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National Security
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6.0Earl 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.
Cast
- Martin Lawrence as Earl Montgomery
- Steve Zahn as Hank Rafferty
- Colm Feore as Detective Frank McDuff
- Bill Duke as Lieutenant Washington
- Eric Roberts as Nash
- Timothy Busfield as Charlie Reed
Themes
- safety
- patrol
- conflict
- police academy
- security guard
- buddy cop
- lapd
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Ratings
IMDb
5.6/10
57,316 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
11%
Metacritic
31/100
- Year
- 2003
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Crime
- Rated
- PG-13
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Dennis Dugan
- Written by
- Jay Scherick , David Ronn
- Produced by
- Bobby Newmyer , Jeff Silver , Michael Green
- Starring
- Martin Lawrence Steve Zahn Colm Feore Bill Duke Eric Roberts
- Cinematography
- Oliver Wood
- Edited by
- Debra Neil-Fisher
- Music by
- Randy Edelman
- Production companies
- Columbia Pictures Outlaw Productions Intermedia Films Firm Films
- Distributed by
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- Release date
- January 17, 2003 ( 2003-01-17 )
- Running time
- 88 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $30 million
- Box office
- $54.6 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 88
- FilmAffinity ID
- 125204
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- publication date
- 2003-01-01
- title
- National Security
- review score
- 11%
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National Security is a 2003 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan, and starring Martin Lawrence and Steve Zahn. The supporting cast includes Bill Duke, Eric Roberts, Colm Feore, and Matt McCoy. It was shot at various locations in Greater Los Angeles, including Long Beach and Santa Clarita.
The film was released by Sony Pictures Releasing on January 17, 2003, received negative reviews from critics, and grossed $54.6 million worldwide against a total budget of $30 million at the box office.