Average Stoner Flick.

Rating: 5/10 (15 June 2009)

Being a fan of "Freaks and Geeks"; I thought it was a dream come true when I heard that former cast members Seth Rogen and James Franco were acting together in a movie. But I would soon find out how wrong I was. I didn't really know much about this movie. Just that everyone's been talking about it. But, I learned not to get excited over a movie because of the hype it gets. That's really what you have to do in this case.
Anyways, let me get down to it. Dale Denton played by Seth Rogen has a job where he gives supena's to people. I forgot the name of the job. But knowing it is essential to the story. Well, he goes to give a supena to this guy and witnesses the guy get murdered. He panics, throws his roach (marijuana) out and flees the scene. Now, some things that bugged me about this were: the location. The killers, weren't disguised and the area was residential. I forgot to mention that one of the killers runs a drug ring where he sells marijuana. So, this is a pretty big guy. Who in their right mind would kill someone where they could easily be seen? Well, anyways, Dale goes to his dealers house, Saul played by James Franco. I like to mention that his character reminded me a lot of Brad Pitt's character from True Romance. Well, anyway they find out that the marijuana that Dale threw out earlier was rare and Saul was the only one who had it. So, thinking that the killers would trace it back to them, they fled to the woods. The whole movie is one adventure after another and even though the story is rehashed and clichéd; it had it's moments.
Just don't go in with high exceptions. It's a stoner film. There's not a whole lot you can do with a story about two potheads. We pretty much scene everything from best, "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" to worst, "Biodome". I just don't see why people still think something's missed in the genre.
I give it a 5/10 for having some originality.