Overkill's Still Better than the Remake

Rating: 5/10 (30 September 2013)

Believe it or not, while the Hangover series overstayed its welcome with a part III, it still was 10x the movie the bridge film was. Now, that's really not saying much.
I absolutely didn't fully dislike this film. But, then again, nor did I laugh. Hardly at all. Sure, The Hangover Part III was fun, adventurous and got the Wolf Pack back to where they belonged: Las Vegas – if just for a bit. Unfortunately, it just barely had a few lines of comedy. Sad. This is SUPPOSED TO BE A COMEDY. THIS IS A COMEDY SERIES.
At any rate, again, it's better than the terrible, atrocity and shot-by-shot remake the second movie was. In fact, it was a little bit of fun I've missed since the first adventure in 2009.
Basically, once again Doug is absent for the majority of the film and his friends must track down the flamboyant Mr. Chow for the deadly criminal Marshall who's holding Doug as collateral. They span two countries and try and outsmart the actually-smarter-than-meets-the-eye Mr. Chow to Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
The guys looked tired in this and Zach Galifianakis was the only one who seemed to put effort into his role. They were clearly doing this for a paycheck, and maybe make up for the dud the second one was.
It's not a movie to watch more than once. In fact, as I've recommended before, you really should only stick with the first one, which was a great comedy, fresh and fun. No need to venture all the way to part III. (But, if you decide to do that, go ahead and skip over Part II. That movie doesn't even tie in here. Mercifully, so.)
Side Note: One of the biggest things I admired about the original The Hangover, was that they got the Vegas scenes right. In too many movies, like 21 and Con Air, the Vegas skyline or continuity to the locations of the movie's characters is way off and anyone who's ever been to Sin City, will know they have no idea what they're talking about when they showcase the characters on the Las Vegas strip. 2009's The Hangover showed us scenes that made me feel I was right there and that's a rarity. Sadly, Part III, went backwards and got the strip all wrong. For example, Stu is driving southbound on Las Vegas BLVD in a crazed chase scene and moments after he passes the Planet Hollywood Hotel & Casino, suddenly he crashes into the old strip approximately 5.5 Northeast of his location. This is all fine and dandy for the two people left in the world that hasn't visited Las Vegas. C'mon guys; we're not that stupid.