First off, I wanna start off by saying that I DID like this movie and no it is not the EXACT same movie like every bashing critic said it was. Sure it does repeat some of the same elements like the last movie; but that's what I thought was funny about it because those are the elements the main characters try to avoid throughout the movie. They even mention it throughout the beginning of the movie multiple times.
So, the movie starts off with the same type of intro used in the first film. Just because I said that doesn't mean you've already come to think it's the same film as the last. Anyways, it flashes back to around a week and a half ago to show that our characters Phil, Stu and Doug are still hanging out and talk about Stu who's to be married. No it's not to Heather Graham, which is a shame because I really liked her character in the first one. Instead, Stu is marrying a Thai woman named Lauren who I will admit is a nice likable character; a lot better than Doug's wife, Tracy from the first one (who's also a bitch in this one as well). Stu then talks about going to Thailand for his wedding and wants to take Phil and Doug with him. But wait, what about Alan? Is the fourth member of the wolfpack coming along for the ride as well? Thankfully yes after Doug talks Stu into it, because how would this movie go without everyone's favorite fat Jesus? Not well, I predict.
So the gang and their wives fly out to Thailand to have a nice rehearsal dinner. The gang also befriends Lauren's little brother Teddy who decides to join the wolfpack for a nice campfire on the beach roasting marshmallows-- that is until the next day where Phil, Stu and Alan wake up in some crappy Bangkok hotel, Teddy ends up missing, and Doug is surprisingly fine back at the hotel. How did they end up in that situation? Well that's where the adventure starts for the audience.
I'm not gonna say anymore about the film except that for all the adventures they go on trying to retrace their steps and find Teddy isn't an EXACT replica of the first movie like everyone says it is. I don't know why, maybe the critics just wanted a different opening for the whole thing. The fact that it's called The Hangover Part II doesn't mean that it's gonna be a completely different movie than the first one. I mean I was expecting the same type of plot, were the critics? Well either way it's a fun movie. The way everything is answered is still clever and hilarious. There may be a few of the same jokes here and there, but they never really ruined or got in the way for me like they did for most others. There's really nothing wrong that this movie does. The only thing that I guess bothers me is that Todd Phillips went back to his more gruesome films like Road Trip and Old School by using too many grotesque images to where it got a tad more disgusting to look at than it being funny. I mean one or two is plenty, but I think Todd Phillips wanted to see how far he could take the R rating rather than put full focus on the movie itself.
Either way I still recommend the movie if you liked the first one and don't mind a few of the same jokes. It's still hilarious, but I do wish they could've had more Doug in the movie as well. That would've given the movie new jokes and a nice sub-plot.
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