Easy Rider probably started it all, but the concept of the marijuana adventure film certainly reached its zenith with the 2004 release of Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.
HAROLD & KUMAR ESCAPE FROM GUANTANAMO BAY
Rated R
John Cho, Kal Penn, Rob Corddry, Jack Conley, Roger Bart
Brian's Rating
Easy Rider probably started it all, but the concept of the marijuana adventure film certainly reached its zenith with the 2004 release of Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.
The sequel to that modestly successful but undeniably entertaining film is now on DVD, as John Cho and Kal Penn reprise their roles as unapologetic hemp enthusiasts in search of their herb of preference.
In round two, the boys are mistaken for terrorists while on an overseas flight and find themselves detained in a Guantanamo Bay prison.
Their quest to clear their names takes them from Cuba to Florida to Texas, and places them in intimate contact with sadistic guards, inept government agents, sympathetic hookers, the Klan, Neal Patrick Harris, and the President of the United States.
While not quite as funny as the original, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay has enough frat-boy humor and bold nudity to keep the franchise alive.