Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay Poster

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)

R 04/25/2008 Comedy, Adventure 1h 41m
63%
User
Score
6.5/10
53%
57/100

This time they're running from the joint.

Overview

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.

Hayden Schlossberg

Screenplay

Jon Hurwitz

Screenplay

Part of the Harold & Kumar Collection

Includes Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay and other great movies.

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Top Billed Cast

John Cho

John Cho

Harold Lee

Kal Penn

Kal Penn

Kumar Patel

Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris

Rob Corddry

Rob Corddry

Ron Fox

Roger Bart

Roger Bart

Dr. Jack Beecher

Danneel Ackles

Danneel Ackles

Vanessa Fanning

Eric Winter

Eric Winter

Colton Graham

Jon Reep

Jon Reep

Raymus

Missi Pyle

Missi Pyle

Raylene

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Media

Original Theatrical Trailer

Original Theatrical Trailer

Available Now on Blu-ray/DVD

Available Now on Blu-ray/DVD

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NPH & Unicorns

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Bunch o' Dumb Rednecks

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Reviews

A review by Kamurai

Written on September 15, 2020

Decent watch, could watch again, and can recommend.

It definitely doesn't stand alone, you've got to see the first movie for this one to have enough context for the situation.

It is nice that they shuffled the structure around a little, giving Kumar the love interest instead of Harold, but he's still the "problem causer" in the pair. This turns into more abuse humor focused on Harold, even more than the first movie.

Where the first movie had a much more passive antagonist and it was more of situational adversity, this has the U.S. Government as an active antagonist. This makes it political and a little less fun, but more importantly it about them running FROM something as opposed to running TO something.

While this formula is a little less fun by structure, they managed to up...

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