I really did enjoy the first “Men In Black” movie as it was original. The film was a buddy cop movie made intergalactic with some great special effects and some decent writing but this is nothing more than a rehash and quite frankly, not a good one.
Agent J (Will Smith “Bad Boys”) is now MIB’s top agent and so far everything is going well but then an unauthorized landing occurs and a new threat has come to Earth. Now Agent J must restore his old partner Agent K’s (Tommy Lee Jones “Batman Forever”) memory in order to combat this new threat, save humanity and stop it from stealing the ‘Light’.
Will Smith’s character Agent J is not as amusing as he was in the first “Men In Black” film. Tommy Lee Jones who I normally like isn’t that exciting either as Agent K, which is a real shame because I did enjoy his portrayal of the character the first time around. The two unfortunately lack the chemistry they had in the first movie too. Rosario Dawson (“Sin City”) is awfully weak as Agent J’s new girlfriend. None of the villains in this movie are memorable in the absolute slightest as none are shown in an interesting light.
“Men In Black II” is a real shame. Instead of getting a decent continuation, it feels very forced and just generally very poor. The action is over the top and doesn’t work very well as it does come off as rather silly. None of the characters are that interesting and the chemistry between those characters is just poor. The jokes aren’t great either. Although “Men In Black II” isn’t a horrible movie or even a horrible sequel nothing about it is that great so I don’t recommend this one unless you are an absolute diehard fan of the original.