Indistinguishable dumb action comedy.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Dec 26, 2010

This is lowest common dominator filmmaking in every sense of the word, which shouldn't come as any surprise to anyone familiar with the oeuvre of director Dennis Dugan.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 19, 2003

This is a two-star movie dragged down a star because of its unrepentant racism.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Apr 21, 2003

Is it a thoroughly offensive attempt to disguise a reactionary view of African-Americans as manipulative, self-serving, serial complainers as 'comedy'? Definitely.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Feb 18, 2003

It's too bad Martin already made What's the Worst That Could Happen? The title really fits this one.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Jan 31, 2003

As the two cop manqus overcome their dearth of common sense to save the day, the film achieves a comic playfulness.

| Jan 21, 2003

Despite some tasty contributions from Lawrence and Zahn, too much of National Security has the bland flavor of microwaved leftovers.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 20, 2003

Falls flatter than, well, a Hollywood comedy release in January.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jan 19, 2003

Someone has to save us from Lawrence's onslaught of cinematic dross.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 18, 2003

A retread of all those buddies-in- the-cop-car pictures of the 1980s; not even slightly dusted off.

Full Review | Jan 17, 2003

A by-the-numbers sop to adolescent testosterone overload.

Full Review | Jan 17, 2003

The film is clearly an anti-racist warning, but Earl's silly, closed-minded anger is a major distraction from the comedy though most of the movie.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jan 17, 2003

Boneheaded throwaway.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 17, 2003

Combines a sour story with a repellent lead character, deadly comic schtick and tin-eared direction to produce 90 minutes of sheer, plodding mirthlessness.

| Original Score: 0/4 | Jan 17, 2003

If it does anything at all, National Security should demonstrate the diminishing returns of Lawrence trying to outswagger, outsass and outshoot Eddie Murphy.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Jan 17, 2003

Lazy and uninspired.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Jan 17, 2003

Its acrimonious message lies in the way it depicts black oversensitivity and an atmosphere of political correctness as the only obstacles to harmony.

Full Review | Original Score: C | Jan 17, 2003

Squanders the goodwill generated by some genuine laughs early in its running time with an inevitable descent into generic plotting, tired physical gags and lots and lots of things blowing up.

Full Review | Jan 17, 2003

Without losing its comic rhythm for a moment, it is also a withering spoof of black victimism and the corrupting effect of racial solidarity on the American legal system.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 17, 2003

Loud, crass, dumb and then even dumber.

| Original Score: D | Jan 17, 2003