National Security/Trailer transcripts

"What's the Difference" by Dr. Dre ft. Eminem and Xzibit, which plays throughout the trailer, begins. After multiple shots of outside Los Angeles, we cut to two policemen in a car: Earl (Martin Lawrence) and Hank (Steve Zahn). Earl waves his badge around, imitating a police siren, until...
:Hank: Earl! That's enough.
:Earl: Oh. (He makes further high-pitched noise.)
Cut to a stylized title reading "THEY'RE ARMED," followed by a clip of Hank accidentally dropping a gun - and firing it.
:Hank: (As he goes to pick up the gun) Sorry.
Next title: "THEY'RE DANGEROUS." Cut to...
:Citizen: WAIT, THAT'S MY CAR! (Earl and Hank look at the car driving away. Earl fires a few bullets into the car, which crashes into another one parked alongside it.)
:Earl: You may reprocure your vehicle. (Just then, it explodes, and the cops look at it, horrified.)
Next title: "THEY'RE SECURITY GUARDS." In the next clip, Earl's driving a police car.
:Earl: This is great, man, isn't it? Me and you, security guards, out here actin' like real cops.
:Hank: Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa! (Earl's driving sends them crashing into a few explosive barrels.)
The Columbia Pictures logo zooms out, and over it, "COLUMBIA" and "A SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY" appear in the same font as the previous titles. It then cuts to our next clip, and the song stops.
:Hank: You have somethin' in your teeth.
:Earl: Where, here, or here?
Hank punches him out, and the soundtrack changes to a rock tune as we get a montage of Earl and Hank on the job. After a shot of Earl roundhousing Hank, the title "A BUDDY COMEDY" appears, and we cut to the both of them hanging on the back of a truck. The door opens on Earl's side.
:Hank: No, whoa, whoa! Sorry!
Earl screams and flings the door all around the moving truck, only to come back and smack Hank. Next title: "WITHOUT THE BUDDIES." Another shot of L.A., and another scene of the duo in the car.
:Hank: Sorry, thank you. (Earl socks him in the face.) Ow! God!
Cut to a scene of Earl on foot
:Earl: Stop the damn car! ("MARTIN LAWRENCE" appears over the next shot of Earl, which freeze-frames. After shots of a car crashing through a sign and Earl cartwheeling, we get him shooting at cardboard cutouts of people.)
:Officer: You realize that you missed the target in the middle.
:Earl: (As he looks at the middle target, a chubby black man toting two AKs, and the soundtrack switches to techno) Who, the brother? Look at him, surrounded by four white guys with guns; the man is terrified.
In our next scene, Earl is pulled out of a truck, and on the following shot of Hank, "STEVE ZAHN" appears over it and freeze-frames. We then see a woman grabbing Earl by his shirt collar.
:Hank: Put him down. (Earl struggles) ...in a minute or two. No hurry.
She tosses Earl onto the ground, and it's back to the truck scene. Earl and Hank's RV flies off the bridge and crashes into the road underneath, and after more action scenes, Hank is on the street, holding out his badge. The car in front of him stops.
:Hank: NATIONAL SECURITY! GET OUT OF THE DAMN CAR!
:Passenger: (As she slaps him) Didn't yo' mama teach you any manners?! At least you could ask me nicely!
Beat, then "What's the Difference" resumes, and "NATIONAL SECURITY" appears over a nighttime shot of L.A. Then Earl's car crashes through a window, chasing an officer down.
:Officer: You're insane!
:Earl: And you resisted arrest!
Earl knocks the guy down with his door and laughs, and a black screen showing "SonyPictures.com," "DISTRIBUTED THROUGH SONY PICTURES RELEASING," and the Columbia Pictures logo wipes in from the left. After several seconds, it fades out, ending the trailer.
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