Men In Black II - Review

Men In Black has been one of those franchises where when I hear people say, "I have never seen Men In Black", I don't respond with "What?! What have you been doing with your life?" My response is more along the lines of, "Well, the first one is really good..." Men In Black is one of those franchises because of it's direct sequel Men In Black II. Now before I start this review, let me pose a question. What should sequels do? In my eyes, they should take the characters and story from the first film and expand upon them. A story is about the change of character throughout the story, and taking the sequel's story in a new direction allows for the characters to go through another different arc. However, in most cases, sequels are just recycled versions of the original and don't allow the characters to really progress or for the story to show up anything really new. That is Men In Black II in a nutshell. A recycled and watered down version of Men In Black. If Men In Black was Coca-Cola, Men In Black II would be Diet Pepsi.

Because of that, this review is going to be very short. Like, what else is there to say? What's the plot? An alien in disguise as a human comes down to earth in search for something that would destroy the earth and Agent J and Agent K go on a scavenger hunt to find it before the alien does. Sound familiar? It should. Add in some somewhat love interest with a totally phoned in performance and you have one serving of a watered down Men In Black movie. And hey, is that Johnny Knoxville? Why, yes it is. Is he funny? Nope.

Luckily, this movie does have a silver lining. Scratch that, two silver linings. Their names are Tommy Lee Jones, and Will Smith. They have absolutely wonderful chemistry and they geniunely offer up many many laughs. If you guys are ever in a Men In Black marathon, these two make watching the second installment worth while. It may not be the best movie in the world, but at least these two are entertaining in their roles.

That is literally all I have to say about this movie. Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith are always funny as these characters and work extremely well together, except this time, their adventure feels diluted, watered down and lackluster. Not the worst movie in the world, but they made a better version of this movie, and it's called Men In Black.