Pineapple Express

The Story

This is the story of a weed smoker called Dale Denton played by Seth Rogen who’s job it is to be a process server by dressing up as different characters to bluff people into a court summons. There is nothing he likes better than to chill out with a big weed spliff bought from his dealer Saul Silver played by James Franco.

After visiting his dealer he goes to process a man called Ted Jones played by Gary Cole and while outside having one last tug on his spliff he witnesses a murder by Ted and a female cop then quickly (by helplessly crashing into two cars to make his escape) drives away leaving a roach on the ground.

Ted turns out to be the main dealer of the Pineapple Express, a weed that is so rare that he is the only one who sells it. The only person that Ted sells it to just so happens to be Saul’s main supplier called Red played by Danny R. McBride.

Ted finds the roach on the ground left by Dale after hearing Dale screech off and automatically guesses that it is Pineapple Express by having a sniff and gives his two henchmen atheson played by Craig Robinson and Budlofsky played by Kevin Corrigan the task of finding Dale by going to see Red, Saul’s dealer.

After tearing off from the murder scene Dale goes back to visit Saul and tells him about the murder he had witnessed and when Saul learns that it was at Ted’s house he tells Dale that Ted is the main supplier of the Pineapple Express so they pack a few things and head off without any plan of where to go.

Dale and Saul end up in the woods and try to come up with a plan of what to do next while getting stoned and then fall asleep for 18 hours. After waking up from their drug induced comatose they come up with a plan to call Red to ask him whether Ted has been in contact and if he knows anything about the murder that had been committed the night before.

So Saul and Dale go to visit Red and he at first tells them that he knows nothing but after suspecting Red is lying to them Saul gets into a fight with him and Red then tells them that Ted knows all about Saul and Dale and so the two dopers leave Red’s house. Saul and Dale then suspect that the two henchmen will next go after Dale’s girlfriend Angie so they head off there and warn her about Ted and tell Angie and her parents to go and hide somewhere.

After a fight between Saul and Dale blamed by too much weed intake they go their separate ways and Saul, while visiting his Grandma gets taken by Ted’s two henchmen to a weed factory. Dale now worried about his friend enlists Red’s help in finding Saul and they both go to rescue him from his captors.

What I liked about the movie

This is a very funny comedy with dark undertones and flies through at a quick pace with not much time to take a breather. Some of the comedy is a bit silly but it’s mostly a gag a minute laugh out loud film that you can watch again and again. The relationship between Saul and Dale is the funniest thing about the movie and when Red also becomes friends with them it becomes even funnier.

What I didn’t like

There wasn’t much I didn’t like about the film but some parts were a bit silly and the plot was a bit hit and miss but that didn’t take it away from the enjoyment I had while watching it.

Would I recommend this

Yes I would definitely recommend this to anyone who enjoys slapstick humour, some great one liners and who loves to get stoned. It’s a great film to watch with some friends and have an evenings entertainment indoors.