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 In cinemas Thursday [M]
Directors: Jon Hurwitz & Hayden Schlossberg
Runtime: 100 mins.
Despite how baked many viewers of Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle were when they saw it, since its release four years ago (yes dude, it really has been that long), it has proven a memorable film. Now, with Harold And Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay, audiences are presented with nothing less than the finest stoner buddy film of its generation, an instant addition to the canon, a title truly worthy of eventually rubbing DVD spines with likes of Cheech & Chong’s Up In Smoke.
We’re rejoined with college buddies Harold (John Cho) and Kumar (Kal Penn) at their dorm. They’re just back from the White Castle trip, and about to hit Amsterdam, where Harold’s gonna surprise his smoking hot dream girl, Maria (Paula Garcés). Kumar busts in on Harold’s in-shower fantasy about Maria to take the most incredible dump of all time. He can’t wait. After all, he reminds us, they did just eat “30 burgers and four large orders of fries.”
Things only get better from this explosive, knowingly intestinal introduction. In the course of Harold and Kumar’s false incarceration at Guantanamo Bay, abrupt escape, and pursuit of freedom, we’re also treated to non-consenting interracial prison fellatio, copious weed, genital close-ups, dumb cops, Southern-style incest, a one-eyed mutant, the KKK, and Neil Patrick Harris. And a message about overcoming 9/11 paranoia and hang-ups about racial groups. And also unicorns, homicidal hookers, and the track My Dick by Mickey Avalon.
If this sounds like your kind of gear, you probably already know about Escape from Guantanamo Bay so I don’t need to tell you how dope it is. If this doesn’t sound like your ‘cup of tea,’ there is probably something wrong with you. Maybe try putting this review down, rolling a doob, and renting White Castle. Or even just getting toasted and reading this review again, but all the way through this time. Basically you need to work out a way to get into the Harold and Kumar movies because they are really good, and if you’re fried you will easily see what I mean.
This movie is a legitimate, non-prescription form of stress relief – the good, natural kind that works, not the artificial pharmaceutical kind that tells you how to feel. It’s also a colourful and playful tale about achieving peace and fulfilling fantasies, while overcoming assholes and squares. This is a worthy tale, and when it’s played out by two beleaguered buddies who are always getting into adventures with randoms, it attains awesomeness. I love Harold and Kumar.
****
ADAM DODD
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