Third Times A Charm For 'Men In Black'

Men In Black III


8/10




Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones are back for a third time in Men In Black III. This time they are joined by new comers Josh Brolin, Emma Thompson, and Jemanie Clement. In this time traveling sequel a villain, Boris the Animal, has escaped from Lunar Max prison to take revenge on Agent K for incarcerating him. Boris has discovered that time travel is possible and decides to eliminate K at their first encounter in 1969. After K is erased from the present Agent J needs to travel back a day before Boris and prevent the death of his partner. Oh yeah, and save the world. 


Will Smith jumps right back into the role of Agent J has if he never left. He, as always, is the brightest spot in this movie. Smith brings more experience to J, but still has that unique sarcasm that makes J an awesome character. I mean seriously, if you did like his character in the first two then you will definitely like him in the third film.


The other staple of this series is back. Tommy Lee Jones' Agent K is the same grumpy, no nonsense agent as from the first two films. The only problem I have with Jones, is that he isn't in the film very long to actually critique his performance. The only reason why I have singled him out is because when he is on screen, he and Smith show that great chemistry as if the two have been doing these movies forever.


Newcomer Josh Brolin takes over very well in Jones' absence. It really was like Brolin studied both films and followed Jones around for a month.  The only difference is that Brolin gives Agent K a little more light. His Agent K isn't burdened down by years of experience as Jones' K is.


Jemanine Clement is the villain Boris in this installment. Now I will fully admit that I am not too familiar with Clements work, so I can't really compare him in this film. I will say however, Clement does portray a pretty convincing bad guy. Clement also brings a little humor to his villainous role.


Can't really say too much about the director and the special effects because as said earlier, if you enjoyed the first two, then these will be just as enjoyable. Sonnenfeld took what worked in the first two and copied and pasted in this film. 


The thing that I didn't enjoy about the film is the continuity. Besides the relationship between J and K, the writers seemed to rewrite the K past again. In this third film, K seems to have ANOTHER fling from the past. Didn't he have a wife in the first one? A child with an alien in the second? Why does K need another love interest? I kind of thought that maybe it would be time for J to have a love interest that isn't related to K. This love interest seemed to have no real purpose but to show that K gets around. 


There is nothing really new with this third movie, but that isn't a bad thing. As long as Jones and Smith can continue to have great chemistry, Sonnenfeld can copy and paste what works for at least a couple more films. But please, Barry, lets keep K's love life out of it!