Men In Black 2
Same Planet, New Scum.
Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith are back in black as the scum-fighting super-agents Kay and Jay - regulators of all things alien on planet Earth. Their latest mission: to save the world from a total intergalactic disaster!
When a renegade Kylothian monster disguised as a lingerie model threatens the survival of the human race, the boys of the MIB get the call to step up... and get busy! But first, Jay needs to drag Kay out of an early retirement with the U.S. Post Office -- and there's not much time to get him up to speed. With their headquarters under siege and time running out, the boys in black enlist the help of Frank the Pug and a posse of hard-living worms to help them kick some seriously sexy alien butt!
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Not that good. - sampid
I admit that some of the special effects were nice to watch, but even that didn't always convince me. Some of the aliens were small masterpieces, others however seemed like a hasty job, unfinished by the people of the computer graphics department. The only possible explanation for that might be that they wanted to save enough money so the profit rate would be even larger. And the computer animations weren't the only one to suffer from that problem. The script writers didn't come up with any new things either. All they did was to repeat what worked in the first movie. It even seems like they didn't have the time to come up with a new and decent plot.A Very Weak Sequel - revsdd
As funny as the original MIB was, the sequel proves that the same old thing can get very old and very tired very quickly. I mean, how often can you really find it funny to watch an alien grow its head back after having it shot off? This was a cute gag in the original (and I think we only saw it happen once if I remember correctly.) In this one, it happens over and over again. HEY! AFTER THE FIRST TIME IT'S NOT THAT FUNNY! That's the basic problem with this movie. It doesn't seem to have a lot to differentiate it from the first one, with the result that it's just not that interesting.
Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones reprise their roles as Agents "Jay" and "Kay" respectively, and here was one element of the story that might have made this a fun adventure if it had been developed. "Kay" is retired as this movie opens, and he's been "neuralized" - his memory of having been an MIB agent has been wiped clean. If the story had focussed more on "Kay" and his attempts at re-integrating into the MIB agency, I think this might have been a very funny movie. But "Kay's" re-integration just seems to happen far too easily, and for the most part the focus of the movie is on Smith's "Jay." The problem with that is that I just feel Jones is better suited to the whole MIB persona, and I felt Smith quickly became tiresome without Jones balancing him more fully. (And Frank the dog - another of Jay's "partners" - just didn't cut it. I really wanted that dog to get eaten by the big worm or something. A very irritating character, in my opinion.)
My advice: stick with the original.Cheap, easy sequel - Mr_Humidty
While I liked this film's predecessor, I didn't care for this one. Sure, it's got the same characters, similar gags, etc, but that's exactly why I didn't like it. It demonstrates a complete lack of imagination, making it clear that this was all about making money. Most notable in that regard, is their ditching the Linda Fiorentino character, Smith's new partner in the original, in order to bring back Tommy Lee Jones.
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Not that good. - sampid
I admit that some of the special effects were nice to watch, but even that didn't always convince me. Some of the aliens were small masterpieces, others however seemed like a hasty job, unfinished by the people of the computer graphics department. The only ...A Very Weak Sequel - revsdd
As funny as the original MIB was, the sequel proves that the same old thing can get very old and very tired very quickly. I mean, how often can you really find it funny to watch an alien grow its head back after having it shot off? This was a cute gag in the ...Cheap, easy sequel - Mr_Humidty
While I liked this film's predecessor, I didn't care for this one. Sure, it's got the same characters, similar gags, etc, but that's exactly why I didn't like it. It demonstrates a complete lack of imagination, making it clear that this was all about making ...