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Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

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Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)

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Reviews Counted:128

Fresh:69

Rotten:59

Average Rating:5.6/10

Consensus: It may not equal its predecessor, but Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay is still good for some laughs -- and food for thought.

Rated: R

Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Apr 25, 2008 Wide

Box Office: $38,087,366

Synopsis: America's favorite pothead pals, Harold (John Cho) and Kumar (Kal Penn), return with an uproariously un-PC sequel that skewers everything from racial prejudice to the president of the United... America's favorite pothead pals, Harold (John Cho) and Kumar (Kal Penn), return with an uproariously un-PC sequel that skewers everything from racial prejudice to the president of the United States. HAROLD & KUMAR ESCAPE FROM GUANTANAMO BAY picks up shortly after the first film, cult favorite HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE, as the boys plan an impromptu trip to the Mecca of Marijuana: Amsterdam. There, Harold will unite with the love of his life and Kumar will achieve cannabis bliss. The two soon find themselves in hot water when Kumar sneaks a bong onto the flight and is mistaken for a bomb-wielding terrorist. Indeed, after a run-in with racist Homeland Security agent Ron Fox (Rob Corddry of THE DAILY SHOW), the two land in the hottest water of all: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. After escaping from prison and fleeing back to the U.S., the two set out across country to get help from Harold's politically connected former classmate, who is also marrying the girl that Kumar let get away. Along this oddball odyssey they will encounter incestuous rednecks, the KKK, gun-toting prostitutes, and a drugged-out Neil Patrick Harris (HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER). But when the ex-classmate turns the two over to the authorities, Harold and Kumar must use their wits--plus a dash of luck and a dose of humility--to earn their freedom, win back their respective loves, and save their friendship. Original writers Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg return for both screenwriting and directing credits, ensuring that the budding franchise retains the same subversive sensibility while upping the audacity of its satire. Frequently raunchy but reveling in the bonds of acceptance and friendship, HAROLD & KUMAR ESCAPE FROM GUANTANAMO BAY is a madcap romp that delivers plenty of humorous highs. [More]

Starring: Kal Penn, John Cho, Rob Corddry, Neil Patrick Harris

Starring: Kal Penn, John Cho, Rob Corddry, Neil Patrick Harris, Roger Bart

Director: Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg

Director: Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg
Screenwriter: Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg
Producer: Greg Shapiro, Nathan Kahane
Composer: George S. Clinton
Studio: New Line Cinema

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A bag of shoddy skits that barely qualifies as a movie and taints pleasant memories of their previous clowning besides

Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment Comment
08/26/09
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

As the idea is no longer fresh and the plot has basically the same structure, it doesn't quite match the original. But the sequel delivers enough new developments to keep it interesting.

Full Review Source: The Australian | comment Comment
09/12/08
The Australian

For a stoner comedy, it makes some lucid points.

Full Review Source: MovieTime, ABC Radio National | comment Comment
09/05/08
Jason Di Rosso
Jason Di Rosso
MovieTime, ABC Radio National

Just make sure that you're really stoned when you see it.

Full Review Source: FILMINK (Australia) | comment Comment
09/05/08
Jarrod Walker
Jarrod Walker
FILMINK (Australia)

Every aspect of the production is atrocious in the extreme.The writing is awful. The direction is bilious.

Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph (Australia) | comment Comment
09/05/08
Leigh Paatsch
Leigh Paatsch
Daily Telegraph (Australia)

The film is so even-handed and so diligent in its urge to offend that after a while I felt myself go numb.

Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
09/05/08
Sandra Hall
Sandra Hall
Sydney Morning Herald

Amid the dick jokes, drug taking and gratuitous nudity, the film also serves as a salient reminder about what actually ranks as subversive comedy.

Full Review Source: The Age (Australia) | comment Comment
09/05/08
Jim Schembri
Jim Schembri
The Age (Australia)

Hurwitz and Schlossberg can't quite recapture their magic in this spotty stoner sequel.

Full Review Source: ReelzChannel.com | comment Comment
09/02/08
Heather Huntington
Heather Huntington
ReelzChannel.com

There's an abundance of toilet humour, masturbation, oral sex and fantasies about threesomes with an oversized bag of weed ... The target market will no doubt be primed

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
08/29/08
Louise Keller
Louise Keller
Urban Cinefile

Uses its sly brand of humor to say plenty about the state of race relations in the U.S. (really).

Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine) | comment Comment
08/09/08
Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

Now only a pot comedy would conceive of turning George W. into a goofy, dare I say even likable pothead who's afraid of his dad and Dick Cheney.

Full Review Source: KPBS.org | comment Comment
07/31/08
Beth Accomando
Beth Accomando
KPBS.org

Anything the filmmakers might have, could have, should have handled with even the remotest degree of subtlety...they didn't.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment 1 Comment
07/22/08
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

A prison sex slave rebellion having to do with an organ sandwich, don't ask, and a detour over to Bush's secret sex den, make this ballsy doper duo and their Blue State versus Red State rant hard to resist.

Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
07/18/08
Prairie Miller
Prairie Miller
NewsBlaze

Whereas White Castle had a freshness in its humor, Guantanamo goes crude for the sake of crudeness, to the point of ruining entire scenes.

Full Review Source: Paste Magazine | comment Comment
07/12/08
Tim Basham
Tim Basham
Paste Magazine

A drunken bachelor party kind of movie, more of a rental idea than a full-priced theater movie.

Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | comment Comment
06/28/08
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

Those wishing to defend the honor of the red states will find much to dislike here, starting with the depiction of Southerners as rednecks and Klansmen

Full Review Source: The Trend | comment 1 Comment
06/11/08
Stephen Silver
Stephen Silver
The Trend

Unfortunately, the movie has too many uninspired and shockingly unfunny moments that outweigh the good by at least a few tons.

Full Review Source: Sin Magazine | comment Comment
06/08/08
Austin Kennedy
Austin Kennedy
Sin Magazine

A surprisingly 'post-9/11' movie, it combines typical stoner humor with a plot about ethnic profiling, torture, and War on Terror paranoia. But, like, in a funny way.

Full Review Source: The Cinema Source | comment Comment
06/03/08
Michael Dance
Michael Dance
The Cinema Source

...even Doogie Howser and his imaginary unicorns can't save this film.

Full Review Source: Nolan's Pop Culture Review | comment Comment
05/20/08
Michael A. Smith
Michael A. Smith
Nolan's Pop Culture Review

Not a high point in stoner comedies, the snickering filmmakers miss their chance to take on racial profiling in the war on terror. Bongs away!

Full Review Source: SSG Syndicate | comment Comment
05/20/08
Susan Granger
Susan Granger
SSG Syndicate
 
 
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