THE HANGOVER PART III (review)

Review by Joe Yezukevich

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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