The finale of the Wolfpack Trilogy has a running-on-all-cylinders yet running-out-of-gas vibe

Rating: Null/10 (25 May 2013)

THE HANGOVER PART III (2013) **1/2 Ed Helms, Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, Ken Jeong, John Goodman, Melissa McCarthy, Jeffrey Tambor, Mike Epps, Sasha Barrese, Jamie Chung, Heather Graham. The finale of the Wolfpack Trilogy has a running-on-all- cylinders yet running-out-of-gas vibe with the four friends reunited first as an intervention for off-his-meds Galifianakis and then finding themselves up-to-their collective necks in deep trouble with a local gangster (Goodman) with an ax to grind with their old friend Mr. Chow (Jeong) whose escape from prison has them in free fall altogether. Director Todd Phillips (re- collaborating with Craig Mazin) has all the ingredients but something seems to be amiss in the scattershot ongoings while his reunited cast appear game (and go-for-broke enthusiasm) sidesteps the inevitable to-the-well too often disjointed rhythm.