The Hangover Part II

I arrived a little late to the Hangover party, having not seen the original until roughly a year after its release, but I was impressed.  Here's an obviously cheaply-made movie that was made specifically for adult male.  Granted, it was made for the adult male who was doing keg stands and calling each other 'fags' less than a decade ago, but the adult male nonetheless. 
Yes, there is no shortage of movies that are dedicated to that precious 18-34 year old male demographic.  Few of those movies are aimed solely at that demographic to the point where all other ages are told "Stand back!  This shit is fucked up right here, and if you can't take it, well then get the shit outta the fuckin' theater you old fuckfuckershitbag!"  (Sorry, that was my decade-younger alter ego talking, not me.)

So how does a movie top itself when the returns virtually demand a sequel, while still delivering everything people loved in the first one? 

Ehhh.....not so well, it turns out.

By all means, if you liked the first one, you'll like this one.  I just don't see too many people liking the sequel MORE than the original.  It's all there, and by all, I mean ALL.  Every twist, turn, and idea used in the first one is recycled in this one, to the point that you can actually predict what's going to happen.  The only thing different is the dialog.
Again, I'm not saying that's a bad thing.  I'm not a film critic.  I've already established that I don't grade movies, I compare them.  I don't judge you for your tastes.  You either like something or you don't.  The only people I judge are the ones who pay to see new Seltzer/Friedberg movies.  Stop it!  Bad moviegoer!
Back to the movie, the whole cast is here.  Bradley Cooper returns and gets to be a bit of a douche, Ed Helms stays kinda whiny, and Zach Galifianakis returns his oddball character to the screen.
Many moviegoers won't care that it's a rehash.  As long as everything is funny, right? 
Yes, yes.  There's still laughs aplenty.  They just seem more strained now, due to the movie's effort to constantly TOP the original.  The disgusting has been ramped way the hell up, and so has the nudity.  Amusingly enough, even though this movie is aimed squarely at the money-spending twenty-something party-goer, there is a whole lotta cock in this film.
I really don't want to go into any detail beyond that, for fear of ruining one or two of the decent jokes.  I will go on record as saying that this is as creepy as Zach's characters need to get.  There really is a fine line between funny uncomfortable oddball and funny  'call the cops this guy's probably gonna stab us all.'

So yeah, check it out if you liked the first one.  If you didn't?  Stay the hell away!  What are you, a masochist?
Though this isn't better than the sequel, I will say it's still better than most raunchy R-rated comedies like Sex Drive and, yes, Hot Tub Time Machine.