Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

2008

Action / Adventure / Comedy

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 52% · 134 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 60% · 250K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 141574 141.6K

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Plot summary

Having satisfied their urge for White Castle, Harold and Kumar jump on a plane to catch up with Harold's love interest, who's headed for the Netherlands. But the pair must change their plans when Kumar is accused of being a terrorist. Rob Corddry also stars in this wild comedy sequel that follows the hapless stoners' misadventures as they try to avoid being captured by the Department of Homeland Security.


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Reviewed by jaredmobarak 8 / 10

Y2K?…Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

If you enjoyed Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle and have any reservations about the sequel, fear not. Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay may not be quite the same as its predecessor, but it brings enough of the story mechanics back and the stoner humor that made it a cult success. Writers Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, also serving as directors this time around, have upped the ante like the sequel cliché goes. There is more nudity, (with a bottomless party, how could there not?), a lot more swearing, and just plain old vulgarities every single second. As for the premise's blatant sending up of racial stereotypes and epithets, even those get a shot of adrenaline going from the city streets of Alabama, a KKK kegger, and the bigoted government officials unable to decipher the weird Chinese dialect, called English, spoken by Harold's parents. It definitely isn't pretty, bodily fluids flow freely, but the laughs never cease. When your goal is to bring the funny and there are times in the theatre when one can't hear the next line because of uproarious laughter, you know success is yours.

The beauty of this film is the amount of fun you know these guys are having. To get all the principals back for a second go round of a film that did no bank at the box office is quite the feat. Sure DVD sales and internet buzz was huge for the original, but did anyone ever think the boys would actually get to Amsterdam on the big screen? I know I didn't have that much faith. People could badmouth this effort very easily for many reasons, most obvious is the fact that it is pretty much the exact same film as the first. Yet, there were very few instances where I wasn't laughing let alone smiling at the proceedings. When else can you see a nod to the classics like The Goonies done so well? My biggest concern going in was with the war on terrorism satire that the trailers tried so hard to get across. When you put in an actor to play someone like George W. Bush, it can backfire and go completely awry. Surprisingly, though, that scene, amongst others, is actually pretty well done. The ineptitude of the American government is portrayed often—and actor Rob Corddry is the worst part of the film spearheading that aspect; I just don't like his schtick—yet there is always someone there to play the other side (Roger Bart) and show that while they know there are mistakes, they aren't a bunch of buffoons going around willy-nilly. If nothing else this film should be credited for finally having the guts to poke fun at the tragedy of 9-11. It's been so long and I think that humor is necessary for any sort of healing process. To have the fortitude to do the airplane scene with Kumar laughing in his Taliban garb motioning a crashing airport is not something to tread with lightly. Hurwitz and Schlossberg decided to go pedal to the metal with this film and they never make a compromise, kudos to them for that.

The film begins right where the first left off and everyone is still in the same frame of mind. To add a little spice to the mix, we do get introduced to a new character, Vanessa, an old flame of Kumar's. Being that she is about to marry an aspiring politician, the inclusion not only plays into the need of a love interest, (Maria is still in Amsterdam, and of course we all know the boys don't make it off the plane to see her), but also into the ability to bring the government in through his connections. Being on the cusp of even having the President attend his wedding, who better to go to for help in absolving their terrorist accusations? Vanessa is well played by the attractive Danneel Harris in a role that doesn't get much screen time. She is, however, involved in probably my favorite scene of the film—a flashback on how she meets Kumar and shows him the world of narcotics. It is a fantastic sequence helping to align his brains with the lifestyle he has begun to live in…and there is a brilliant cameo by Harold that brought the house down.

Of course the movie would be nothing without John Cho and Kal Penn, the titular characters respectively. Their rapport is fully intact and the shenanigans they get into are the impetus of the story. It's a shame that Cho is in practically nothing and Penn has been relegated to roles without lines (Superman Returns) and television ("24" and "House") because they could do so much better (as evidenced with The Namesake). This is their film and they do not disappoint, right until the end credits. There are a lot of cameos here as well, mostly from people that we saw in the original. Playing themselves in either stereotypical ways or as the butt of a racial joke, it's good to see them have a sense of humor. If only everyone in real life could have that attitude they wouldn't be cultivating racism by the sheer fact they accuse everyone of it. While that is probably another discussion for another time, at least this broad comedy has enough cultural value to realize it and put it into the minds of college kids for whom the film targets.

Oh, and did I mention Neil Patrick Harris? No? Well that must be because he is so brilliant words can't even describe. What a conclusion to his arc, just fantastic.

Reviewed by jboothmillard 4 / 10

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

I saw the first film the duo appeared in, Get the Munchies, that was actually really funny, I only knew there was this follow up from seeing the DVD cover numerous times, but I had no idea of critical opinions until much later, I was going to try it regardless. Basically, following the events of their road trip adventure to White Castle, Harold Lee (John Cho) and Kumar Patel (Epic Movie's Kal Penn) are taking a flight from New Jersey and heading for Amsterdam, there Harold hopes to continue a romance with his neighbour Maria (Paula Garcés), and Kumar wants to stop his love interest Vanessa (Danneel Harris) getting married, but during the flight they are mistaken as terrorists when a lit bong is seen and misheard to be a bomb. They are arrested and at Washington D.C. obsessive and racist Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Ron Fox (Hot Tub Time Machine's Rob Corddry) sends them to Guantanamo Bay, but not long after arriving they get the opportunity to escape the military prison in Cuba, and catch a refugee boat to Miami, Florida. Harold and Kumar meet up with college buddy Raza (Amir Talai), at one of his parties when women only wear tops and nothing else, he loans them a car and they travel to Texas and get some help from politically linked friend Colton (Eric Winter), and while Harold and Kumar's English fluent parents are being interrogated by Fox and the incompetent Interpreter (Ed Helms), the duo end up lost in Birmingham, Alabama. They crash their car and spend night in a well-kept trailer home with a friendly hunter, who shares marijuana with them, they also get a shock seeing the guy's inbred cycloptic son, and then the next thing they know they end up in a Ku Klux Klan rally disguising themselves in the robes trying to avoid getting caught, but failing and being chased. While Fox is still ignoring any indication that the two escapees are actually American, Harold and Kumar are saved by Neil Patrick Harris, who is under the influence of magic mushrooms, takes them to a brothel where he spends time with a large breasted prostitute, and the duo talk issues with the girls, but they flee after a prostitute is branded, and Harris is shot in the back. They do eventually arrive in Texas and get to Colton, but get caught by Fox and end up almost heading back to Guantanamo Bay, they end up falling with a parachute from a plane and getting assistance from George W. Bush (James Adomian), he helps pardon their crimes, they rush to Vanessa's wedding to Colton, he gets a punch in the face from Harold, and Kumar reconnects with Vanessa, the three go to Amsterdam together, where Harold reunites with his ex Maria, oh, and Neil Patrick Harris survived getting shot. Also starring Jack Conley as Deputy Frye, Roger Bart as Dr. Beecher, Jon Reep as Raymus, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory's Missi Pyle as Raylene, Beverly D'Angelo as Sally, Echo Valley as Tits Hemingway and Eddie Kaye Thomas as Rosenberg. The leading actors were much better in their previous film but relatively alright, the road movie could have been done much better, and the slapstick and some gross jokes just go a little too far on occasion, I didn't find myself laughing all that much, bits and pieces that weren't too disgusting or predictable made it sort of alright, but it was a bit of of disappointing comedy adventure. Okay!

Reviewed by lee_eisenberg 5 / 10

Here's what would happen if Borat had gotten sent to Gitmo

I never saw the first Harold & Kumar movie. If this one is any indication, the first one must have been one giant litany of teenage boy humor. Basically, our heroes (John Cho and Kal Penn) are on their way to Amsterdam with the aim of smoking as much pot as possible when a passenger mistakes Kumar for a terrorist, and our heroes get sent to Gitmo. They escape and the rest of the movie is one silly thing after another. I suspect that it was a fun experience to film "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay". In my opinion, former "Daily Show" correspondent Rob Corddry - looking almost exactly like Alan Arkin - is the best cast member, as an FBI agent whose approach to everything is based on ethnic stereotypes.

Anyway, it's a fun romp, if rather stupid. Also starring Neil Patrick Harris, Paula Garces and Clyde Kusatsu.

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