A better "Dragnet" comedy than "Dragnet" was

Rating: Null/10 (1 July 2000)

The extravagantly drawn, authentically motivated minor characters and the occasional reminders of job-induced loneliness made this a better "Dragnet" comedy than the Dan Ackroyd version was. The makers of MIB knew what to laugh at and what to leave real. I was particularly impressed at the ending; for once, we don't go straight from the closing duel to the closing credits.
I'm sure that not just the special-effects guys but also Vincent D'Onofrio deserves a lot of credit for his somehow moving around like a badly-disguised cockroach. I suppose that with challenges like that to address, no one noticed that Rip Torn's beard didn't seem to belong to him...