The Hangover Part III

It's always sad to see a series end, especially one that gave us experiences we only wish we could have. But sometimes you just have to call it quits, before it's too far gone. So the time has come, the wolf pack trilogy is over. Part 3 takes place 4 years after the events of the original, most of the guys have their lives together but Alan is still up to his crazy antics. After the death of his father (caused by him), his family decides they want to send him to a facility for help. So they call in his friends to make the process easier. But on the way there, the guys are run off the road and kidnapped. They are taken by a guy named Marshal who recruits them to find an old acquaintance of theirs, Chow. As collateral they take Doug hostage and threaten to kill him if they don't find Chow. So the wolf pack has to go on one last crazy adventure to save their friend... again. I've always had one problem with the Hangover series; they made a trilogy out of something that was clearly not made to be one. Some studio executives were sitting in a room saw how much money the Hangover made, and decided to make sequels. And you can especially notice that in the second one. I am glad they decided not to use the same plot as the last two and take it in a new direction. Like the previous films, I wouldn't exactly call the humor in this movie high class. A lot of the humor in the movie felt really forced as well. The whole plot of the movie, while different, is really convoluted as well. The key character in the movie was Chow, and the problem is they made him really annoying. Chow is supposed to be crazy and I get that, but they make him do something crazy like every ten seconds. At one point he eats dog food, just because. While there are a lot of problems there are a couple positive aspects. There are several throwbacks to the original which were nice to see, they threw in some pop culture references, there were a couple funny jokes, and I will say it was more enjoyable than the second film. All in all it wasn't a bad movie, just subpar. Not the worst movie I've seen this year and certainly not the best.

2/5 Stars