Parents be warned! If the word “high” in the title isn’t enough to tell you who the intended audience is, let me tell you that this swashbuckling quest to discover the loin is driven at hormone enraged teenage boys. Danny McBride and James Franco reteam from their stoner classic Pineapple Express to bring you Pineapple Express in Tights and the tights are clearly bursting at the seams! The story opens, with typical talk of its time….knights, fair maidens, dragon slaying….you get the point, but the real point is a raunchy film about a lot of “seed laying” vis a vis virgins. He (Danny McBride) is a Prince. He’s also the brother of Prince Fabius (James Franco) the hunkier Prince brother who gets all the girls including Damsel in Distress (Zooey Deschanel). That is until the wicked Wizard/Devil creature (Justin Theroux) kidnaps her to his tower mouthing off about some prophecy of a virgin bride but spilling words from thine lips that sound pretty nasty. The Brothers Prince set out to journey to reclaim her, but somewhere along the way they lose their intended mission, coming across sex dens, sword fights, creatures, and anything else mythical that one can toss into this concoction. Oh, and Natalie Portman. Yes, Natalie Portman, as a warrior, with her own mission. But she switches teams to join theirs. Director David Gordon Green must be one merry gentleman to nail Oscar nominated Franco and Oscar WINNER Portman one month after the Academy Awards for this royal farce. I say “Off with their heads!” to all of them. “Hormone Express” would have been the better title. One tiara and that’s just the young guys in the row behind me cackling away and slapping their knees
