6 or 7/10?

Rating: 7/10 (7 May 2012)

Somewhere between, that's where. Sure, part two copies part part one, but that was so darned good, why spoil a formula that works? At least the cultures as well as the continents have changed and like Las Vegas, Bangkok is a hedonistic tourist magnet, where, it seems, anything goes.
Rivalling James Bond with some of its stunts, in boats and cars that chase and jump and stuff, part two has a souped up soundtrack and while it took a while to get going, when it did, the visual and scripted gags came thick and fast, though the drug kidnapping seemed a bit unoriginal.
I preferred the baby that the hapless guys picked up in the first film to the old monk in this, but the mix up with the stripper had an added twist. Facial tattoos, chopped off fingers and a drug-dealing monkey are just some of the nasties that beset our friends as they wake up from hangover no. 2, along with an outrageously camp "friend" who suddenly overdoses on cocaine and whom they deposit down a rubbish chute.
Paul Giamatti makes a cameo appearance as a "businessman" and Mike Tyson sings very badly indeed at the wedding at the end. Inbetween times, forget logic, forget plot or how any of these guys ever could possibly attract anyone to want to marry them. Just crack open a can and 'enjoy'.