The Hangover Part II (2011)

 

Following the critical and commercial success of The Hangover, Hollywood decided to produce the sequel, The Hangover Part II. Two years after the unforgettable bachelor party in Las Vegas, The Wolfpack travels to Thailand for Stu's wedding. Learning from previous experiences, they have opted for a safe a quiet night on the beach with a beer and toasting marshmallows by the camp fire. However, things don't always go as planned. The Sin City adventures is coming back, only worse. By using the exact same formula as the previous film, The Hangover Part II is still using pretty much the same plot (drug-induced chaos), still relies heavily on the performance of Zach Galifianakis and Ken Jeong, Bangkok replaces Vegas and the guys are doing the routine. So in other words, The Hangover Part II is a blueprint of The Hangover. So there’s no point telling you any further. Don’t get me wrong, the film still offers plenty of laughs and dirty scenes. But just like The Economists speak of a law of diminishing marginal utility, meaning that the first unit of consumption of a good or service yields more utility than the second and subsequent units. So without any improvements and surprises, my verdict is The Hangover Part II is less entertaining and enjoyable than the first.