Funny and better than I expected

Rating: 8/10 (4 June 2013)

I really enjoyed this movie, thought it was much funnier than I expected and definitely worth the ticket price (I am a 34 y/o female, so not exactly the target audience). I loved the first of the trilogy and thought the second, though funny, was mostly a carbon copy of the first. I had not heard good things about this one so went in with low expectations. I was pleasantly surprised, it was quite a bit darker and didn't have the standard hangover theme, but did have a good storyline and some excellent jokes and I liked that it deviated from the standard premise of the first two. Although the jokes made me laugh, most of them really skirted the line and quite a few blew that line to pieces, so from that perspective I get that many don't find this movie funny.
The movie starts with Mr Chow escaping from a Bangkok prison and then we witness Alan causing a massive pileup on the freeway after beheading a giraffe driving under a low overpass. His father is furious and after arguing with and berating Alan dies of a heart- attack. After the funeral Doug informs Stu and Phil that Alan is off his meds and that the family is planning an intervention and talks them into participating. This leads to Alan only agreeing to go into rehab if the wolf pack all take him - and so it begins... The guys are just on their way when they are run off the road and kidnapped and tasked with finding Chow or Doug gets killed.
Ken Jeong and Zack Galifianakis are both brilliant in their roles and I think the chemistry between the wolf pack is fabulous as always. A funny and entertaining movie that I would rate above the second installment but below the first.