Sunday, January 15, 2012

Film #6: "The Hangover Part II" (2011)


What's the only thing that could top "The Hangover"? How about "The Hangover" in Thailand.


That's right, the fab-four are back (and I don't mean the Beatles...and actually we could say the fab-three since Doug's role is very minor in this sequel to the side-splitting original...but I digress). As Stu's (Ed Helms) dream wedding fast-approaches, Phil (Bradley Cooper) decides that it's yet again time for a crazy night that they will never forget...you know where this is going.


When the dust settles the crew find themselves in Bangkok and discover that Teddy (Mason Lee), Stu's genius/prodigy cello player brother-in-law to be, is missing with nothing but his severed finger (complete with Standford college ring) as a clue to his whereabouts. The only one who is able to remember anything from the night-before is their ex-foe Leslie Chow (Ken Jeong), but Mr. Chow decides to do one more line of cocaine before beginning the tale...several minutes later, Chow is face-down on the coffee table without a pulse.


The crew must backtrack their footsteps from the previous night in order to find Teddy and make it to the wedding on time.



With another guest appearance from Mike Tyson and all the hysterics of Alan (Zach Galifianakis), "The Hangover Part II" is essentially all the laughs from the first with several "oh my God did that just happen" moments packed into the seams.


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