The Wolf Pack as been lead astray.

Rating: 5/10 (27 August 2013)

Remember when The Hangover was released in 2009 and it became the most popular comedy in a long time, being one of the most quoted movie until...well even today. Then Part II was announced, and while it didn't touch the gold that was the first, it managed to piece together enough laughs to be a half decent and worthy sequel. Now Part III. And all I have to say is, as a Hangover movie, this was a complete and total disappointment.
The Hangover is arguably one of the best comedies of the modern age. It was a movie full of gut-busting laughs, and some of the most famous quotes in recent time for a comedy. It was stellar to say the least. All of those laughs, iconic moments, everything, minus a couple parts, is all missing from this not funny comedy. It's almost as simple as that, The Hangover Part III was barely funny, and in the eyes of its predecessors, failed miserably. A few scenes in the very beginning, a return to Cesar's Palace and the very very end are all that got a laugh from me. This movie tries to be an action comedy, and maybe if you view it as its own action comedy, without the Hangover name on it, it wouldn't be half bad. But as a Hangover movie, it did not work one single bit. More bullets than laughs in this movie, literally.
The once hilarious and unpredictably crazy cast has gone almost completely stale. In the first and even second films, Zach Galifianakis's portrayal of the socially and mentally strange Alan Garner was just hilarious and so lovable. That magic that the character once had has gone almost completely away. Nearly all of the things that Alan delivers in this movie are just boring and not funny. I was sitting there waiting for something to follow what he said and then nothing. It was really disappointing to see a once beloved character go stale. The rest of the Wolf Pack, Phil and Stu, played by Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms respectively (I don't even include Doug anymore), also have lost their touch. As much as I love Bradley Cooper, you could tell at times that his heart wasn't there anymore and that he wasn't giving his best efforts. Ed Helms is probably the best of the gang, but even so, not the same as the first or second parts. Mr. Chow (Ken Jeong) has become the center of attention and the movie's plot, and while he has his funny and insane moments, his magic seemed to have lost it's touch as well. A funny movie can't be funny without great acting or a great script.
I had hopes that the Wolf Pack could return to their former glory with a new and fresh story, and a sort of clean slate from the decent Part II, but what I discovered was that this Wolf Pack has been separated from what it once was. Little to zero laugh out loud moments, more of an action than a comedy, a cast that's lost it's touch, and an overall poor script all spelled doom for this movie and the series. At the very least, stick around for a mid-credits scene that was possibly the best in the movie. The Hangover Part III (which doesn't even have a hangover in it by the way) is a massive let down as the cherry on top to what could've been a terrific trilogy.
5/10