The Hangover Part II

THE HANGOVER PART II (2011) - May 27, 2011
Meh.  Not the all-out disaster that many people are making it out to be, this was a basically watchable sequel about the exact same thing the first one was about, but with Bangkok subbing for Vegas.  It is pretty blatant how similar it is to the first, but then a lot of sequels tend to stick with what's been done.  The main problem here is that the film is pretty episodic, and does drag quite a bit in parts.  It's basically entertaining throughout, but it definitely doesn't feel as tight as the first one.  I'm sort of between a thumbs up and a thumbs down, but whatever -- the actors have good chemistry, and the film is fairly well made, if a little lazy.  **1/2