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Review by Joe Yezukevich
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Produced by Todd Phillips, Daniel Goldberg
Written by Todd Phillips, Craig Mazin
Based on Characters created by Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Directed by Todd Phillips
Starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis,
Ken Jeong, Heather Graham, Jeffrey Tambor,
Justin Bartha, John Goodman, Jamie Chung,
Mike Epps, Melissa McCarthy
Warner Bros. / Rated R
When one thinks of trilogies, one cannot help but think of the original
Star Wars trilogy.
I, for one, think of that defining moment of modern cinema as two movies and a book.
You see, I was 7 when
The Empire Strikes Back was released. Too young to bring myself, I had to rely on my mother who -- as she told me years later in the theater before Episode 1 started -- HATED the original movie.
So, I never saw
Empire in the theater. Instead, I devoured every variation of the movie that I could get my hands on. I read the novelization, the graphic novelization,
the Mad, Cracked, and
Crazy parodies, listened to the audio books.
If there was a braille release, I might have picked up a copy just to get a better impression of Cloud City.
So, I walked into
The Hangover Part III and realized, "Well Goddammit, I never saw
The Hangover Part II." It really was not the punch in the gut regret that I had about
Empire for so many years. And as
The Hangover Part III began, I realized that I was about to watch not the last of a trilogy, but a continuation of a concept.
I had walked into the 21st Century's
Police Academy 3.
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