If you’ve at all kept up with popular movies, you know that The Hangover was one of the top hits back in 2009. Two years later, the sequel to the movie, The Hangover, Part II, was released with the same cast, starring Ed Helms, Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifinakis, and Justin Bartha as the “Wolf Pack.”

When I asked my buddies about The Hangover, Part II, although none of them explicitly stated that it was a bad movie, most of them mentioned that it was basically the whole story of The Hangover all over again, and that it wasn’t worth seeing. However, when I went on IMDb, the ratings weren’t terribly low, so I decided that it was still probably worth seeing, especially because of how much I enjoyed The Hangover.

After watching it today, I’m glad I chose to do so. This was the first movie I watched in a very long time (I just checked my website for other movie reviews and it seems to have been over two years), so I didn’t have much of a basis upon which to rate this movie. As a result, my perception of the movie might have been slightly more positive than if I had seen other great movies; regardless, I still liked the movie.

Overall, I thought it had a pretty good story progression and pace. It was able to maintain my attention and curiosity by not going too slow, but also not going too fast such that I had no time to think about what was going on. It had some good amounts of scattered humor throughout the movie, in a similar style as the first The Hangover. I also felt like this second part attempted to add more craziness to the movie, but it still doesn’t take it over the top where it becomes unbelievable or unrealistic.

My friends were right when they told me that the premise of the story is the same, and it’s The Hangover all over again. However, it doesn’t really feel like watching the same movie over again. The only time you have the thought of the story repeating itself is at the beginning where they undergo a “not again” moment, but throughout the movie, you get captivated by the storyline enough that there are no additional moments where the thought of “I remember this from last movie” comes up in your mind.