Men In Black 2 (2002)

 

Genre: Action/ Sci-fi

Time: 1h 30mins

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld

Quick Summary: Agent Jay is sent to find Agent Kay and restore his memory after the re-appearance of a case from Kay's past.

One good note about this, the special effects have gone up, which I really liked. 

Everything about this kinda felt similar to the first film, except they changed it up a slight bit. I didn't mind this completely, as the humour was the complete same which I'm glad about because it worked really well in the first one. A lot of the plot is copied too, a villain is trying to attack, Will Smith and Tommy Jones work together again to save the world. Except they chuck in a potential romantic interest in for Will Smith, which felt a bit forced and not needed by the end of the film.

Even though this is simply a redo of the first film, I still enjoyed it a lot. It didn't lose its charm. All the aliens are cooler than the first and are more visually appealing. There is a lot more dialogue in this one I noticed, and it dragged out a few scenes more than it probably should have been.  

The sad thing about this is that it brought nothing new. It was just an extension of the first one. A few new characters are brought in but it's only for 5-minute laughs, such as a talking pug who constantly spoke one-liners and Johnny Knoxville who plays basically someone with 1 brain cell, but that is given to his other head. 

6/10

"Frank the Pug: D'ya tell the girl you love her?

Agent J: Hey, man, she's a witness to a crime, that's it.

Frank the Pug: Yada, yada, you're attracted. She's not even my species, and I'm attracted."