The Hangover Part II (2011)

Two years after the bachelor party in Las Vegas, Phil, Stu, Alan, and Doug jet to Thailand for Stu's wedding. Stu's plan for a subdued pre-wedding brunch, however, goes seriously awry.

Director:

Todd Phillips

Writers:

Craig Mazin, Scot Armstrong

Stars:

Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms

5 wins & 18 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bradley Cooper	...	Phil
Ed Helms	...	Stu
Zach Galifianakis	...	Alan
Justin Bartha	...	Doug
Ken Jeong	...	Mr. Chow
Paul Giamatti	...	Kingsley
Mike Tyson	...	Mike Tyson
Jeffrey Tambor	...	Sid Garner
Mason Lee	...	Teddy
Jamie Chung	...	Lauren
Sasha Barrese	...	Tracy
Gillian Vigman	...	Stephanie
Aroon Seeboonruang	...	Monk
Nirut Sirichanya	...	Fohn
Yasmin Lee	...	Kimmy

Storyline

Stu is getting married. Along with Doug, Phil, and his soon-to-be brother-in-law Teddy, he regretfully invites Alan to Thailand for the wedding. After a quiet night on the beach with a beer and toasting marshmallows by the camp fire, Stu, Alan and Phil wake up in a seedy apartment in Bangkok. Doug is back at the resort, but Teddy is missing, there's a monkey with a severed finger, Alan's head is shaved, Stu has a tattoo on his face, and they can't remember any of it. The wolf-pack retrace their steps through strip clubs, tattoo parlors and cocaine-dealing monkeys on the streets of Bangkok as they try and find Teddy before the wedding.

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Plot Keywords:

pubic hair | male frontal nudity | wedding | thailand | strip club | 

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Taglines:

"I have a demon in me."

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Genres:

Comedy | Mystery

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive language, strong sexual content including graphic nudity, drug use and brief violent images

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Warner Bros. [France]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Thai

Release Date:

26 May 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

¿Qué pasó ayer? Parte II

Filming Locations:

Lebua at State Tower - 1055 Silom Road, Bangrak, Bangkok, Thailand

Box Office

Budget:

$80,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$85,946,294, 29 May 2011, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$254,464,305, 15 September 2011

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$586,764,305

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros., Legendary Entertainment, Green Hat Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When filming the scene where Stu discovers the tattoo on his face, Bradley Cooper genuinely broke into laughter, and co-Writer and Director Todd Phillips decided to keep that take in the film.

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Goofs

When Alan reveals how he inadvertently drugged his friends again, there is absolutely no way that a combination of muscle relaxers (most commonly Baclofen, Soma, & Flexeril) and ADHD medication (most commonly Adderall, Dexedrin, Ritalin, & Vyvanse) would have an amnesiac effect. The muscle relaxers alone by have made them loopy and pass out early, but not cause amnesia. And the amphetamine-based ADHD medication would not only have prevented any amnesiac effect, but they would've been so hyper-stimulated that they would've been in control of their faculties.

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Quotes

Stu Price: [Phil pulls the prescription pad out of his pants] Was this right up against your scrotum?
Phil: Yup!

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Crazy Credits

One of the photos during the closing credits recreates the photo of General Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing Nguyen Van Lem.

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Connections

Referenced in TS Seduction: The Hang Over 2 Star TS - Yasmin Lee (2011)

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Soundtracks

Bad Man's World
Written by Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice
Performed by Jenny Lewis
Courtesy of Warner Bros Records Inc.
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

User Reviews

Unfortunately Predictable Relying On Same Gags

What made The Hangover fun and entertaining unfortunately leads to predicatability in The Hangover II. The only reason I got any enjoyment out of this movie at all was because I liked the characters in the first movie. I wish they had tried to do something fresh with the story and the characters, but it was the same old gags.

When I first saw the original Hangover, I thought the movie might become a classic comedy. But honestly after watching it a few times, it seems less funny where as many comedies you pick up on small things on multiple viewings that make the movie even funnier. With the Hangover, the element of surprise is lost the next time around and the story loses its appeal.

So taking what I just said into account, if you've watched the first movie multiple times and then have expectations that the second movie will be a fun adventure with fun surprises around the corner, you will be somewhat disappointed. The writers even wrote in another animal with the Monkey (Tiger first film) and baby with the old Monk (baby first film). The gags just didn't seem quite as funny the second time around.

There was a lot of hype leading to the release of this movie. In fact, right after the first film was released rumors that a second was on the way already surfaced. Really a disappointing film of what might have become a pretty fun movie franchise. Rating 6 of 10 and this is being nice because like I said, I got some enjoyment out of the film simply because seeing some of the same characters from the first movie was nostalgic.