| View Larger Image | National Security | DVDStarring: Martin Lawrence, Steve Zahn, Colm Feore, Bill Duke, Eric Roberts
Directed By: Dennis Dugan
Also With: Martin Lawrence (Producer), Andy Given (Producer), Guy East (Producer), Jeff Kwatinetz (Producer), Jeffrey Silver (Producer), David Ronn (Writer), Jay Scherick (Writer)
| List Price: | $14.94 | | Price: | $13.49 | | You Save: | $1.45 (10%) | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | DVD | | Rating: |  | | Run Time: | 88 minutes | | Format: | Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | | Studio: | Sony Pictures | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Aspect Ratio: | 1.85:1 | | Release Date: | May 27, 2003 | | Sales Rank: | 16,286th |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
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Earl (Martin Lawrence) and Hank (Steve Zahn) can't seem to escape each other. They met on opposite sides of the law during a routine traffic stop but now they've been thrown together to bust a million dollar smuggling operation. As hare-brained as their plan may be, these unlikely partners might just solve a crime... if they don't kill each other first. |
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Although it's enjoyable as a brainless diversion, National Security is one of those forgettable entertainments that denies its own considerable potential. It's a police action comedy in the mold of Beverly Hills Cop, tailored to the buddy-flick formula and laced with racial tensions of the post-Rodney King era. It's set in Los Angeles, where dedicated cop Hank (Steve Zahn) does jail time for allegedly beating Earl (Martin Lawrence), whose only real assailant was an overzealous bumblebee. As fate and lazy screenwriting would have it, the two adversaries reunite as security guards, teaming up to crack a team of violent smugglers led by bleached-blonde Eric Roberts (further proof that this movie's got nothing new to offer). Routine stunts distract from the comedy's mostly untapped resource: Lawrence pointedly riffs on racial profiling, and his prolific ad-libs play well against Zahn's by-the-book straight man. If their partnership had been allowed to develop more believably, National Security might have been more than a blip on the box-office radar. --Jeff Shannon |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.0 based on 74 reviews)
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Hilarious movie! by Charmed (Nashua, NH USA)  5 Stars
November 05, 2009
One of the funniest movies I have ever seen. Love it!
If you are looking for some good laughs get this one, you won't regreat it :)
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Hilarious by David A. Smith (Webberville, Mi, USA) 5 Stars
October 08, 2009
this movie is hilarious without a doubt. this movie is awesome martin lawrence is hilarious. this is a must see
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National Security - Funny by D. German (Virginia Beach, VA) 5 Stars
July 17, 2009
Any movie with Martin Lawrence has got to be funny. And this was another one of those movies. I really enjoyed it.
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National Security by S. Lang  3 Stars
January 11, 2009
As usual Martin Lawrence also manages to have humor in his movies. This movie was funny, however, not what would really happen in reality. It was a ok.
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Another Lawrence Bomb by Tropicalwolf (Ohio, USA)  1 Stars
May 12, 2008
Looking for a dumb movie with a lot of dumb and a side helping of dumb, look no further. A sad offering from Mr. Lawrence, an actor/comedian who has done so much better.
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