The Hangover Part III

Three’s the charm they say and with the Hangover it was just that although it’s not charming at all. The third and final installment of The Hangover thinks that the audience likes dark humor. Of all the over the top adventures and the down pour hilarious antics from Zack’s character, it’s pretty dark if you ask me. The movie starts off with Zack’s character Allan driving on a freeway pulling a giraffe on a cart thereby causing what is only natural with him, chaos. His dad unfortunately died thereby leaving space for a very funny intervention.

The wolf pack, Phil, Stu, Dough and Alan went out to Arizona to check Alan in rehab since Alan’s character is way too out of control. To top it off, his dad did die because of a heart attack out of his frustration. It’s a thrill of a lifetime; it was originally supposed to be a good natured trip to Arizona but it all changes when a mafia kidnapped Dough yet again in lieu of the information for Leslie Chow’s whereabouts. Ken Jeong’s character is very important in this installment, the puns and comedy gags are hilarious but sometimes a bit Jim Carrey-ish. He proves to everyone yet again that “Chow is madness, that he is the “ultimate bad ass”. He’s loaded with drugs and of course a mind of the super villain, all I wished was that he would be given better material to work with because this part of the hangover is so much on the dark comedy side that I don’t even enjoy some of the gags. Heather Graham gives a comeback, she married a surgeon an update from the dentist that she shortly married. Her character is still very likeable and charming, she helped the wolf pack gain access of Chow’s whereabouts after they lost track of him yet again. The visit to her house marks the first step of Alan turning into an adult when he is reunited with Heather’s son, now a toddler.

Mellisa Mc Carthy’s character is downright hilarious it’s real life. The way she yelled at her mom and the instant fat person to another fat person connection that she has with Alan is divine. The lollipop scene progresses very slow but fills the theatre with fits of laughter, the scene where Alan pulled down his pants after they kissed saying, “I saw this in a pornography” she simply replies, “We should wait” thereby marking another step for Alan’s road to adulthood. It makes me wonder Las Vegas IS the rehab for Alan; nearly falling off buildings, seeing someone getting killed and sensing a fake epiphany are all too similar with the first two and it has not much enough pull to graduate into great. The characters are good, the actors give nice performances, Phil is divine to look at, he is cool, he is handsome, tall, and he swears a lot, I was almost got wet seeing him wear a “Diesel top”. Stu, the loser yet loveable smart dentist gets a revamp from Phil that he is “doctor Stuart” and that he can do anything, his character is the most likely to let all his friends survive anyway. Dough is away half of the movie but his boy next door good looks are feasts for the eyes. 

Las Vegas, the first and the possibly final city to do so much damage to the Wolf Pack looks realistic, the screen pans to all the “Live your Life” air shots of the city however it also shows the not so glamorous side of it. Apart from the very dark storytelling, The Hangover Part 3 is a joy ride by all means, however the falls and the splashes feels like acid water rather than a fun amusement park.