Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
Dir: Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg
2008
**
Much like the first film, there are moments of genuinely funny comedy but these are fleeting. In the first film Harold and Kumar look for the best munchie following a night of heavy smoking, in Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay they try to deal with a much bigger issue; deconstructing stereotype and prejudice. It's a hell of a jump. I'm guessing they chose a deeper, more philosophical subject due to it being the second association when one is 'high' on marijuana after 'getting the munchies'. A film about stereotypes that overlooks it's own use of stereotype could be looked upon as post-modern brilliance. That or poor writing. It's pretty offensive all round although I doubt anyone can be that offended when it's obvious that the makers know very little about the subjects they're sending up. Indeed, I wonder if they've ever smoked Cannabis/had sex/driven a car/drunk a beer etc as it all seems to have been written by a 12 year old.