Don't waste your time

Rating: 2/10 (26 May 2011)

I am always leery of sequels but this time I figured The Hangover was SO good, how could it go wrong? Well it did. Yes, the story was far-fetched like the first one, but this one was ridiculous. Stu is getting married and the whole crew flies to Thailand for the wedding. Stu didn't want to include Alan this time but was convinced that there will be no problems. Lauren, the bride has a 16 year old brother, Teddy, who flies with them from the states. Teddy is a genius and the family's cherished child. I found it difficult to watch Lauren's father belittling Stu all the time and Lauren just stood by. That got very 'old.' Before the wedding, Stu said that he didn't want to take any chances, so there would be no bachelor party. Somehow sitting by a bonfire and drinking beer, they got into trouble. And once again Mr. Chow turns up. They thought that he was dead after taking his pulse and hid him in an ice machine in a hotel. Yet miraculously later he is alive. And of course someone was lost and this time it was Teddy, the prodigal son. And this time they brought in a monkey who was cute at first but became very annoying. Yes this movie was disjointed like the first one but somehow it worked with the first, this time it didn't. The scenery is nice and it was interesting to see the city of Bangkok, but that was not enough. Yes there were laughs but if you want to see a fabulous comedy now, see Bridemaids, which is not a chick flick.