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Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
John Cho, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick
Harris |
| MPAA Rated: |
R |
| Released By: |
New Line
Cinema |
| Web Site: |
www.haroldandkumar.com |
| Kiddie Movie: |
Only if you are
the worst parent ever. |
| Date Movie: |
Only if she liked
the "White Castle" version. |
| Gratuitous Sex: |
Sex, and both
topless and bottomless nudity. |
| Gratuitous
Violence: |
There is actually
a shooting death. |
| Action: |
Not really any
action. |
| Laughs: |
For the residents
of the Land of the Easily Amused. |
| Memorable
Scene: |
The boys getting
stoned with the President was both disturbing yet amusing. |
| Memorable
Quote: |
F you.
Donuts are awesome! |
| Directed By: |
Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg |
| Produced By: |
Nathan Kahane, Greg Shapiro |
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Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
A Movie Review |
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So you make a little movie about a couple of stoners in
need of some munchies, specifically some "White Castle"
hamburgers, and sure, the budget was only around $9 million,
but the movie tally in theaters didn’t even crack the $20
million mark. With those simple stats you would say there
would never be a sequel, but thanks to the DVD world being
filled with college kids and stoners, "Harold & Kumar Go to
White Castle" on paper became quite a nice hit. So what do
you do if you’re a movie studio? Why you make a sequel, of
course, and what the hell, let’s send our two stoners to
Guantanamo Bay, escape, and then crash into the President’s
house only to find out that he has some good weed.
Yup, "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay."
Kal Pen is back as Kumar, John Cho is back as Harold, and
Harold is in love. He’s so much in love that he can’t wait
the ten days for the love of his life, Maria (Paula Garces)
to come back to the United States from Amsterdam, so he and
Kumar board a jet plane to the land of prostitutes, weed,
and Anne Frank. Sadly, Kumar can’t deal with a long plane
ride without getting stoned, the word "bong" sounds like
"bomb," and our heroes come across Ron Fox (Rob Corddry),
the totally inept chief of Homeland Security, finding
themselves imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay with the rest of the
terrorists. Opportunity arises, the boys find themselves
able to escape, catch a boat ride to Miami, and meet up with
an old friend who is tired of "topless" parties so he begins
the "bottomless" party revolution, much to the delight of
Harold and Kumar. But the boys are now on a mission, to get
to Texas and the wedding of Kumar’s old flame Vanessa (Danneel
Haris) to Colton (Eric Winter), because Colton’s dad is high
up in the government echelon and might be able to help restore
the good names of Harold and Kumar.
And so, like the "White Castle" version, the duo has many
interesting adventures during their journey from Florida to
Texas, including coming across a family of rednecks, a Klan
barbecue, and hanging with a caricature of our President,
with this one being a beer-drinking, pot-smoking partier who
is afraid of Dick Cheney.
And, oh yea, Neil Patrick Harris is back to reprise his
role as himself, fully putting his "Doogie Howser" days
behind him, and Ron Fox being a fan of his work in "Starship
Troopers" is very beneficial to our stoners.
In the land of normal folks may I recommend you stay away
from "Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay," but if you
are a resident of the Land of the Easily Amused, of which I
am the self-professed King, this sequel will give you the
laughs, grossness, nudity (even bottom), and chuckles you
can fully expect, especially if you liked the original.
Dudettes, you might be better off going to see
"Baby Mama,"
but you college dudes, stoners, or people who just can’t
seem to grow up, go ahead and catch the boys who are done
with slyders, for now and are just looking to become
friends again. 3 ½ stars out of 5 for giving me exactly what
it advertised.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!!
L8R!!! |
