The Hangover Part III was in many ways a reflection of everything that's wrong with contemporary Hollywood, a desperate second sequel whose aim was solely to make another shedload of money before audiences became too apathetic about the whole enterprise. That the film certainly did, making $351 million at the box office, which while considerably down on the previous two films, is still a solid profit by any regular standard (against an admittedly suspiciously high $103 million budget). All that desperation is summarised in one scene near the start of the movie, when resident nutjob Alan (Zach Galafianakis) purchases a giraffe and cruises along the freeway with it in the back. When he reaches a low bridge, the poor animal is summarily decapitated, and a huge pile-up is caused. Much like the rest of the film, it's more about mean-spirited shock gags than silly-clever humour, but on the plus side, at least it's the last film.
Stay at home dad who spends as much time teaching his kids the merits of Martin Scorsese as possible (against the missus' wishes).
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