The Hangover Part II is the 2011 follow-up to the massively popular 2009 movie, The Hangover. It again stars Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, and Justin Bartha, and Ken Jeong. This installment also includes Jeffrey Tambor and brings in Paul Giamatti. The movie definitely has its funny moments, but it feels like a very recycled version of the first money with a plot line that is very similar, just doing things like swapping out the baby for a monkey and changing the setting. So basically, if you have seen the first movie, you have seen many of the jokes in this one. Again, most of the plot involves the characters of Stu (Helms), Phil (Cooper), and Alan (Galifianakis), while keeping Bartha's character, Doug, away from all the shenanigans and avoiding the blackout. Ken Jeong continues to be the scene-stealer that he was in the first movie, and is for me, the highlight of the movie.
For those who get the Blu-Ray, the movie looks and sounds very good in the HD format. The film is not really effects-laden but the scenery and cinematography look very good in HD. The extras include an "Unauthorized Documentary" which is basically a making-of documentary, 13-minutes of additional making-of material, a short gag reel, and an action montage. What was included was good, but it is not very extensive.
The movie ends up being a decent comedy and does have funny moments. But, it is way too derivative of the first movie and would have been better (in my opinion) if it did something to change up the plot a bit, such as having Doug being one of the people with his memory of the prior night erased and Alan being the one to have to try and help the group. So, I'd say if you liked the first movie you probably will not hate this one, but you may not like it as much as you did the first one.
For those who get the Blu-Ray, the movie looks and sounds very good in the HD format. The film is not really effects-laden but the scenery and cinematography look very good in HD. The extras include an "Unauthorized Documentary" which is basically a making-of documentary, 13-minutes of additional making-of material, a short gag reel, and an action montage. What was included was good, but it is not very extensive.
The movie ends up being a decent comedy and does have funny moments. But, it is way too derivative of the first movie and would have been better (in my opinion) if it did something to change up the plot a bit, such as having Doug being one of the people with his memory of the prior night erased and Alan being the one to have to try and help the group. So, I'd say if you liked the first movie you probably will not hate this one, but you may not like it as much as you did the first one.
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