Film fans in Alabama have been waiting to see “Neighborhood Watch,” a crime thriller starring Jack Quaid and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

The movie, previously called “Nowhere Men,” was filmed at several locations in Birmingham in fall 2023. People in the Crestwood neighborhood, for example, were buzzing when trucks and crew members settled in for several days that November, shooting scenes at a bungalow on Eighth Terrace South.

Now, about 18 months later, “Neighborhood Watch” has been released on streaming services and in select theaters. Birmingham’s Sidewalk Cinema held a screening of the movie on April 25, in tandem with the release date, but it’s unclear if “Neighborhood Watch” will show up in other cinemas in the state.

If you want to see “Neighborhood Watch,” the best bet is a streaming service such as Amazon’s Prime Video, Apple TV+ and the like. Meantime, some Birmingham streets and landmarks can be seen in the trailer for the movie. (Watch it in the video below.)

Here’s the storyline for “Neighborhood Watch,” as posted on IMDb:

“When a mentally ill young man thinks he witnesses an abduction and the police refuse to believe him, he reluctantly turns to his next door neighbor — a bitter, retired security guard — to help him find the missing woman.”

Quaid, 33, best known for his starring role on Amazon’s superhero series “The Boys,” plays the young man who spots the crime. Morgan, who earned fame on AMC’s “Walking Dead” franchise, portrays the irascible security guard.

Both stars were spotted by fans during the filming, although the production kept a fairly low profile during its time in Birmingham. Cast members also included Malin Akerman of “Watchmen” and several background actors from Alabama.

The director of “Neighborhood Watch” is Duncan Skiles, best known for 2018’s “The Clovehitch Killer.” Sean Farley wrote the screenplay.

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“Our little movie is out in select theaters and VOD!,” Quaid said on April 25 via an Instagram post. “We shot NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH (then called Nowhere Men) in less than 3 weeks in Birmingham AL. This was indie filmmaking at its core. We had to shoot fast & scrappy. Thank god we were blessed with an incredible, talented crew who made it all work. Which of course includes our genius director Duncan Skiles. I’ve been a fan of his since The Clovehitch Killer (which I discovered via RLM) so it was such a honor to work with him. He has such a unique voice and I can’t wait to see what he does next. Jeffrey Dean Morgan is a national treasure. We knew each other a bit beforehand, but we quickly became brothers over the course of the shoot. I love stories about unlikely friendships and getting to take that journey with Jeff was one of the great joys of my career. Not to mention Malin Akerman is one of the nicest, most talented people I’ve ever met. So getting to play her brother was such a joy. This is the Rampage reunion the people have been clamoring for! Anyway I’m immensely proud of this thing, give it a watch if you feel so inclined. It’s the little movie that could. It’s got a lot of heart and … of course, at some point I get splattered with blood.”

Reviews of the movie have been mixed thus far, with Variety praising it as a “deft, character-based seriocomedy” and The Daily Beast panning the film as “too quirky for its own good.”

“Neighborhood Watch” currently has a score of 63% on Rotten Tomatoes, a movie site that aggregates reviews from critics and comes up with a percentage rating based on how “fresh” a film is considered to be. As of May 1, 24 reviews were listed on the site: 15 gave it a thumbs-up as “fresh” and nine opted for “rotten.”

“One is hard-pressed to understand why grown-up thrillers like this one don’t get bigger pushes, but if you’re a ‘they don’t make ‘em like they used to’ type when it comes to genre, do have a look at this,” Glenn Kenny said in his review for RogerEbert.com. “It’ll very likely hit an old-school sweet (or sour) spot or two.”