Hugh Laurie, the umlingisi lokho kunika impilo udokotela wethelevishini uGregory House, ujoyina abalingisi beNight Watch, ifilimu yobugebengu edlala indawo kaKeanu Reeves (owakhipha isisu sefilimu enesihloko esifanayo esithi The Watcher yize yayihunyushwe lapha ngokuthi Murder Game) kanye ne-Oscar yakamuva -winiswa yiNkosi yokugcina yaseScotland, u-Forest Whitaker (ngicela usukume). Iqondiswe nguDavid Ayer (osanda kusayina ifilimu yakhe yokuqala, iHarsh Times noChristian Bale omkhulu, ngendlela eyenelisa kakhulu, yize kumele kukhunjulwe ukuthi ubhale izindaba ezimbalwa, kufaka phakathi ezinye ezinhle kakhulu njengezenye zezintandokazi zami, Usuku Lokuqeqesha), i-Night Watch isuselwa kusikripthi sikaJames Ellroy.
Ukuguquguquka kwamanoveli akhe, ikakhulukazi i-LA Confidential (lapho uC Curtis Hanson kumele enze khona iphutha lapho eqondisa ngoba konke okunye akuqophile ukubeka izandla ekhanda) okwadlala uGuy Pearce, uKevin Spacey, uKim Basinger noma URussell Crowe phakathi kwabanye abaningi, futhi muva nje iLa Dalia Negra, eqondiswe nguBrian De Palma (ngiyibonile muva nje futhi akuyona enye yemisebenzi ephambili kaDe Palma), bavuselele uhlobo oluthile lokuhlukunyezwa iminyaka. Kepha, ngokungafani nezihloko ezedlule, i-Night Watch akuyona inoveli eguqulelwe esikrinini esikhulu, kepha umbhalo obhaliwe obhalelwe lo mcimbi ngu-Ellroy.
Ngokusho kwe-Variety, le filimu izokhuluma indaba eyindida yephoyisa laseLos Angeles (Reeves), elikhosela otshwaleni ngemuva kokushona komkalo. Njengokungathi lokhu akwanele, lowo owayengumeluleki wakhe emzimbeni (uWhitaker) uzomsola ngokufa kukazakwabo. Kuleli qophelo endabeni lapho kuvela khona uHugh Laurie, yena kanye noChris Evans (owaziwa kangcono ngokuba nguJohnny Storm ku-4F) abazodlala namaphoyisa amabili Wezindaba Zangaphakathi aphenya icala.
Yize lokhu kungeyona i-adventure yokuqala kaLaurie, izihloko zangaphambilini ezinjengethi Mhlawumbe Baby noma Girl waseRio lapho inkanyezi yomlingisi waseBrithani adlulise khona ibhodi lokukhangisa ngobuhlungu obukhulu kunenkazimulo, futhi ngiyakhumbula ukuthi eFlight of the Phoenix (enye ehlakaniphile naphezu kwe-motley ukhonkolo) naye wayekhona kubalingisi kanye noDennis Quaid noGiovanni Ribisi. Sizobona ukuthi izingwazi zeNdlu ziyamshukumisela yini ukuthi alandele izindima zamafilimu.
