Pineapple Express

The high concept of a stoner action flick is taken for a ride -- with car chases and gunfire as well as clouds of pot smoke -- by Freaks & Geeks alums, Seth Rogen and James Franco, with director David Gordon Green trying to break out of the sensitive indie ghetto. It’s not entirely unamusing, with the writing and the acting having their moments, but still strikes me as unnecessary. (2008, dvd, n.) *6-* (MC-64.)