BY JOE TYRRELL
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
MOVIE REVIEW
Throbbing temples, roiling stomach, seizing intestines, blurry vision: it turns out the symptoms of a hangover are exactly the same as those of "The Hangover Part II."
If you fell into a stupor two years ago and crack open one bloodshot eye for this addendum, you may mistakenly believe you are reliving the brash, nutty 2009 hit, "The Hangover."
Back are Ed Helms, Bradley Cooper and Zach Galifianakis, playing the Ed Helms character, the Bradley Cooper character and the Zach Galifianakis character.
Again, they have partied hearty before nuptials. Again, they cannot remember their wild night. Again, they have lost a member of the wedding party. Again, they have gained an animal. Again, they encounter Ken Jeong as swishy all-purpose Asian gangster Mr. Chow. Again, Mike Tyson gets screen time.
Again, the white bread Ed Helms character makes friends with a hooker. Here's a change, instead of Heather Graham, this time it's a transgender one. Because this recurrence of "Hangover" has moved from Las Vegas to Bangkok. The Warner Brothers marketing department missed the obvious tag line for this lingering hangover: Dumber! Grosser! Homophobic! Racist!
If you want to hear Mike Tyson sing, "The Hangover Part II" is the movie for you — and only you. For that matter, Mike makes more of an impact than Jamie Chung, who plays the intended bride of the Ed Helms character. Chung is lovely, which is the extent of her role.
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