National Security (2003)
Average Rating: 3.3/10
Reviews Counted: 88
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 78
The action in National Security is mindless, while the humor says nothing insightful about racial issues.
Average Rating: 4/10
Critic Reviews: 27
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 21
The action in National Security is mindless, while the humor says nothing insightful about racial issues.
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Adversaries become wary allies in this free-wheeling action comedy. Hank Rafferty (Steve Zahn) is a Los Angeles Police Department officer who finds himself out of a job after he becomes involved in a violent altercation with police academy flunk-out Earl Montgomery (Martin Lawrence), escalating into a media event which brings the LAPD a wealth of bad publicity. Unable to find work, Hank finally takes a job as a "rent-a-cop" with a private security firm -- and discovers to his annoyance that his
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Cast
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Martin Lawrence
Earl Montgomery -
Steve Zahn
Hank Rafferty -
Colm Feore
Det. McDuff -
Bill Duke
Lt. Washington -
Eric Roberts
Nash -
Timothy Busfield
Charlie Reed -
Robinne Lee
Denise -
Matt McCoy
Robert Barton -
Brett Cullen
Heston -
Cleo King
Woman in Car -
Stephen Tobolowsky
Billy Narthax -
Joe Flaherty
Owen Fergus -
Amy Aquino
Councilwoman -
Mike Brady
Smith -
Carl Ciarfalio
Stanton -
Keith Cooke
Ang -
Maia Danziger
Jaguar Lady -
Hal Fishman
Himself -
Troy M. Gilbert
Cain -
Robert Harvey
Cop at Impound Yard -
Benjamin Hernandez
Detective -
Ken Lerner
Hank's Lawyer -
Dawnn Lewis
Woman at Impound Yard -
Mark Lonow
Detective at Interrogat... -
Richardson Morse
Detective -
Anthony Schmidt
Eddie -
Mickey Gilbert (II)
Driving Instructor -
Jocko Marcellino
Sarcastic Cop -
Terry Logan
LAPD Cop -
Bruce Franklin Singer
Training Facility Offic... -
Hiep Thi Le
McDuff's Secretary -
Mari Morrow
Lola -
Daniel Sudick
Training Facility Offic... -
Jonathan Loughran
Sarcastic Cop -
Noel Guglielmi
Latino Convict -
Jackie Flynn
Guard in Solitary -
Wayne Morse
Bailiff -
Margaret Travolta
Judge -
Bobby McLaughlin
Ashcroft -
Greg Serano
Carjacker -
Joe Bucaro III
Bratton -
John Henry Binder
Cop at Impound Yard -
Gerry Del Sol
Booking Clerk -
Jeffrey Ross
Security Guard -
Leslie Jones
Trucker Woman -
Tom Forrest
Obnoxious Guy -
Mike Grasso
Training Cop -
Andy Dugan
Student Driver -
Amanda Van Roberts
Rich Lady -
Jeff Ross
Security Guard
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All Critics (104) | Top Critics (29) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (80) | DVD (17)
It's too bad Martin already made What's the Worst That Could Happen? The title really fits this one.
Top CriticAs the two cop manqués overcome their dearth of common sense to save the day, the film achieves a comic playfulness.
Despite some tasty contributions from Lawrence and Zahn, too much of National Security has the bland flavor of microwaved leftovers.
Someone has to save us from Lawrence's onslaught of cinematic dross.
A lame blend of comedy and action in which both credibility and laughs are blown to smithereens.
A retread of all those buddies-in- the-cop-car pictures of the 1980s; not even slightly dusted off.
Indistinguishable dumb action comedy.
If anything (or anyone) comes close to making us buy this as a higher-ticket item, it's Zahn.
If... Martin Lawrence and Adam Sandler [were] in the same movie, it might... create an anti-comedy field so strong that both their careers would be sucked into the vortex...
A patently offensive, racist and repulsive waste of celluloid, an affront to blacks, whites and human beings in general.
Put your hands up and back away from this rent-a-flop.
If rampant misogyny and racism sound like a laugh riot, by all means see National Security, a 'comedy' so aggressively unpleasant that it's worthy of squirms.
As disposable as they come, National Security is a modestly entertaining re-hash of cop-buddy films of the 80s.
This is a two-star movie dragged down a star because of its unrepentant racism.
Audience Reviews for National Security
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- Hank Rafferty: Hey, do you actually believe the crap that comes out of your mouth?
- Earl Montgomery: Well, I'm never really sure till i'm finished talkin'.
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- Earl Montgomery: Time to conceal the weapon.
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- Earl Montgomery: Your partner got killed. You lost your job. You went to jail. Your girlfriend walked. You got a job as a security guard at a hundred and eighty-two dollars a week. You know what you are, Hank? You're a black man.
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