“How can the same shit happen to the same guy twice?”: 14
unnatural movie sequels   1. The Hangover Part II (2011) “Never
say never again” is a mantra by which Hollywood lives—and it’s
the guiding principle behind most sequels. But it takes a
special kind of cash-grab chutzpah to manufacture a new chapter
to a story that’s reached its logical conclusion. When Todd
Phillips’ boys-behaving-badly raunch-fest The Hangover (2009)
proved a surprise smash, it was perhaps inevitable that Warner
Bros. would rush to provide audiences with a second dose of
morning-after mischief. There was just one problem: Didn’t the
original’s premise—three dudes awake in Vegas with no memory of
the previous night’s bachelor party, and no inkling as to the
whereabouts of the groom—really only lend itself to a single
movie? Would viewers really buy that these same three friends
would again black out, again come to with no recollection of the
night before, and again spend an entire day looking for someone
they lost along the way? Insult