The Hangover Part IIIcapped off the Hangover trilogy, and the locations were as important to finalizing the story as getting Alan, Stu, and Phil back together for one last adventure. After the events of Hangover Part II and the wild bachelor party in Bangkok, Alan has a mental health crisis, and his two best friends vow to help him through it even if it means taking him to a rehab facility personally. At the same time, they reunite with Leslie Chow who has escaped prison and is being hunted down by a crime boss looking for 42 million dollars in gold that mysteriously went missing after their first Las Vegas escapade. 5i1262

Although there have been many interesting and successful film and TV releases in 2019, this year has been dominated so far by the people behind The Hangover trilogy: Todd Phillips and Craig Mazin. 2019 has already seen many of the most anticipated releases in both the big screen and television (including streaming, of course), such as Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame and the Duffer Brothers’ Stranger Things season 3, but there are still more to come – and others that were released earlier this year are still quite popular.

After Todd Phillips and Warner Bros. had another success with The Hangover Part II, they decided to end the series with a third and final film. The Hangover Part II was criticized for basically being a copy of The Hangover, but it still made a big profit at the box office.

In an industry that has become outright dominated by remakes, adaptations, and sequels, there's nothing more revitalizing than entirely fresh stories brought to the big screen with solid performances and sharp filmmaking. While toy-based actions films (Transformers) and young adult romance movies (Twilight) have found record-breaking success at the box office, for many cinephiles, original films, the ones that depict bold adventures (Inception), relatable human drama (Chef), tense supernatural horror (The Babadook), and hilarious comedy setups (Neighbors), ultimately prove to be the most memorable and satisfying - not to mention the main reason that recurrent movie-lovers continue to local theaters.

In The Hangover, three friends wake up smashed and dumb in Las Vegas. In The Hangover Part II, the same three friends wake up smashed and dumb in Bangkok. Director Todd Phillips and writer Craig Mazin took heat for repeating their $467 million formula, but when Hangover II made $586 million, they seriously considered screwing the critics and mimicking the script for a third time—or more.

The Hangover Part III (sort of) ditches the formulaic setup of the first two installments, in favor of a more linear story revolving around Alan (Zach Galifianakis) who has been in a downward spiral since the sudden death of his father, Sid (Jeffrey Tambor). Alan's dutiful brother-in-law Doug (Justin Bartha) recruits fellow "Wolfpack" Stu (Ed Helms) and Phil (Bradley Cooper) to stage an intervention and convince Alan to seek treatment so that he can better himself, and his life.

It's that time again - time to kick off the long sleeves and long Johns, show a little more skin, take in a little more sun, and then spend your time (and money) huddling into dark, air-conditioned theaters to enjoy summer's biggest and loudest movie offerings.