The Hangover Part II (2011)

Release Date: 27 May 2011 Genre: Comedy

Tagline: "We love to party!" Runtime: 102 min

Directed by Todd Phillips

Writing credits:  Craig Mazin ,Scot Armstrong,  Todd Phillips, Jon Lucas, Scott Moore

Original Music:  by Christophe Beck

Plot:

Two years after the bachelor party in Las Vegas, Phil, Stu, Alan, and Doug jet to Thailand for Stu's wedding. Stu's plan for a subdued pre-wedding brunch, however, goes seriously awry. 

Stu is getting married. Along with Doug, Phil, and his soon-to-be brother-in-law Teddy, he regretfully invites Alan to Thailand for the wedding. After a quiet night on the beach with a beer and toasting marshmallows by the camp fire, Stu, Alan and Phil wake up in a seedy apartment in Bangkok. Doug is back at the resort, but Teddy is missing, there's a monkey with a severed finger, Alan's head is shaved, Stu has a tattoo on his face, and they can't remember any of it. The wolf-pack retrace their steps through strip clubs, tattoo parlors and cocaine-dealing monkeys on the streets of Bangkok as they try and find Teddy before the wedding.

Cast : Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, Ken Jeong, Paul Giamatti, Mike Tyson, Jeffrey Tambor, Mason Lee, Jamie Chung

Top Review

I'll try not to give much on the plot. Unfortunately, there's not much new in The Hangover:Part II. If you've seen the movie, then Todd Phillips who is both a co-writer and director, just stole your 12 dollars.

You essentially get the exact plot as the first Hangover. Scene by scene. The only thing that changed was the setting. Instead of Vegas you get Bangkok. All the comedy comes at the expense of stereo types. Asian's with small penis, jokes about Asian women not having breast, or my personal favorite, comparing a Thai monk to the Grand Wizard of the KKK. Let's not mention the fact of buying a black man...but not permanently, just for the night. Also the idea of American children frolicking about Bangkok, taking shots of alcohol, drinking beer, snorting cocaine all while hanging out with transvestites... that type of shock humor just doesn't qualify for comedy. The film gives you the type of laughter you get when you feel uncomfortable, you just don't know it until you leave. When it comes down to it, The Hangover: Part II makes absurd movies like Idiocracy seem completely believable.