History Film / NationalSecurity

-->''Earl:'' Is it safe?
-->''Denise:'' Not for you it ain't!

* ScaryBlackMan: Any black inmates who gives Hank the "throat cut" gesture.

* SaltAndPepper: Hank and Earl.

** Might be a case of [[AluminumChristmasTrees Aluminum Christmas Trees]], it's harder to shoot a person through liquid than through air or a thin wall (depending on the speed of the bullet, it's angle and distance). Several pallets of bottles could provide decent protection, though only temporarily when after being hit by bullets the soda will drain from holes in the bottles.

* Music/BarryWhite: Earl puts on "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" when role-playing with a secretary named Lola, telling her to "strip-search [her]self". She's more than happy to oblige.
* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' call Earl the racial slur "monkey", EVER.

* BuddyCopShow: Except they're security guards at the time and spend most of that hating each other's guts. Hank is a disgraced ex-cop (who has Earl to thank for the disgraced part), while Earl is a cop-wannabe (who thinks that every white person is [[EverythingIsRacist racist]]. They do become cops and buddies at the end.

* UngratefulBastard: Earl, in spades, for letting Hank be fired and convicted for police brutality and for repeatedly refusing to clear the air about it when in reality, Hank was trying to swat a bee, which could have ''killed'' the deathly allergic Earl had it stung him.

* BuddyCopShow: Except they're security guards at the time. Hank is a disgraced ex-cop, while Earl is a cop-wannabe. They do become cops at the end.

* {{Jerkass}}: Earl. How much is he? He practically ruins the life of the cop who was trying to help him; I.E got Hank thrown in jail over a tape that looked like police brutality (it wasn't, he was trying to kill a bee and Earl is deathly allergic to bee stings), refused to tell the truth to Hank's wife due to the fact she was black, and when Hank rightly gets fed up and punches him in the face for his doucebaggery. He ''tracks'' Hank down over the slight and ''punches him back''.

* ICallItVera: Earl carries a large pistol which he calls "Earl Jr."

* NoSell: Hank asks his engineer friend to cut into one of the ordinary-looking kegs to see if there's a false bottom. The engineer starts cutting into the keg with a thermal lance only for the keg to not even look darker. He touches it and determines that it's still cool. He immediately deduces that the kegs are made of a heat- and damage-resistant space-age alloy worth millions. He tells Hank to leave and take the kegs with him, as this is exactly the sort of thing someone can get killed over.

''National Security'' is a 2003 action comedy film directed by Creator/DennisDugan, starring Creator/MartinLawrence and Steve Zahn. A BuddyCopShow with a twist: neither character is a cop (at the time they are forced to partner up, at least).

'''National Security''' is a 2003 action comedy film directed by Creator/DennisDugan, starring Creator/MartinLawrence and Steve Zahn. A BuddyCopShow with a twist: neither character is a cop (at the time they are forced to partner up, at least).

The film is almost universally hated by critics, receiving 11% on Website/RottenTomatoes, although it did earn $50 million worldwide.

* GenreSavvy: The car thief in the epilogue is smart enough to memorize the car's license plate before trying to steal it. Of course, Earl ends up asking him that exact question to prove to Hank that he's the owner.
** Hank's engineer friend knows enough about the world to immediately tell Hank to leave with a keg made out of a super-expensive alloy, not wanting to end up with a bad case of lead poisoning.

* NoSell: Hank asks his engineer friend to cut into one of the ordinary-looking kegs to see if there's a false bottom. The engineer starts cutting into the keg with a thermal lance only for the keg to not even look darker. He touches it and determines that it's still cool. He immediately deduces that the kegs are made of a heat- and damage-resistant space-age alloy worth millions. Being GenreSavvy, he tells Hank to leave and take the kegs with him, as this is exactly the sort of thing someone can get killed over.

After getting out, Hank is hit by LaserGuidedKarma, as the only job he can get is in security. After finding out that the cops are no closer to solving the warehouse break-in case, he decides to do it himself. He receives a police dispatch call about another warehouse break-in and get on the scene. He finds the same gang there, and a firefight breaks out. Earl, who happens to be working security in the same warehouse, jumps in, and both are forced to work together to survive. Both are arrested during a car chase, and Hank's former boss Lieutenant Washington nearly has him arrested again for violating the restraining order placed by Earl on him. Earl diffuses the situation, as he wants to partner up with Hank to chase the bad guys. Hank is trying to distance himself from Earl and is seriously contemplating beating him up for real. Earl almost helps Hank to convince Hank's ex-girlfriend that there really was a bumblebee at the scene, when Earl learns that she's black. Being firmly against mixed-race relationships (specifically, where the man is white; he himself has no problems hitting on white girls), Earl denies everything.

* LaserGuidedKarma: At the start of the movie, Hank is contemptuous of security guards, claiming that they're all ex-cons who can't get another job. After being fired from LAPD and jailed for 6 months, guess what is the only job he can get?

* KangarooCourt: The courtroom where Hank is being tried for PoliceBrutality appears to be purposely geared towards convicting him. The "jury of peers" is mostly made up of black jurors with only one timid white guy. However, the evidence is also pretty damning, despite the fact that the tourist video doesn't actually show that it's Earl being beat up. Also, no medical experts are being called to witness, who should have immediately stated that the horrible bruises are not due to Hank but due to bee stings. It's pretty much stated by the higher-up cops that they need a show trial to calm down the African-American community in order to avoid a race riot. The DA is initially reluctant to pursue the case. Hank does get off fairly lightly, at least according to Earl, being jailed only for 6 months.
* LaserGuidedKarma: At the start of the movie, Hank is contemptuous of security guards, claiming that they're all ex-cons who can't get another job. After being fired from LAPD and jailed for 6 months, guess which is the only job he can get?

* EverythingIsRacist: Earl is completely incapable of keeping the race card in the deck for more than two minutes. He didn't get into the academy? Racism. A cop is questioning him about him trying to get into his car in a manner that looks unquestionably like he's trying to steal it? Racism.

** Played with Lieutenant Washington, who turns out to be clean in the end.

* EverythingIsRacist: Earl thinks everything that doesn't go his way is because of racism. He didn't get into the academy? Racism. A cop is questioning him about him trying to get into his car in a manner that looks unquestionably like he's trying to steal it? Racism.