The Men in Black have expanded to cover the globe
but so have the villains of the universe. To keep everyone safe, decorated
Agent H and determined rookie M join forces -- an unlikely pairing that just
might work. When aliens that can take the form of any human arrive on Earth, H
and M embark on a globe-trotting adventure to save the agency -- and ultimately
the world -- from their mischievous plans.
Director: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Kumail Nanjiani, Rebecca
Ferguson, Rafe Spall, Laurent and Larry Bourgeois, Liam Neeson, along with Emma
Thompson
Release Date: June 14, 2019
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action, some language and suggestive material.
Runtime: 1h 54min
Review:
Men in Black: International is a half hearted reboot that does boast a
pair of a game stars that almost makes the film memorable. F. Gary Gray captures some of the feel from
the original but its never maintained for a consistent amount of time. As such, the film is better in parts than it
is as a whole. The scripting doesn’t
help much with it playing to the most basic and predictable story beats. So ultimately it’s up Chris Hemsworth and
Tessa Thompson to make the whole thing watchable, luckily their chemistry makes
the whole thing an enjoyable romp even if it’s ultimately forgettable. The Men In Black series has always had
trouble nailing the original’s feel in the sequels. The third entry in the film came close and is
an underrated entry in the series, International will probably fall just short
of that entry. It did take on the
gargantuan task of replacing the Will Smith/Tommy Lee Jones dynamic and it does
reasonably well even if the story is generic and ultimately mundane.
B-
