Harold and Kumar Escape Guantanamo a Can’t Miss Comedy
April 27th, 2008It may be totally campy with a lot of grade school humor and far fetched situational comedy, but the chemistry between actors John Cho and Kal Penn has not changed since the first installment of the pothead comedy Harold and Kumar, and it’s still well worth the watch. The opening scene starts off to set the tone for the movie, with a certain bathroom incident, blatantly put out their by the producers, a masturbation scene that was so ridiculous that you had to laugh or you weren’t human, and lots and lots of talk about weed.
Harold and Kumar were getting packed for their trip to Amsterdam, where of course we all know, weed is legal. This is the equivalent of a paradise to a pothead, and Harold and Kumar were ready to go in the opening scenes. Then it all goes wrong when Harold’s home made smokeless bong is mistaken for a bomb on the plane and Harold and Kumar are thrown into jail by a bunch of stereotypically ignorant “Americans” who are anything but diplomatic in their handling of minorities or anyone that appears “different”.
The political incorrectness in the movie is hilarious, and it’s nice to see a movie make light of subjects that some movies take way too seriously in an attempt to “make a point”. If you want to just laugh for an hour and a half straight and you can handle bawdy, raw comedy, then this movie is for you. If you watch it and you don’t laugh, you probably take yourself a little too seriously. Just relax and suspend all reality for a while, and you may even feel like you’re getting high right along with the heroes of this hysterical romp!

























