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National Security
MEANRANK
49/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #5383
- IMDb #5153
- Google retired #2714
- Rotten Tomatoes #4804
- Metacritic #4634
- Letterboxd #4823
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #5404
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #4239
- Metacritic Critics #4732
- Metacritic Audience #3999
- Criticker #3972
- Kinopoisk #2578
- AlloCiné #5208
- Trakt #4222
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 11, highest is Google on 80. Critics average 21, everyone else 55.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Two men with a mutual dislike are forced to become partners as security guards after a racially charged misunderstanding gets them both fired from the LAPD. Their ineptitude and constant bickering make them terrible at their jobs, but they stumble upon a major smuggling operation run by a sophisticated criminal ring. Their chaotic investigation puts them in way over their heads.
Details
- Director
- Dennis Dugan
- Writers
- David Ronn, Jay Scherick
- Released
- 17 January 2003
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Box office
- $50.1M
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