National Security Critic Reviews

The film is profane. But who knew police brutality could play as a laughing matter?Read the full review

A funny, raucous action comedy, effectively teams Martin Lawrence and Steve Zahn in a film that's both laugh out loud funny and surprisingly subtle.Read the full review

The picture is all Lawrence and Zahn, whose dynamics get something going, though not enough (please!) to spark a buddy sequel.Read the full review

Comes off as a retro reprise of those slam-bang, buddy-buddy action-comedies that proliferated throughout the '80s in the wake of "48 HRS."Read the full review

The funny thing about Lawrence is he's often paired with a partner (e.g., ''Blue Streak,'' ''Bad Boys,'' etc.), yet has no aptitude for sharing the screen.Read the full review

Lawrence is often more irritating than funny, and it doesn't help that the direction is pedestrian and the screenplay dismal.Read the full review

Lawrence clamors for the spotlight. If he ever found a way to make desperation look like charisma, he'd be the funniest man in America.Read the full review

Martin Lawrence is all there is to National Security. And that's about two or three points out of a possible 10Read the full review

Has many more downs than ups, but this ragged action comedy, with Martin Lawrence and Steve Zahn as mismatched buddies, rings some outrageously funny changes on a deadly serious genre of amateur video that began with Rodney King.Read the full review