Research has proved that if persisted with, the human brain has no problem in accepting something that never happened as the truth. But no matter how hard you try the bad reality of The Hangover 2 just doesn’t leave your mind.
The Hangover 2 Story
It’s been two years since that wild night in Las Vegas where the guys bought the house down with the mother of all bachelor parties. Now Stu’s (Ed Helms) getting married in Thailand and Phil (Bradley Cooper) can’t get past the idea of a ‘Bachelor Branch’ at a family diner. He and Doug (Justin Bartha) give in provided Stu invites Alan (Zach Galifianakis) for the marriage.
Stu agrees reluctantly and the ‘wolfpack’ heads east. In spite of keeping a check on the partying Stu, Alan and Phil along with Stu’s future prodigy of a brother in law and old pal Mr. Chow (Ken Jeong) end up half way across the country in a seedy hotel room. Putting the pieces together the three run around Bangkok with a capuchin monkey on their backs reliving the memories of the wild night they were all fearing!
The original Hangover was surprisingly a smash hit no one expected but it’s hardly surprising that the sequel isn’t up to the mark. When you work in the shadow of a film that raked in $ 467 million USD everything seems doubly tough and there is only so much you can experiment with a template that simply goes: night of wild partying- morning of no recollection of what happened–afternoon of putting the pieces together–evening of running from bad guys you accidentally pissed off- night of musing–second morning of taking stock–afternoon of confrontation and evening of being older and wiser.
Final Words on The Hangover 2
On its own The Hangover 2 is quite bearable and even gets the laughs but in the grander scheme of things it’s just not ‘up there’. The one big problem with this sequel is that it simply keeps waiting to take off and when it does it has no destination in mind. Todd Phillips’ writing along with Scot Armstrong and Craig Mazin preps you up to the point where the wolfpack would descend into the night but as familiarity breeds contempt you are hardly on the ride. Just like all the characters in the film, you too will, no doubt, keep thinking that this one’s not as crazy as the first one. Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms have their moments but it’s Zach Galifianikis who in some wrapped manner just about makes The Hangover 2 worth it with the best line in the film that comes almost at the end!
