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May 29th

‘Hangover 2’ movie review, trailer: Brash, nutty but this time in Bangkok

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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Comments (4)
4 Sunday, 29 May 2011 13:11
TineaCat
The Hangover II was incredibly STUPID!!!! It was an almost identical remake of the first one, except that a missing kid in Bangkok is cause for concern which made the entire movie absolutely UNfunny. We're sad we wasted our precious date night on it. :P The only ones laughing are the producers and actors who knowingly are robbing everyone who goes to this piece of crap.
3 Sunday, 29 May 2011 10:52
ladybug
hangover 2 is very similar to the first one, you excpect whats gona happen in the same exact strategie as the first one, but definitely the first one was funnier, has better scenes everything was hilarious and came out very natural, i felt in this second one they wanted to go to the extreme to make u laugh such as the kid cuts his finger and transexual which wasnt funny, there s much less funny scenes but everyone should definitely watch it!!
2 Sunday, 29 May 2011 01:57
boco
I laughed maybe once. All movie. And it was probably in the first 20 minutes. This movie is good for some people --like the guy below me-- don't get me wrong, but it wasn't for me. I was pleasantly surprised by the first movie because it was surprisingly clever and subtle at times; this one isn't. The scenes with ken jeong annoyed the hell out of me, and ed helms freaking out and making "OMG A FUNNY FACE!" has never been funny. ever. Zach galifianakis was absolutely hilarious in the first one, but they overuse him in this movie. All in all, I liked the first movie because clever and original; if you like transvestite penises being throwin in your face (on MANY occasions), pointless violence for the sake of cheap laughs and overall "I dare you to laugh at this disgusting thing" humor, then this is the movie for you. If not, don't bother; it's literally the same exact plot as the first one.
1 Saturday, 28 May 2011 21:22
Matsuko
Yeah.... No one should pay any attention to this review. Of COURSE it's going to be similar to the original, it's the freaking HANGOVER. What do you expect? But, unlike what this moron is griping about, it's not just a generic remake. I went and saw it today, and the theater was packed. It was loud as hell too, because The Hangover 2 had everyone laughing through literally the entire movie; I don't think the theater was quiet for more than a few minutes at a time. The reason there wasn't any large actress scenes is because this is a movie ABOUT THE WOLFPACK! a.k.a. four guys. Why would there have to be a big female role? It wasn't homophobic either, because really, I think every single guy would freak the hell out if they woke up from a night they couldn't remember and found out they had 1) cheated on their fiance (unless they were a pig and didn't care about her), AND it had been with a guy who they thought was a girl. The movie had a nice ending, and yeah there were was dirty parts, but they went by quickly. Overall, this movie was interesting, action packed, HILARIOUS, and the actors did a great job. So, unless you're some super tightass with no sense of humor, you should definitely go check this movie out for your self. We all know to ignore critics anyways, right? :)

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