A worthy sequel

Rating: 7/10 (14 June 2012)

The Men in Black series was surprisingly brought back with this film, it is at least a decent sequel and one that outperforms the second film in every sense. The film at least tries to change direction with Josh Brolin taking the role as Agent Jay's Partner. Tommy Lee Jones role in the Men in Black 2 seemed very tired and unnecessary for the character, in this it was worthwhile that Lee Jones took a back foot. Will Smith of course plays Jay and expect the exact same performance as before. He does at least find himself in a new environment as the film does bring at least some originality in taking it to a new time period where Jay goes back in time to save Young Agent K from murder. Josh Brolin does a brilliant job in the role of Young K as he actually delivers a fantastic Tommy Lee Jones impression. It does seem that it is about as close to what a Young K would be like and turned out to be great casting. There are not a huge amount of laughs in the film and it seems to be played more as an action with 'Boris the Animal' working as the best villain in the series since Edgar, although he is no where near as funny. The action is played out quite well and the effects never look too fake. While trying to avoid spoilers the film plays out how you would expect. I will say that Smith and Brolin made a good pairing and a good alternative the to the Lee Jones and Smith partnership. All in all a decent entry into the series and one that at least partially makes up for the mess of Men in Black 2.