Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) on Netflix
Harold Lee and Kumar Patel fly to Amsterdam so Harold can surprise Maria, the neighbor he loves. When other travelers take Kumar's smokeless bong for a bomb, sky marshals seize them.
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Plot summary
Harold Lee and Kumar Patel fly to Amsterdam, where Harold hopes to surprise Maria, the neighbor he loves. At the airport they meet Vanessa Fanning, Kumar's former girlfriend. She is engaged to Colton Graham, Harold's college friend, whose family has political ties. On the plane, other passengers take the smokeless bong Kumar made for a bomb. Sky marshals seize the pair. Ron Fox, a Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, decides they are agents of an Al-Qaeda and North Korean conspiracy and sends them to Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, against the advice of Dr. John Beecher, an NSA Deputy Director.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Before its release, the film drew backlash for its comedic portrayal of Guantanamo Bay, and Amnesty International mounted a campaign to highlight detainees' testimonies of abuse and torture at the camp.
- John Cho, who plays Harold, is the lead singer of the band Viva la Union and wrote the song "Chinese Baby" that appears on the film's soundtrack.
- Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay was the first New Line Cinema title released after the studio's transition under Warner Bros., which put the film out theatrically in the United States.
