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Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis return for the follow-up, taking place in Bangkok two years after the hugely successful Las Vegas-set 2009 film.

Having boosted the bar for R-rated comedies with that outrageous blast of fresh air that was 2009’s The Hangover — and earning more than $467 million worldwide in the process — it’s understandable that director Todd Phillips didn’t want to mess too much with success.