Genre: Action, Thriller, Comedy, Police, Courtroom, Prison
Tagline: They only look like cops.
Plot: EARL (Martin Lawrence) and HANK (Steve Zahn) have only one thing in common: they're both L.A.P.D. rejects. One just got kicked out, the other can't even get in.After confronting each other on opposite sides of the law during a traffic stop that escalates out of control, these two luckless individuals end up partnered as lowly security guards. Despite being damned to the lowest rung of the law enforcement ladder, Earl and Hank uncover a sophisticated smuggling operation led by NASH (Eric Roberts) and his band of thugs. When Earl and Hank get their hands on some hot property, they go on the run from, first the bad guys, then the L.A.P.D. - led by LT. WASHINGTON (Bill Duke) and DETECTIVE McDUFF (Colm Feore). What these two unlikely partners do to law enforcement is a crime, but they just might save the day. That is, if they don't kill each other
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 Martin Lawrence has found a film that captures his personality in every way. National Security is a loud, tiresome, and unfunny film that also thinks it's being thought provoking whenever the subject of race is mentioned. D--Craig Younkin (Lee's Movie Info)
National Security is no different yet it doesn’t even have the willpower to be a fun guilty pleasure like I Spy because the script is drowning in creative-less manpower. C---Lee Tistaert (Lee's Movie Info)
Look, National Security is about as cliched and silly as it gets - but given that it's January, a notorious dumping zone for the studios, the film shouldn't have wound up as entertaining as it is  --David Nusair (Reel Film Reviews)
Is it a thoroughly offensive attempt to disguise a reactionary view of African-Americans as manipulative, self-serving, serial complainers as "comedy"? Definitely.  --Jamie Russell (BBC Films)
Put your hands up and back away from this rent-a-flop. 38/100--Terri Clark (Apollo Guide)
Atrocious film that provides yet more evidence (as if we needed it) that Martin Lawrence is The World’s Unfunniest Man – you know you’re in trouble when even the trailer isn’t funny. --Matthew Turner (ViewLondon)
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Dennis Dugan
Big Daddy, Saving Silverman, Beverly Hills Ninja |
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| David Ronn
Guess Who, Serving Sara, Back to School |
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| The most unashamedly racist piece of cinema I've ever had the misfortune of watching. 1/10 --Gary Panton (Movie Gazette)
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