After a promising start, this one degenerates into a murky copy of the outlandishly fun original. This time out, the wolf pack heads to Thailand for Stu’s (Ed Helm) wedding. Stu wants no part of any bachelor party, but a single drink on the eve of his wedding leads to all sorts of filthy shenanigans in Bangkok. Director Todd Phillips recycles and regurgitates a lot of the same jokes, this time with a darker, more sinister twist. Zach Galifianakis, who simply ruled in the first movie, gets a little tiresome this time out. Only Bradley Cooper manages to be consistently funny as the jokes get sleazier and sleazier. There’s a monkey instead of a tiger, and Mike Tyson shows up singing again in what proves to be the film’s most desperate joke. Sure to stand as one of the summer’s—and perhaps the year’s—biggest disappointments.
The Hangover: Part II
