The guys that brought you “Superbad” return this August to bring you “Pineapple Express”. A movie about a stoner in the stage of his life where dating a 17 year old high school student is unacceptable, yet he still does it along with..well..smoking weed. The movie summary seems simple enough, but the movie is so much more than its summary! Missing this movie would be like…killing a Unicorn.
Dale Denton (Rogen), a lazy stoner visits his equally lazy dealer, Saul Silver (Franco), to purchase marijuana, specifically a rare new strain called Pineapple Express. By accident, Dale witnesses a murder by a crooked police officer Carol Brazier (Rosie Perez) and the city’s most dangerous drug lord, Ted Jones (Gary Cole). In panic, he flees the scene and accidentally drops his roach of Pineapple Express. Dale speedily drives back to Saul to find out if the strain of marijuana is so rare that it could be traced back to him. The two are forced to run for their lives, they quickly discover they are not suffering from paranoia from the marijuana, rather the bad guys are hot on their tracks trying to kill them.
When I saw the movie, I walked in not knowing what the film was about. I saw none of trailers. I took a chance, I am happy I did.
I was not impressed by Superbad, but this movie more than makes up for it.
The lead cast consists of Seth Rogan as Dale Denton, and James Franco as Saul Silver the dim witted drug dealer.
We also see the return of Rosie Perez as the crooked police officer part of a drug ring. This film has countless hilarious moments. This film has everything from religious banter to gun toting ninjas!
(Who knew you could make a weed action flick? THUG LIFE!)
There isn’t any stellar acting performances in the movie…but who needs it if you are already high? If you walk into the movie knowing you are seeing a comedy, you will not be disappointed!
Here is a clip of the making of the song used in the promo…
Diplo & MIA made great music together…makes me sad.
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first half of Pineapple Express was about half as good as Knocked Up; the second half was almost as bad as Freddy God Fingered