Austin Lynch casts his eye over the Hangover 3 in his latest Film Focus
Our film buff, Austin Lynch, casts his eye over the Hangover 3 in his latest Film Focus…
‘The Hangover’ was one of the most successful movies of 2009, and one of the funniest movies of the last few years.
It was based on a simple premise – four friends go to Las Vegas on a stag party and all hell breaks loose.
The group consists of friends Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu (Ed Helms), Alan (Zach Galifianaskis) and Doug (Justin Bartha) who head to Vegas to celebrate Doug’s upcoming wedding but end up having the best night of their lives – which none of them can remember a single thing about.
Like all good things in movie-land a sequel was inevitable and two years after the original, in 2011, the ‘Hangover 2’ came along with this time Stu the one getting married.
Instead of Vegas this time the friends head to Thailand where another big night results in more big hangovers – and another night no-one can remember. You’d think they’ve had learned their lesson.
The sequel was just as successful as the first film and – funnily enough – they decided to make a third ‘The Hangover Part III’, which will be released this week (May 23).
For the third, and what we are told is to be the last, hangover there isn’t a stag party, or any wedding to celebrate.
In actual fact Stu, Doug and Phil have all settled down and are no longer the crazy, party animals they once were.
In actual fact the only one of them who hasn’t settled down is odd-ball Alan – the one with the beard, in case you can’t remember their names.
The fact there was going to be a third movie was never a secret – in fact all the cast wanted to return reprise their (you’d be happy to reprise your role in a movie if the producers offered you $15 million for your trouble).
And star Bradley Cooper was talking about it last September when he told Graham Norton he hoped filming would begin soon.
Director Todd Phillips was also keen to get a third movie made but was quite clear on what the film would be – even before a script was written.
He said this was to be a finale, and a film that would tie up some of the loose ends and leave the viewer in no doubt that we have reached the end of our adventures with our four friends.
The good news is that this film will feature much more of the same humour, and original gags. And the film also returns to the scene of the crime (if you will) in that part of the film is once again set in Vegas.
Will it be any good – we’ll just have to wait and see.
