It Needs To End!

Rating: 7/10 (5 June 2013)

The Hangover Part III is the "conclusion" to the Hangover trilogy. Well, let me tell you something: If it's marketed as a conclusion and you even give it the tag-line "the end", then why don't you end it?!
The story is that Doug is held hostage by a fat guy played by John Goodman. So the rest of the Wolfpack have to bring him Chow in order to save their friend. But it all turns into a tug- of-war with the Wolfpack between John Goodman and Chow.
I was looking forward to The Hangover Part III, mainly because I surprisingly enjoyed The Hangover Part II. I don't know, I guess I have a thing for repeated formulas. Another reason I was looking forward to this movie was because the tag-line said "the end", and the commercials even stated "the epic conclusion to the Hangover trilogy". I always like when series end, because I always look for satisfying conclusions. Hell, Toy Story 3 is one of my favorite movies. I have at thing for conclusions.
However, The Hangover Part III is nothing of what I expected. I hoped it would end. It doesn't. There is no conclusion in this movie. And don't worry, this is not spoiling anything. This is just a fair warning for those whose expectations are high. This is by no means an epic conclusion to the saga, leaving you satisfied thinking "man, we had a great run".
Now that I've gotten that out of the way, let's talk about the good stuff. First off, Hangover Part III is pretty funny. However, it is not as funny as the previous movies because of two reasons: One is that there is no hangover in the movie. Two is that it's more of an action thriller rather than a comedy. Now don't worry, it's still pretty funny. But it's more like those buddy cop movies where there's an equal amount of action and comedy. The best example I can think of is Beverly Hills Cop.
However the biggest problem with The Hangover Part III is that it's just so incredibly bland and uninteresting. It doesn't leave you with any thoughts about it really, other than that it was a huge missed opportunity.
There is a pretty touching scene during the last half of the movie, but I won't say anything about it, other than it was probably the only time it lived up to the name "the epic conclusion of the Hangover trilogy". It took the series in a nice full circle, but nothing significant or anything. It doesn't qualify either way.
Overall, The Hangover Part III is a fun movie to watch if you don't have anything else to do. I mean, it's still a funny movie to watch with friends. But it's by no means the best comedy of the year so far, and you probably won't be satisfied with it.