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National Security

2003 · 89 min

Loud, silly buddy-cop chaos with constant bickering, cartoonish chases and explosions that ask nothing of you.

Directed by
Dennis Dugan
Genres
Action, Comedy, Crime
Tagline
They only look like cops.
Overview
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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Directed by
Dennis Dugan
Genres
Action, Comedy, Crime
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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • justice
  • revenge
  • race
  • corruption
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror0
Humour7
Realism4
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

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Genres
action, comedy, crime
Directed by
Dennis Dugan
Written by
David Ronn, Jay Scherick
Starring
Martin Lawrence, Steve Zahn, Colm Feore, Bill Duke, Eric Roberts, Timothy Busfield, Robinne Lee, Brett Cullen
Music
Randy Edelman
Cinematography
Oliver Wood
Runtime
89 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
English

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