity errors to look out for. It's as if the makers worked in a karate school and invited their students to be in a movie. I loved watching this and have done 3 times, it's one of the best bad films of all time. If you like ninja terminator, samurai cop or killing American style; this is the movie for you.
if Wile E Coyote made B-Movies it might well resemble, Patrick G. Donahue's vastly under praised, dopamine-injected DTV doozie!
Weirdling_Wolf13 March 2021
Sean 'Blood Hands' Donahue is the implausibly resilient, zero tolerance Miles, disillusioned ex-cop turned righteous video vigilante, using one steely, muscular hand to film the parole violating skells, the other as his clenched, iron-hard hammer of ultimate vengeance, always primed and cocked to permanently retire recidivist criminals, sending their ragged, busted-up remains to the misbegotten hell that spawned them! BOOM!!!!! It is a genuinely elusive thrill to discover a bodacious B-Movie that is quite so generously stuffed to bursting point with audaciously entertaining weirdness and untamed psychotronic madness, but 'Patrol Violators' is all that and a freebie packet of gin-soaked prophylactics! There's a trauma-inducing, super-freaky logic to the Donahue brother's energized,low budget, high-test, high impact fight frenzy schematics! If you don't understand something, kick it!!! Shoot at it!!! Shout at it!!! Or throw yourself manfully on top of a rapidly moving vehicle! Right on! Miles is one tenacious Video Cop!!!
From the gutsy opening sequence wherein the despicable sleaze, Chino (Rey Garcia) is released from a 5-year stretch, the giddy viewer discovers somewhat ironically that 'Parole Violators' takes no prisoners, as pint-sized, powerhouse kickboxing crim-killer, Miles and his honourable Kung Fu crusade to righteously clean up the skell-encrusted streets is an unrelenting tour de force of spleen-shattering, Bad Guy busting, bullet-thrashing bellicosity that is wholly unsurpassed in its relentless, fur-flailing ferocity! The vivid, non-stop action and hyperactive weirdness makes 'The Miami Connection' look like month old baloney! As the dangerously nerve-strafing stunts, stupendously earnest, unfiltered 'acting' and frequent grisly-gory fight scenes overwhelm you like, Jim Van Bebber's 'Deadbeat at Dawn' on tainted Donkey biscuits!
Rigorously maintaining DTV action movie protocols, the 'maniacal climax in the Abandoned Warehouse' is a triumphant symphony of generously blood-spattered, awesomely acrobatic svelte-limbed savagery and gonzo Gun Fu mayhem! But be prepared to put reality into a blender while you experience 'Parole Violators' as you shall never see action movies in quite the same way again! In summation, I sincerely feel that the astronomically bonkers 'Parole Violators' has the kind of singularly frenzied, hyperbolic madness you only generally see in a Godfrey Ho 'cut n' paste-Ninja epic', and if Wile E Coyote made B-Movies it might well resemble, Patrick G. Donahue's vastly under praised, dopamine-injected DTV doozie!
From the gutsy opening sequence wherein the despicable sleaze, Chino (Rey Garcia) is released from a 5-year stretch, the giddy viewer discovers somewhat ironically that 'Parole Violators' takes no prisoners, as pint-sized, powerhouse kickboxing crim-killer, Miles and his honourable Kung Fu crusade to righteously clean up the skell-encrusted streets is an unrelenting tour de force of spleen-shattering, Bad Guy busting, bullet-thrashing bellicosity that is wholly unsurpassed in its relentless, fur-flailing ferocity! The vivid, non-stop action and hyperactive weirdness makes 'The Miami Connection' look like month old baloney! As the dangerously nerve-strafing stunts, stupendously earnest, unfiltered 'acting' and frequent grisly-gory fight scenes overwhelm you like, Jim Van Bebber's 'Deadbeat at Dawn' on tainted Donkey biscuits!
Rigorously maintaining DTV action movie protocols, the 'maniacal climax in the Abandoned Warehouse' is a triumphant symphony of generously blood-spattered, awesomely acrobatic svelte-limbed savagery and gonzo Gun Fu mayhem! But be prepared to put reality into a blender while you experience 'Parole Violators' as you shall never see action movies in quite the same way again! In summation, I sincerely feel that the astronomically bonkers 'Parole Violators' has the kind of singularly frenzied, hyperbolic madness you only generally see in a Godfrey Ho 'cut n' paste-Ninja epic', and if Wile E Coyote made B-Movies it might well resemble, Patrick G. Donahue's vastly under praised, dopamine-injected DTV doozie!
Unreal B Action Movie
nolan-0915427 March 2022
Took a chance on this one after seeing a RLM best if the worst and seeing the positive reviews and this movie does not disappoint from the heavy gunfire, explosions, roundhouse kicks to the driving synth soundtrack that never lets up for a second in the movie. This movie kicked ass, made me laugh and kept me entertained, that's the mark of a b movie gem.
A must see for trash fans
hellersfranz29 January 2022
If the audience is craving for dumbass dialogues, worst female acting and ridiculous plot und an annoying score, the Donahues deliver!
For a film that never attempted to be a comedy, this is great fun. The villain is remarkable as well! Don't forget to invite some friends over and get some beer for the perfect VHS retro trash evening...
For a film that never attempted to be a comedy, this is great fun. The villain is remarkable as well! Don't forget to invite some friends over and get some beer for the perfect VHS retro trash evening...
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