This past week I had the opportunity to attend the premiere of the much anticipated Hangover 2 before the Memorial Day Weekend crowds. Stu (Ed Helms), Phil (Bradley Cooper) , Doug (Justin Bartha), and Alan (Zach Galifianakis) return as the "Wolf Pack" attending Stu's wedding in Thailand two years after their escapade in Las Vegas. After "another" wild night in Bangkok with Stu's future brother-in-law, Teddy (Mason Lee), a musical prodigy and pre-medical student at Stanford University. Leslie Chow (Kim Jeong) from the original Hangover and a comedic capuchin monkey also join the crew. The Wolf Pack awaken to find themselves in a dirty hotel room facing the same predicament from the first Hangover.
The Wolf Pack awaken to find Stu's face tattooed and Alan head shaven, but the situation only gets ultimately worse. The crew cannot find Teddy and discovered one of his severed fingers. After finding Chow passed out on the floor and naked; they question him about the events of the previous night. Chow only makes into the story partially before his heart stops after snorting a rather large "BUMP" of cocaine. Side note: I have seen enough "drug-related" movies and documentaries to know what a regular size (line) of cocaine looks like. After panicking, the crew decides to stash Chow's body within a ice machine on the 15th Floor, which they have to walk due to the constant power outage throughout Bangkok. Afterwards the guys rush to the rooftops, from previous events in the original Hangover, to find Teddy but to their dismay he is not there either. This prompts them to empty their pockets and look for clues.
The guys quickly contact Doug, which had left the crew in the early evening and is at the wedding location, to inform him of the events at hand. Doug informs them of the events going on with the wedding as well as Teddy having been lock up for disorderly conduct and is currently sitting in jail. The crew bail who they think is Teddy, but it turns out to be an elderly Monk that has taken a vow of silence; which is definitely of no help. So after a run in with International gangstas, undercover Interpol officials, Russian mobsters, Kathoey stripping prostitutes, and their constant fussing and fighting between each other; the crew discovers that they have once again been drug-laced by Alan in attempts to temporarily get rid of Teddy because he does not feel he is member of the Wolf Pack.
Phil once again makes the phone call to Doug's wife, Tracy, and Stu's fiancee', Lauren, and let's them know that they have "Fucked Up" and that there will not be a wedding. Stu quickly interrupts Phil while speaking to Lauren to let her know that everything is going as planned after having an epiphany and figuring out where Teddy is located. The guys quickly rush back to the hotel to find Teddy stuck in the elevator with his hand wrapped up. As they collect Teddy and rush back to the wedding, the crew realize that they have survived another another wild, drug-induced night together. After a wild conversation with Lauren's father, a beautiful wedding, and an eye-covering performance by Mike Tyson the guys (including Teddy and Mike Tyson) take the infamous oath and viewing of the pictures (stored on Teddy's camera phone) from the night before showing their escapades.
In my opinion this is a very hilarious film and definitely a must see for those who've seen the first Hangover. I give this film 4.5 Reels!!!!
[Sources used: http://hangoverpart2.warnerbros.com/; http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1411697/; http://www.popeater.com/2011/05/29/hangover-2-memorial-day-box-office-record/]
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