Entertaining stoner comedy with jarring moments of violence.

Rating: 8/10 (9 January 2009)

Dale (Seth Rogan) is process server for the law. He has an 18 year old girlfriend (Amber Heard), who is a High School Student but when he is not working... he enjoys smoking pot. His drug dealer/friend Saul (James Franco) is a bit of a loner. But when Dale accidentally witness a murder... the killers are a corrupted police officer (Roise Perez) and the last person, Dale was supposed to serve is Ted Jones (Gary Cole). But when Dale finds out that his drug dealer actually knows Ted. Dale and Saul realized that they are in trouble and they can't trust anyone but themselves.
Directed by David Gordon Green (All the Real Girls, Snow Angels, Undertow) made an entertaining stoner comedy with amusing performances by Rogan and especially Franco. Judd Apatow (The 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up) came up with the premise after watching "True Romance". Especially since Franco was model by a character played by Brad Pitt in "True Romance". For a stoner comedy, the violence is surprisingly harsh and rough at times. "Pineapple Express" is certainly one of the funniest comedies of 2008.
The single disc set, DVD contains two versions of the film. DVD has an sharp anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) transfer and an good Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. DVD has an amusing commentary track by the cast & filmmakers, deleted/extended scenes, gag reel and an 21 minute featurette. The two-disc set and the Blu-ray edition has additional special features. "Pineapple Express" is certainly one of those films will certainly become an Cult Classic in years to come. Don't miss it. Rogan and Evan Goldberg (Superbad) wrote the screenplay of this movie. From a Story by Apatow, Rogan and Goldberg. Super 35. (****/*****).