Todd Phillips has discussed The Hangover Part III's "darker" tone.
Phillips, who has directed all three films in the series and co-wrote the second and third, told Collider that he intentionally took the final film in a more serious direction.
The Hangover Part III: Poster Gallery"All my movies, as I get the ability to do it, they tend to go a little darker," Phillips mused. "Funnily enough, there's a line in this scene that we shot yesterday, which I turned to Dan Goldberg, my producing partner, and I said, 'That's the tagline for the movie'.
"Which is when Chow turns and he goes [imitating Chow], 'And then, everything went black'. Everything Went Black is also the title of a Black Flag album, but it's also a great tagline for this movie in a weird way. Because 'everything went black' makes you think, 'Oh, is it another blackout?' No, no, no. It just got very dark."
Phillips went on to discuss John Goodman's tracksuit-clad villain, saying: "He's a pretty dark guy in this movie, as everybody's a little bit darker."
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