The Hangover: Part II

Synopsis:
The exact same as the first movie but add Thailand, a monkey and more shock value.

Favorite one-line review from a different critic:
“At least it's not in 3D.” – Rob Vaux  -

My Review:
There's not really a reason to review this movie because it's the exact same movie as the first one.  The bad part is that it's not as good as the first movie.  The first movie was fresh, exciting, unpredictable and funny.  The second movie is stale, relies too heavily on shock and falls flat.  A bigger budget may be to blame.  My Hangover movie doesn't need car chases, shootouts, or helicopters.  It just the guys stumbling around trying to figure out what happen to them the night before.

The movie also relies too heavily on shock value.  Low brow shock value.  Shock value that is uncreative and unclever (if that's a word).  The first movie seem better written and better performed.  The sequel seems like a good Saturday Night skit that goes way too long.  The acting is good, the leads take command of their roles, but when the monkey steals the scene, something is wrong (nice jacket by the way).  The directing is better than a straight-to-DVD but still up-and-coming.   As a last note the movie could have used some more women in it.  It seemed a little heavy on the sausage. 

Rating:
5 out of 10

Suck Scale:
Compared to the first movie it sucked big time.  On its own it wouldn't have seemed to suck as bad.