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Dir: Dennis Dugan. US. 2002. 90mins. The interracial cop comedy has not looked too healthy of late, but National Security suggests there may still be life in the genre. Well designed for its star and executive producer Martin Lawrence, the reliably funny, action-spiked buddy caper has taken $35m after four weeks, after it opened to $16.8m on 2,729 screens, delivering fair returns for distributor Columbia and producers Outlaw and Intermedia, for who the project kicks off an overall pr
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