The Story:
The Wolfpack returns, one last time as things come full circle. Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu (Ed Helms) and Alan (Zach Galifianakis) must track down Chow (Ken Jeong) who has $21 Million in stolen gold from Marshall (John Goodman) or Marshall is going to kill Doug (Justin Bartha). Strangely, this time everyone remembers everything that has happened to them, so there is no memory loss aspect this go-round.
As I said, this film brings the trilogy full-circle to a conclusion. How satisfying it is, totally depends on how much you enjoyed these films.
I've been firmly in the camp of "they're okay, but nowhere near as great as people make them out to be". At least, I guess the first one. I'm not sure the same acclaim came with the second one.
This series has provided a series of gags which elicit smiles, smirks, chuckles, groans or outright laughs.
Sadly, the outright laughs usually number single digits in each of the films.
How Mr. Chow became the focal point of the series is a strange twist of events. He's begun to overshadow the movie himself, which is weird for what should be an outrageous buddy film.
The three leads have their parts down pat, and they seem to quite enjoy doing these films, but I think they're probably all glad that this series is hopefully behind them.
It's run out of steam, and it's best to part ways now, though the filmmakers definitely leave an opening if they want to make a 4th film.
How Stu is going to get out of that mess is anyone's guess.
Again, depending on your enjoyment of the first two will help gauge your enjoyment of this one.
Final Grade: C, which is about on par for the whole series for me. This is not as good as the first but better than the second.
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: Nope, not a franchise I need to see again.
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