Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

After successfully seeking out the ultimate slider in the 2004 stoner comedy Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, the cannabis-craving twosome returns in this high-flying sequel that finds them labeled terrorists for attempting to sneak a marijuana-smoking implement on a flight to Amsterdam. Harold ...more

So the 21st century's favorite stoner duo, Harold and Kumar, have returned in a hydro-powered sequel, Harold and Kumar Escape from Guatanamo Bay. It's a worthy follow-up, and like most comedy sequels, it lights up more of the same old tricks to spark big laughs. In this case, everything's been kicked up a notch. There's more weed, more nudity and more Neil Patrick Harris. How could you go wrong? The film picks up where its predecessor left off. Harold (John Cho) and Kumar (Kal Penn) are ...more

It would be hard for any sequel to live up to the precedent set by what turned out to be one of the best stoner comedies ever made, but Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay is thankfully as funny as the original. It's just as raunchy and wild -- extolling the virtues of weed and female genitalia at every opportunity -- but where the first one largely concerned itself with the message of slackerdom, this one is surprisingly subversive, taking unexpected shots at the hypocritical political ...more