Monday, May 07, 2007

National Security (2003)

Synopsis (mild spoilers): A policeman witnesses his partner get killed while trying to stop some thieves in a warehouse. A police academy reject is stopped by said police officer while trying to get his keys from inside his own car. During the incident, a bee intervenes, provoking a scene that is mistakenly regarded as the policeman spanking the detainee. In consequence of that, the policeman is sentenced to prison and expelled from the force. Upon release he employs himself as a security guard, and while tracking his former parter's killers he runs into the guy from the bee incident, who is also working as a security guard. They both team up to try to foil a gang who stole a very expensive material and is trying to sell it.
Appraisal: It relies upon a well known formula - two guys who are enemies but who must cope with each other and eventually become friends - but has a quite elaborate plot. There is some entertaining material and the film is not hard to watch, but much of the verbal humor is misguided, addressing the racial tensions in America in a frivolous or absurd manner.
Rating: 46

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