Two years after the catastrophe that was Dougs (Justin Bartha) bachelor party in Las Vegas, the members of the 'Wolfpack' have just about managed to put their lives back together most notably Stu (Ed Helms) who in his own words says he is still putting the broken pieces of his psyche back together. Stu is now getting married, to the beautiful Lauren (Jamie Chung), and the wedding is to take place in Thailand. Before the trip Stu takes Doug and Phil (Bradley Cooper) to a breakfast where he announces its actually his bachelor party or 'Bachelor Brunch' and Phil flips out and leaves as all he wants is a real bachelor party. After Phil leaves Doug tells Stu that Alan (Zack Galifianakis) knows about the wedding and he has to invite him reluctantly Stu agrees, under protest of course and after last time who can blame him. So the 'Wolfpack' reunites and off to Thailand they go, along with Lauren's brother Teddy (Mason Lee) who they meet at the airport. Once in Thailand after a funny dinner and a few run ins with is father-in-law to be Stu heads off to bed, but Doug and Phil persuade him to go down to the beach for one drink. In the next scene Phil, Alan and Stu wake up in Bangkok with no memory of the previous night, and so they realise the same thing has happened again. The trio then find Mr Chow, who Alan invited along, who proceeds to explain what happened but after sniffing some cocaine passes out and the group think he is dead as he has no pulse. They then learn Teddy is missing, so they head off into Bangkok on a hunt to find Teddy leading to many funny incidents that make for a roller coaster ride of insanity and hilarity that will keep you watching till the end.
I don't believe that Part II is quite as good as the first Hangover film but the only reason for this is the element of surprise is no longer with us due to the film following the same recipe as the first. This is not a bad thing though as the saying goes if it's not broke don't fix it. To compensate for the lack of surprise the film is a little darker for example the finding of a finger in the apartment they wake up in and the apparent death of Mr Chow which leads to them trying to hide the body. But on the lighter and funnier side the film doesn't disappoint with the crazy antics and stupidity of Alan, the cracking one liners from Mr Chow, the sarcasm of Phil and the almost mental breakdown once again of Stu. The only let down is I feel the writers focused too much on Alan to try and carry the film,not that he isn't funny because don't get me wrong he is pure genius, but when you have 2 great comedy actors in the form of Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms there is no need to play it safe by focusing primarily on one character. Apart from that the film is a real treat and of course it ends with the finding of a camera and we again get to see the mischief that the 'Wolfpack' got upto.
