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Men In Black II
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Will Smith, Tommy
Lee Jones, Lara Flynn Boyle |
| MPAA Rated: |
PG-13 |
| Released By: |
Columbia Pictures |
| Web Site: |
www.meninblack.com |
| Kiddie Movie: |
They might find it
cute. |
| Date Movie: |
She might say
"What's different from the first one?" |
| Gratuitous Sex: |
Only an adult
movie store. |
| Gratuitous
Violence: |
Aliens get blown
up. |
| Action: |
Aliens get chased. |
| Laughs: |
The same ones as
the first movie. |
| Memorable
Scene: |
Nothing stands
out. |
| Memorable
Quote: |
Nothing stands
out. |
| Directed By: |
Barry Sonnenfeld |
| Produced By: |
Laurie MacDonald,
Walter F. Parkes |
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Men In Black II
A Movie Review |
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Thank God for the talking dog, but even he became
annoying after awhile. I’m talking about Frank, the pug with an
attitude in "Men In Black II", because if it wasn’t for him, and even
the Worms, this sequel just goes to show that sometimes you shouldn’t
make a sequel.Let get right to it…
For MIB II, Jay (Will Smith) is a lonely alien fighter with his
best friend Kay (Tommy Lee Jones) back in civilian life and Ell (Linda
Fiorentino) isn’t even in the movie because she went back to working
in the morgue. But love might be in the air for Jay as Laura (Rosario
Dawson) witnesses an alien killing, but Jay doesn’t zap her mind. Once
again the story is the same – some small trinket is the key to saving
the Earth, this time Serleena (Lara Flynn Boyle) is the bad alien who
wants it, but the only person who might know where the trinket is,
much less save the world, is of course Kay. Sadly Kay is a civilian,
having his mind blanked, but yes, leave it to the Men In Black people
to have a device that can bring back the memories that were zapped. So
Kay comes back, he doesn’t remember the trinket exactly but has left
himself clues to figure it out, and, it’s time to kill some bad aliens
again. Blah, blah, blah…
Why doesn’t a sequel work for "Men In Black?" Because what new
element can you really add to keep the series fresh? Sure, you can add
some newer, cooler aliens, you can give a talking pug a bigger role,
even have the Worms carrying weapons, but the story can never be fresh
like it was for the original. I take that back, maybe it could be
fresh if the Men In Black had to travel to another world to save the
Earth, but for this one it’s the same thing as before – Jay and Kay
argue a lot but eventually kick alien ass, Kay zaps people’s minds
while Jay gives them funny things to change their lives, and the
aliens are funny-looking.
There are some cute lines, but for the most part it has all been
done before. 2 stars out of 5 for "Men In Black II." You might as well
just rent the original.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!! |
