The storyline is completely different from the first two "Hangover" films. No wedding or bachelor party to attend in the beginning and the screen writers Todd Phillips and Craig Mazin got much too serious at times.
"The Hangover 3" is not nearly as good or funny as the first one, but it warranted a solid three star rating from me. I was lost from time to time when the movie had flash backs from the first two "Hangover’s." I completely understood the references to the first and fabulous "Hangover," but the part II flashbacks lost me. "The Hangover Part II," was arguably the worst comedy ever made, hence I quit watching it and found something much more entertaining to do such as counting dead leaves in pond water.
Within the first few minute of part 3, Alan (Zach Galifianakis) accidently kills a giraffe on the freeway causing an automobile pile-up on and his father Sid (Jeffrey Tambor) dies of a heart attack soon after.
Alan is coaxed into attending an intervention clinic in Arizona if his comrade’s drive him there from southern California. Along the road trip, Doug (Justin Bartha) is kidnapped and the trio from the first two "Hangover" movies have three days to find Mr. Chow (Ken Jeong) who ripped off Marshal (John Goodman) and exchange Mr. Chow for Doug. If Alan, Phil (Bradley Cooper) and Stu (Ed Helms) fail to get Mr. Chow to Marshal, Doug will be shot by Marshal.
The middle of the movie has few laughs and Marshal is too serious of a character for the movie, but the laughs return and the bizarre dirty humor from the first "Hangover" is twistedly restored.
Unlike the second "Hangover" ("Lameover"), part 3 is originally entertaining, crass and funny. My advice is to hold from seeing it in the theaters and watch it at home, but check it out.
