From seeing the trailer in whatever god awful movie I sat through (probably the new Transformers) I could tell that The Hangover was going to be an instant “guy movie” classic. That is until I found out it was being written by John Lucas and Scott Moore who brought you such timeless classics as Four Christmases and Ghost of Girlfriends Past. The two redeemed themselves though by pairing up with Todd Phillips, the awesome director of Old School.
The movie is from beginning to end one rip roaring incoherent journey through one night in Las Vegas during a Bachelor party. Think if you mixed up Very Bad Things with Dude Where’s My Car. Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu (Ed Helms), Allen (Zach Galifianaksis) embark on their adventure to find out exactly what happened that night, why there is a tiger in their room and what the hell happened to Doug (Justin Bartha, the sidekick in National Treasure.)
I won’t give anything away, but hands down the best cameo goes to Mike Tyson, who plays himself and sings while then knocking out Ed Helms. I rewound the scene about five times, and laughed each time. This is one of the few movies that lives up to it’s comedic hype.
