Merolliv
I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.
adonis98-743-186503
Agent J needs help so he is sent to find Agent K and restore his memory. As a huge fan of this Series there was no way that i wasn't going to enjoy 'Men in Black II' and despite all the negative things that are being said about it it's a pretty damn cool sequel. It has a great soundtrack just like the original, Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith are once again freaking amazing both the action part and the comedic part plus the cgi are much better and improved this time around. As for the villain? Lara Flynn Boyle did a terrific job as Serleena and she is definitely the type of antagonist that looks can definitely kill and even Johnny Knoxville was pretty damn funny with his part. In my opinion much better than Part I. (10/10)
ElMaruecan82
I just watched "Princess Mononoke" this weekend. What's that got to do with "Men in Black II"? Nothing, these movies don't play in the same league and shouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentence. But they have one thing in common: they both feature mysterious and fearsome creatures and the enjoyment of these two films is somewhat dependent on how believable they look. "MIIB" might be Sci-fi comedy but the Sci-fi label implies a minimum of suspension of disbelief. It's better to laugh at something that you took seriously in the first place.Well, "MIIB" is a real step backward when compared to the original 1997 movie but there's never a single moment in the film where nothing didn't look like a CGI abomination, I don't think they even tried to make it believable. Tentacles are recurring physical assets when it comes to the bad aliens; but in the film, they look like what an intern in George Lucas Studios would have produced before being kicked out. Watching the tentacles on that God-boar demon in the opening of "Mononoke" was like admiring a Rembrandt painting in comparison. But I wouldn't have cared much about the special effects if the film still had 'the' special effect, the 'secret element' that whispers to your mind "who cares? Just enjoy the goddamn thing". Here again, the film never tries to get off the shadow of the 1997 hit, there's not a single part of the story that doesn't rely on what happens in the first, but a good sequel is a movie you can enjoy without seeing the first, one that would work as a great film in its own right. No chance with this one, to get the references, you need to see the first, if you enjoy the first, you won't love the second, you won't prefer it anyway. So, I'm asking: what's the point of making a sequel if you're not even embracing the possibility that it can be more popular than the first? If improving isn't part of the challenge, why bother? Actually, the plot (or lack of) shows how much determined they were to surpass the original.The set-up involves another Earth-destruction menace, due to a sort of mysterious star or light a shape-changing Alien must get. The alien takes the form of a Victoria's Secret model and is played by Lara Flynn Boyle, the only gag that could have resulted from her sexiness is used in the start. After that, she's just a sexy villain (not very convincing though) and the two-headed sidekick played by Johnny Knoxville, plays the Vincent d'Onofrio part, but there's no gag that will feel original. The character of Stereo from "Space Goofs" was far more innovative.How about Kay and Jay, the plot uses a few contrivances that makes the come-back of Jay necessary. Naturally, we learn that there's something called a deneuralyzer and good old Jeebs (Tony Shalhoub) is the one who can provide the service, two birds with the same stone, we'll get the head-splattering gag as an extra. That's what "MIIB" does, as if it followed the lazy section of "Sequel for Dummies", they use the same tricks with a few variations. Of course, some parts are funny, of course, there's an element of enjoyment in watching good old Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones playing with the big guns again, to see Rip Torn, the worm guys and even Michael Jackson's cameo but the heart isn't in it, and speaking of hart, even the romantic subplot with Rosario Dawson felt forced and dull.I read that they had to rework the climax because of the World Trade Center attacks, which reminded me of a film that suffered from the same issue: "Die Hard 3" which had to end on a weak and predictable shootout because the original sequence involved a building explosion, and it was after the Oklahoma bombing. At least, the rest of the film was good, that "MIIB" couldn't even have a mind-blowing climax makes the whole experience inferior to the first on every level.The only gag that works is the locker one, if the rest was half as good, the film would have been a good sequel, but about "MIIB", one could paraphrase the famous quote from the 1997 film and see that its merit is to make the original look good.
Sam smith (sam_smithreview)
I was really impressed by the first MIB movie with its good story and the terrific special effects to carry it. This movie is no exception. Everything that made the first movie great is back, plus they delve deeper into things they should have done in the first movie. The Pug for one and the inter-workings of the MIB to name two. Will shines in his role, Tommy knocks me out with his dead pan delivery and together they blow me away, but the best thing is from giving the Pug more screen time. His singing is the funniest thing since ever. Tony Shalhoub and Rip Torn also highlight the movie; without them, there is no movie. Rosario Dawson highlights the movie as an innocent ingenue very well too. Lara Flynn-Boyle does nasty very well; I had a dirty little smirk when she said she could rule the world with the right size of mammies (being an alien as she was and using some computer graphics would have made for an even more interesting scene Ala The Benny Hill Show). The plot is great with its expectations and then twist to the end. Definitely a worth-see !
isaacesgro
Men in Black II is a science fiction movie about the conspiracy theory of the men in black. The conspiracy theorist believe that these Men in black go around and take care of Americas most secret problems. In men in black II Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones return for the sequel of Men in Black. Like in the first movie they also confront aliens again for a second and far worst problem. Men in Black II is a great movie for three outstanding reasons the pace, the action and of course the acting.The pace for Men in Black II is very quick for an hour and twenty eight minute movie. From start to finish you will never catch your self checking your watch to see how much time is left in this movie. When the pace of the movie starts to slow, to build story, you still aren't caught in boring monologue for what seems like hours. The director does a great job of jumping seamlessly from a serious moment to a more comical moment. A lot of the excitement of the action is created because of the fantastic job done by the director with the pace.Thanks to the pace of the movie the action becomes more exciting. The action in this movie is just fantastic. We have all seen the movies that the action is way to far over the top, with destruction of whole cities and even whole countries. Well this movie has very believable action. The fight sciences between the men in black and the aliens is marvelous you never get bored with long elaborately choreographed fights. Now the icing on the cake, the acting. The acting in this movie is bar none. With big names like Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones how could the acting be bad. Will Smith has featured in great films like Focus, Independence day, I am Legend and I Robot. Will Smith is a proved actor who is at it again in this movie. Will Smiths costar is no slouch either Tommy Lee Jones has also stared in his own hand full of great movies like No Country for Old Men and Space Cowboys. So as you can see this movie has a very star studded cast.The question is would I recommend this movie? Yes I would definitely recommend this movie. I would recommend this movie to everyone because of the great pace the movie has that creates great action scene and even helps great actors seem like even better actors. If you have not seen this movie I recommend you stop what you are doing right now and go watch it you will get a laugh and you will learn of a whole new world of secrets kept hidden by the men in black.
