National Security

2003 "They only look like cops."
5.6| 1h29m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 17 January 2003 Released
Producted By: Columbia Pictures
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/nationalsecurity
Synopsis

Earl Montgomery, a bombastic police academy reject, and Hank Rafferty, a disgraced, mild-mannered cop, can't seem to escape each other. They met on opposite sides of the law during a routine traffic stop that escalated out of control; now as lowly security guards they're thrown together to bust a smuggling operation.

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Plantiana Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.
RyothChatty ridiculous rating
KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
Samsonite25 I like Steve Zahn. I didn't used to hate Martin Lawrence. I put off watching this movie for sometime knowing it was just a goofy, no-need- to-use-your-brain type flick. I regret having turned it on. I gave it 45 minutes, then had to turn it off. I think I've actually only turned off a handful of movies without finishing them in my entire life, but this one was so amazingly awful that I couldn't force myself to finish it. They literally threw Lawrence in a film for the over-the-top goofy black comedian for his "white man always bringing me down" humor. Usually, it flies. It was too much this time. This schtick was straight anti-white racism and anti-societal/anti-authority ignorance. I can't believe this passes as comedy. A wonderful PG-13 adventure for today's kids who we've bent over backwards trying to help embrace acceptance in this life. Lost a lot of respect for Zahn agreeing to be in this. Great call Columbia Pictures.
luis figueira The movie's plot line is pretty funny and the action and comedy are good - not laugh out loud good but more like humorous :) I do think that you can watch it more than once. Steve Zahn and martin Lawrence do portray a good but unstable team in the film but thats all part of the humour. Personally I love most action comedies due to the fact that they are uplifting... Honestly though, this is a great comedy and the acting does seem cheap but in a way it does fit in with the whole comedy genre so there are'nt any major problems. Anyway, thanks for reading my review and if you watch the movie.. enjoy it and grab a bowl of popcorn!
voz79 English is not my main language therefore I lack the vocabulary to 100% accurately describe my feelings about this film... but I will gladly give it a try... because I feel that people need to be warned! I started watching this movie not really knowing what to expect. First time I watched this some years ago, I wasn't that familiar with Martin Lawrence having seen him only in "blue streak" which was moderately funny, so I was pretty open minded towards the whole thing. I watched it again the other day when it aired on cable because I was sure the movie couldn't be as bad as I remembered from the first viewing. Well was I wrong...The movie started out hilariously and had me laughing out loud at the bee attack and the wrong interpretation of the whole thing. Expecting a creative and funny storyline following out of this... but no.The rest of the movie was purely offensive. I am not the hating kind of guy. But throughout the movie I passionately hoped for the 100% unlikable Lawrence character to get his ass kicked by the Zahn character, or any other character, to get shot and killed, run over by a truck, thrown out of an airplane, anything to severely punishing him for being 100% mean racist bastard, anything to make the pain stop... that is the pain watching this guy blaming every single thing on race, being mean to the Zahn character for no reason whatsoever, putting him down every chance he gets... Add to that the Zahn character being a totally nice and likable guy having done absolutely nothing wrong and getting no chance for redemption... why!! How this is considered a comedy movie I do not understand. How anyone can rate this movie at anything more than 2/10 I cannot understand. Highly not recommended!!
Sandcooler I know Martin Lawrence isn't the best actor in the world, but does he really have to play the exact same character in every movie? I mean, I liked him in "Nothing To Lose". Then I moved on. In this one he tries out the buddy cop genre once again, but the chemistry with Steve Zahn just isn't there, which makes everything seem so forced. Especially the emotional scenes are as useless as can be. Watching Lawrence act like he cares about the other guy's paper-thin back story is painful to watch. Then again, the actors probably aren't the biggest problem, given that not even Mel Gibson and Danny Glover could make this screenplay work. A lazy stock crime plot spiced up with no laughs whatsoever isn't exactly my favourite way of spending an evening. At barely an hour and a half I can say that this movie is mercifully short , but that's pretty much all I've got.