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Action packed and extremely funny.
Meako from ,
8th September, 2008
Written by the duo responsible for Superbad, Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg, with Judd Apatow throwing a few ideas in the mix, Pineapple Express is a sizzling mix of comedy and action. Rogan plays Dale Denton, a twenty-something slacker who earns his pay serving subpoenas to people, and spends his pay on smoking weed. However when he goes to issue a subpaoena to a Ted Jones (Gary Cole) he ends up witnessing an execution which put Dale and his dealer, Saul (James Franco) in mortal peril. The two go on the run, pursued by corrupt cops, inept hitmen, and never knowing who to trust. The film balances the serious action with the comic moments brilliantly, with the violence being very brutal, but also extemely comical in the ineptness of it all. Fights are not skilled, choreographed artforms as you tend to see in action films, but are clumsy and amateur in style, as they would be in reality, resulting in sloppy grappling, slaps, hair pulling, and biting. This is made all the more amusing by the stoned nature of the fighters, and the often bizzare cries made in the thick of the fight ('He's punching my bum!' or 'Time-out time-out!') As with Superbad there is an underlying message in the film (something to do with accepting responsibility, realising who your friends really are, and growing up), but it never feels like it intrudes on the sheer fun of seeing someone in a high speed car chase with his foot through the windscreen. The banter thrown around between the players in the tale contains some true laugh-out-loud moments, especially when Dale and Saul are getting 'stoner paranoia'. Another great entry in the canon of entertainment coming from the Apatow studios.
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