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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Language, Adult Humor, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 2003 DVD Release: 11/18/2008 Format: Blu-ray - Color,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: Arabic, English, French, Korean, Spanish, Thai SwapaDVD Credits: 2 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 28 mins Studio: Sony Pictures Members Wishing: 6 Genres: Action, Comedy, Action Comedy, Crime Comedy, Odd Couple Film See Also: National Security [Special Edition], National Security [Widescreen] [UMD for PSP]

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 new partner is Earl. While neither of them are thrilled to be working together on the lowest strata of the law enforcement community, the two find themselves dealing with bigger crime than they expected when they stumble across evidence of a elite smuggling network operated by criminal mastermind Nash (Eric Roberts). Hank and Earl want to put Nash out of business, and they try without success to persuade the police of the importance of the case. But before long they discover it's not just Nash's men who are after them, but two high-ranking LAPD officials, Lt. Washington (Bill Duke) and Detective McDuff (Colm Feore). National Security was directed by Dennis Dugan, who'd previously helmed antic comedies starring Adam Sandler and Chris Farley; this film also marked Martin Lawrence's entry into the elite of Hollywood's comedy stars, with Lawrence taking home a 20-million-dollar paycheck for his work on the picture. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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
Joe Flaherty - Owen Fergus