We have been alerted to some of the first official reviews to appear for Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay and, though they are mixed, they are still better than could be expected.
Official Reviews for Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo
With a film as non-PC as Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, I figured many of the first official reviews would blast it. I mean, let's face it -- this isn't exactly an arthouse film. The good news is that, if you liked the first installment, you should get a kick out of this as well.
Variety
Radical Muslim terrorists, inbred Deep Southerners, Homeland Security xenophobes and President George W. Bush are among the primary targets bruised and battered by the sledgehammering satire of "Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay," an over-the-top and beyond-PC comedy that sometimes deftly, sometimes slapdashedly infuses party-hearty anarchy with hectoring moral outrage. An appreciably more politically charged follow-up to 2004's "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle" (a piddling B.O. performer that nonetheless achieved cult-fave status on DVD), this raucous road-trip laffer, set for an April 25 release, should perform exceptionally well with auds primed by its predecessor.
Hollywood Reporter
The stoner duo's second film, "Harold & Kumar: Escape From Guantanamo Bay," lacks the fresh charm that made their first such an unexpected (if guilty) pleasure. Word-of-mouth likely will be bad, so producers should pray that their bong-hitting target audience is alert enough to get out on opening weekend. "Escape" bows April 25. It screened over the weekend at the South by Southwest film festival.
After the funny plot-starting sequence, in which Kumar brings a high-tech bong on an international flight and gets them both mistaken for would-be bombers, the character's string of stupid moves plays out less like endearing haplessness than like willful, inexplicable attempts to wreck his buddy's life.
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Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay opens to theaters April 25th.
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