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Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)

R 101 minutes EN Comedy , Adventure
This time they're running from the joint.
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.
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John Cho
Harold Lee
Kal Penn
Kumar Patel
Neil Patrick Harris
Neil Patrick Harris
Rob Corddry
Ron Fox
Jack Conley
Deputy Frye
David Krumholtz
Seth Goldstein
Roger Bart
Dr. Jack Beecher
Eric Winter
Colton Graham
Christopher Meloni
Grand Wizard
Danneel Ackles
Vanessa Fanning

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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 the ridiculousness of the situations from the first movie. I honestly think they just did everything they thought they couldn't get away with in the original.
I can easily say this is just as good as the original, which feels rare in movies.

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Official website: http://www.haroldandkumar.com
Production companies: New Line Cinema, Kingsgate Films, Mandate Pictures, Mandate International
Production countries: United States of America
Budget: $12,000,000
Revenue: $43,493,123

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R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian 21 or older. The parent/guardian is required to stay with the child under 17 through the entire movie, even if the parent gives the child/teenager permission to see the film alone. These films may contain strong profanity, graphic sexuality, nudity, strong violence, horror, gore, and strong drug use. A movie rated R for profanity often has more severe or frequent language than the PG-13 rating would permit. An R-rated movie may have more blood, gore, drug use, nudity, or graphic sexuality than a PG-13 movie would admit.)

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