I watched this movie on the recommendation of a co-worker, BD. Although I had heard of the movie, I never found it a bang in the theatres and so never watched it, but anyway.
Starring John Cho as Harold Lee and Kal Penn as Kumar Patel, this movie is a comedy about the adventures of two drugged guys during a night, when they are travelling to fill their hunger with burgers and fries from an outlet called the White Castle. One almost begins to wonder if there is so much time over a night.
Harold is ill-treated at work, in society and likes a fellow neighbour, but is always speechless and even acts trollish around her. With all these troubles, he has to put up with his brown roomie, who cuts his private hair in Harold's room with Harold's scissors.
Kumar is a brilliant student and has wonderful marks and record, but getting high is his only passion. He has to put up with his dad's decisions of becoming a doctor because he needs to be supported financially. But, when it comes to marijuana, Harold is his best bud.
So they do it again one night and when their hunger strikes, they want to have something different. White Castle's burger and fries on the TV makes their mouth water and they decide to eat only when they get there. Kumar knows of an outlet and when they get there, they find out that the outlet has been replaced by another franchise and are given the location of another outlet.
On the way, at a toll gate, their change doesn't work and Harold, in fright of the cops, drops the only weed that they had. Now Kumar is adamant on getting more stash and suggests going over to Kim's, a girl who likes Harold very much. Against his will, Harold spends time with Kim, while Kumar hunts for the stash. Kumar gets the stash and a date with two hot chics. While they are smoking, a security guard smells them and follows them. They find out that the party that Harold turned down is actually the coolest Asian gathering and to escape from the guards, they hide in the ladies.
As a couple girls (who were the same chics that Kumar got date with) come into the washroom, they hide in a cubicle, only to overhear the game of 'battleshit' between the girls. No words can describe this scene and only watching it can make up for it.
The guys miss their stash in the washroom and run out, only to bang into the guy who sold them the illegal stuff. As the guy is caught, Harold and Kumar make an escape. Along the way, Kumar needs to attend to nature's call and he leaves the door open. A raccoon enters the car, without Harold's knowledge. As they drive, the raccoon attacks them and they go to the hospital to check if Harold has rabies.
While in the hospital, Kumar sees his dad and reconciles with him. Then the boys don medical staff uniform to find medical marijuana, but are pulled into an emergency situation. When Kumar realizes, there is no stash, he brings the emergency under control and they leave.
While driving, they pass by a theatre, where Maria (Harold's love interest) is waiting to watch Harold's favourite movie. As Kumar calls out to Maria, Harold leaps under and pushes the accelerator. The car moves and swerves out of control down the hill. Now their car is not moving in a deserted place. But they find some hideous guy, Freak Show who helps them. Again, the scene where Harold is tolerating this guy is hilarious. When they reach Freak Show's house, the wife is exceptionally hot and she welcomes their advances. Just when they are about to do it, Freak Show walks in and when he suggests a foursome, the guys make a run for it.
They meet a famous actor (as a hitchhiker) on the way. Since none of them knew the way to get onto the highway, they stop by at a petrol station. Although they get the directions, their car gets stolen and they are also witnesses to a group of guys teasing the brown store owner. When they decide to make a call, a cop arrests Harold.
In the cell, Harold meets another black man, who claims that he is always ill-treated and it has become his way of life. Kumar comes by to rescue Harold and they make their escape amidst confusion and with a stash of marijuana, that was confiscated from another guy.
They meet a cheetah in the woods and giving it marijuana, they tame it and ride it. But Harold falls off and Kumar comes to the rescue. Harold finds out that his entire night's work material is lost and destroyed. Then they find the hitchhiker driving by, using Harold's car for his own pleasure.
Thoroughly down, they walk to the nearest food centre and they find the teasing guys there too. Harold has a plan and they escape with the teasing guys' truck. As they speed, a cop car picks on them and follows. Harold and Kumar move on even faster, take a detour and end up on a cliff overseeing White Castle. They decide to get there by hand gliding.
Finally they make it, but discover Harold has no money on him (the cop who arrested him steals the money). Suddenly the hitchhiker shows up and pays for the food and some money for repairing Harold's car.
Harold finds his workmates at the outlet and gives them a good word thrashing. They return to their apartment only to find Maria. Kumar sets up so that Harold and Maria are alone in the elevator. After some talk, Harold and Maria get together, but she has to leave for Amsterdam. When Harold returns to his floor, Kumar's suggests going to Amsterdam to follow Maria.
There ends the crazy movie. Although much of the movie wasn't relatable to, the movie was a hilarious sequence of events. Worth a few watches.
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