“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.
Directed by Dennis Dugan
Written by David Ronn, Jay Scherick
Produced by Robert Newmyer, Jeffrey Silver, Michael Green
Box Office0Revenue: $50.1M
About National Security
National Security is a action, comedy, crime film released in 2003 exploring themes of safety, patrol, conflict, police academy, security guard, buddy cop. Directed by Dennis Dugan, it stars Martin Lawrence, Steve Zahn, Colm Feore. 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.