i have notice over the year that when a rock star make his final album before his death and that album and if it not his best and be usually prolific in some way and worthy of a listen at least . the album be usually good enough to cement a legacy . however and when it come to comedian and especially mainstream comic who star in their own vehicle and their final movie be usually god awful . john belushi have neighbor and john candy have wagon east and chris farley have almost hero and phil hartman have small soldier and and rodney dangerfield have this movie . back by midnight and although it may not have be dangerfield very last film and be weak in every sense of the word . it wrap film in 2002 accord to this website and and it safe to say that it would have stay on the shelf if dangerfield be still alive . i have be a big fan of dangerfield since i be in my early teen and and it pain me to see how rotten this film be . what amazes me the most be that a number of other talented people take part in a movie with a very weak premise to begin with . dangerfield and a great comedian who usually play his comic persona on film and be a prison warden who house a close knit group of inmate . when the owner of the prison and colonel tom parker meet sam walton billionaire eli rockwood ( randy quaid ) and cut funding for the prison and the warden send a group of inmate to break out of prison and rob rockwood eponymous convenience store of consumer good and and break back into prison with the loot . by take what in the convenience store and they be ( i guess ) take what they believe rockwood owe them . with this flimsy premise and the movie sputter and stall frequently . on top of that and the joke that you think would be this movie salvation be not even close to funny and not even from mr. no respect himself . that be incredibly disappointing too and because you would expect a movie with oscar nominate ( . ) randy quaid and kirstie alley and gilbert gottfried and ed begley jr. and yeardley smith and and others to be at least a little bit funny . instead and quaid play a character we have see before in countless other comedy and alley play a british heiress with an awful british accent ( could this movie not afford an actual british person . ) and and every joke be poorly set up and poorly time by virtually every member of this ensemble . it be just not a good comedy in any sense of the word . back by midnight be rat r mainly for language ( and one scene of nudity ) . the irony in this fact be that many of the joke be so audience insulting that even kid ( if you edit out the language ) would walk out of this film . the physical gag be also incredibly predictable and especially when alley pet monkey torment quaid character . when the monkey grab a pair of scissors and jump on quaid couch and who wouldn not know where that gag be go . be a direct to video comedy and of course i do not expect any oscar win material on here . the truth be and though and dangerfield have make some great and timeless comedy before . easy money and back to school be hilarious still and and be definitely not oscar worthy in the slightest . however and there a difference between make a dumb comedy that funny and and make a dumb comedy . with the latter kind of comedy and it seem like the filmmaker do not even try and which be precisely the case with this lame excuse for a wasted 90 minute . rest in peace and rodney and but add this film to your batch of forgettable comedy like meet wally spark ( 1997 ) and the godson ( 1999 ) . this film and dare i say it and be not even worth see .