National Security Page #7

Synopsis: Earl and Hank have only one thing in common: they're both L.A.P.D. rejects. One just got kicked out, the other can't even get in. After confronting each other on opposite sides of the law during a traffic stop that escalates out of control, these two luckless individuals end up partnered as lowly security guards. Despite being damned to the lowest rung of the law enforcement ladder, Earl and Hank uncover a sophisticated smuggling operation led by Nash and his band of thugs. When Earl and Hank get their hands on some hot property, they go on the run from, first the bad guys, then the L.A.P.D.--led by Lt. Washington and Detective McDuff. What these two unlikely partners do to law enforcement is a crime, but they just might save the day. That is, if they don't kill each other first.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Director(s): Dennis Dugan
Production: Sony Pictures
 
IMDB:
5.6
Metacritic:
31
Rotten Tomatoes:
11%
PG-13
Year:
2003
88 min
$35,764,982
Website
1,407 Views


gonna start affecting our work.

Now, look, man.

All you got to do is kind of...

What is you running for?

I'm trying to talk to you.

Look! I am trying to remain calm...

...because if I hit you,

I will never see the light of day.

Which right now seems

almost worth it. So don't push it!

- You threatening me?

- Yeah! Yeah, I'm threatening you!

Well, bring it on.

Bring it on, Hank.

I could have went pro.

I drop bombs on them,

drop bombs on them.

- What? Here, slip, move, slide, duck.

- Can't redial without a signal.

Oh, bang them out of there.

Hey, where you going, man?

- Shut up!

- Big Red Truck and Trailer.

Truck and trailer. Yeah, look,

you guys got a call...

...yesterday, I think, regarding

a white van that you rented out.

We only rent big rigs.

Yeah, well, maybe you can help out.

I'm trying to find a couple of my buddies.

I think they rented a truck

from you yesterday.

- What name is it under?

- No, I don't know their names.

- Listen, pal, we get a lot of people here.

- No...

- You listen.

- Give me the phone.

- Where are you located?

- Downtown, on Normandie.

South Central? These were white folks.

They just left.

They bought extra insurance for Baja.

- Heading to Mexico?

- I guess.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

The way I see it,

they got a 20-minute head start.

They're probably heading down the 405.

What are you doing?

Stop the car! National Security!

Stop the damn car!

National Security,

I'm commandeering this vehicle.

- What did I do?

- Oh, student driver, huh?

Well, lesson 12:
Man with gun,

get your ass up out the car.

- Go!

- Okay, okay, don't shoot.

And do your homework!

What the problem is?

Hey, man, do I got to solve

this crime by myself?

Unbelievable.

Big, red truck.

It's gonna be easy to find.

It's probably gonna say "Big Red"

all along the side of the truck...

...in big, red letters.

Hey, Hank, you know that file

back at Washington's office?

Well, I used my acute peripheral vision

to get a upside-down read.

- Wanna know what I saw?

- What?

On one of them papers

it said, "CIA heist."

And?

- That's all I saw, "CIA."

- That's it?

Hey, look, man, I said I got peripheral

vision, not X-ray vision, man. All right?

Now, apparently, we are caught up

in some real live...

...complex-ass, espionage sh*t.

This is great, man, isn't it?

Me and you, man, we're security guards

out here acting like real cops.

- I was a real cop, Earl.

- Well, you must've loved it, huh?

I can't believe you gave that up.

Yeah. There's Route 1.

Stay on the freeway,

it's a lot faster.

They wanna keep a low profile.

They're gonna go Route 1.

Stay on the freeway.

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