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Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)

 -  Adventure | Comedy  -  25 April 2008 (USA)
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Follows the cross-country adventures of the pot-smoking duo as they try to outrun authorities who suspect them of being terrorists when they try to sneak a bong on board their flight to Amsterdam.

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The morning they return from their White Castle road trip, Harold and Kumar decide to go to Amsterdam because Harold doesn't want to wait ten days to see Maria again. On the plane, Kumar lights up his new bong, the air marshals think it's a bomb, and Harold and Kumar are arrested as terrorists and sent to Guantanamo Bay. Ordered to fellate a guard, they manage to escape, make their way to Florida, and head for Texas to find Kumar's ex-girlfriend's fiancé, the well-connected Colton, and get him to intercede with Washington on their behalf. Kumar still has a thing for Vanessa, the feds are in hot pursuit, and the legal weed of Amsterdam seems a long way away. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>

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$12,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£265,346 (UK) (30 May 2008)

Gross:

$38,087,366 (USA) (11 July 2008)
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Production Assistant Carol Trevino was killed in an auto accident while working on the film. See more »

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The bandage across Harold's eye moves or disappears throughout the beginning of the movie. See more »

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[first lines]
Kumar Patel: [taking a dump] Oh God, dude!
Harold Lee: [in shower] What the fuck? What the fuck? What are you doing?
Kumar Patel: I'm taking the most incredible dump of all time, man.
Harold Lee: You couldn't wait until I got out of the shower?
Kumar Patel: Um, may I remind you that we both just ate 30 burgers and 4 large orders of fries?
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Kumar Patel: Don't worry, in a little bit I'm sure it'll hit you too.
Harold Lee: Maybe, but I'm going to wait until you get out of the shower!
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A worthy sequel
20 July 2009 | by (New York) – See all my reviews

To be honest, after seeing the first movie 'Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle' and being pleased with it i didn't think they will meet my expectations on this sequel...and i was quite wrong because this movie is a totally worthy sequel. I thought like, 'Guantanamo Bay', okay a prison, what will this be, a parody on 'Prison Break' or something like that? Well it's nothing like that, i don't want to make any spoilers but let's just stay that there is only like one scene in prison and everything else is basically like it was in the first H & K movie, cross-country trips, this time it's more like a 'Road Trip' than the first one was where they were just looking for a burger joint. It's cheesier sure, because unlike the first H & K, 'Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay' reaches that well-known spot in plot of romantic-teen-comedies, you know the good ol' my ex-girlfriend is getting married now i realized i love her so much we need to travel through 10 states to stop this wedding! Sounds very familiar? It should because i think i saw like dozen of movies with that kind of script. Neil Patrick Harris appears again and this time his appearance is much more significant and even funnier than in the first movie. John Cho and Kal Penn look almost the same as they did 4 years ago when the first movie was made, which was somewhat important because the events in this movie don't happen 4 years after the events in first, this movie practically picks off where the original film ended, something that has been the case with the whole 'Back to the Future' trilogy. If i had to answer the question which movie is better than i'd have to say the first one, although there is very very little to separate these two movies, in quality of humor, acting and entertainment that is, because the plot is obviously very different. Even though i think that the first H & K is slightly better, i still think that this movie is made for bigger masses than the first one and by saying that i recommend it to absolutely everyone.


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