National Security ★½ 2003 (PG-13) Earl Montgomery (Lawrence, seeming surprisingly bored) is a police academy reject and Hank Rafferty (Zahn) is a disgraced cop. Working as security guards, they uncover a smuggling operation in standard buddy-cop fashion. What the problem is? Car chases and Lawrence's rapid-fire "comic" rantings replace any semblance of plot or direction to make a mess that wastes the time of all involved. But at least it has spiteful racial politics played for laughs. 90m/C VHS, DVD. US Martin Lawrence, Steve Zahn, Eric Roberts, Bill Duke, Colm Feore, Timothy Busfield, Robbine Lee, Matt McCoy, Brett Cullen, Stephen Tobolowsky, Joe Flaherty;
Director:
Dennis Dugan;
Writer:
Jay Scherick, David Ronn;
Writer:
Oliver Wood;
Cameo:
Randy Edelman.
