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Men in Black II (2002) 5.9
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Metascore: 49/100
Reviews: 591 user | 205 critic | 37 from Metacritic.com Agent J needs help so he is sent to find Agent K and restore his memory. Director:Barry Sonnenfeld |
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Cast
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| Will Smith | ... | ||
| Rip Torn | ... | ||
| Lara Flynn Boyle | ... | ||
| Johnny Knoxville | ... |
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Charlie
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| Tony Shalhoub | ... | ||
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Agent Tee
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Ben
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Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine | ... |
Hailey
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Peter Spellos | ... |
Captain Larry Bridgewater, The Motorman
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Man with Harvey, the Dog
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New York Guy
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Plot Synopsis
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Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIBs untarnished mission statement: protecting the earth from the scum of the universe. It's been four years since the alien-seeking agents averted an intergalactic disaster of epic proportions. And now it's a race against the clock as Jay must convince Kay-who not only has absolutely no memory of his time spent with the Men In Black, but is also the only living person left with the expertise to save the galaxy-to reunite with the MIB before the earth submits to ultimate destruction. Written by Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}
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Same Planet. New Scum. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action violence and some provocative humor | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
3 July 2002 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
MIB 2 See more »Filming Locations:
American Museum of Natural History - Central Park West and 79th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$140,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$2,254,566 (Italy) (13 September 2002)Gross:
£22,018,371 (UK) (27 September 2002)Company Credits
Production Co:
Columbia Pictures Corporation, Amblin Entertainment, MacDonald/Parkes Productions See more »
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1.85 : 1
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Mysteries in History Narrator: Mysteries in History with your host, Peter Graves!
Peter Graves: Although no one has ever been able to prove their existence, a quasi-government agency known as the Men in Black supposedly carries out secret operations here on Earth in order to keep us safe from aliens throughout the galaxies. Here is one of their stories that never happened, from one of their files that doesn't exist...
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Written by Freddie Perren (as Frederick J. Perren) and Dino Fekaris
Performed by Tim Blaney
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Did You Know?
Trivia
The video store J and K visit has several Oliver Stone sections, and a large Oliver Stone cardboard figure near the check-out counter. See more »Goofs
In most of the movie, whenever Agent J and / or Agent K use the lift, they are seen being lowered down from a platform from where the lift opens to the ground of MIB headquarters level. But near the end, when both agents plus the worms use the lift to fight Serleena, the lift stops at the level of MIB headquarters, with no platform having to be used to lower the agents to the same level. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Mysteries in History Narrator: Mysteries in History with your host, Peter Graves!
Peter Graves: Although no one has ever been able to prove their existence, a quasi-government agency known as the Men in Black supposedly carries out secret operations here on Earth in order to keep us safe from aliens throughout the galaxies. Here is one of their stories that never happened, from one of their files that doesn't exist...
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Crazy Credits
In the opening credits, Serleena's ship travels across the universe, vaporizing any planets it comes across, before finally landing on Earth. See more »Soundtracks
"I Will Survive"Written by Freddie Perren (as Frederick J. Perren) and Dino Fekaris
Performed by Tim Blaney
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Let me just start by saying that I normally like movies with Tommy Lee Jones and / or Will Smith in them. They certainly don't belong to the enormous group of average and unnoticeable actors, but have some kind of style and presence that I really can appreciate. But I'm afraid that's about the best thing I can say about them right now, because what they did in this movie was nothing but a hasty 'grab-as-much-money-as-you-can' job and I really don't like to see that.
"Men in Black II" starts four years later from where the first one ended. Kay has given up life as an agent and has returned to civilian life, working in a postal office, while Jay has continued to work for the 'Men in Black'. While investigating what seems to be a routine crime, Jay uncovers a diabolical plot masterminded by Serleena, an evil Kylothian monster who disguises herself as a sexy lingerie model. With their headquarters under siege and time running out, Jay must convince Kay, who no longer remembers anything of his time with the MIB, to rejoin the agency so they can save the Earth from being destroyed completely.
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.
And yet not everything was that bad. The humor for instance worked, not always perfectly but it worked. Jokes like "It came with a black dude, but it kept being pulled over" when they talk about the automatic pilot in the Mercedes were funny. I even liked that dog singing on the front seat of the car, but overall it just wasn't enough to save the entire movie. No, if you are looking for a spectacular new movie that is full of great acting, a great story and some excellent computer animations, than you'll be very disappointed by this one. It just seems like they threw it together in a couple of weeks and that's why I can only give it a 6/10.