A Sequel With Depth

Rating: 9/10 (27 May 2012)

The first Men In Black Movie was a classic. And let's face it, MIB 2 stinks. But MIB 3 offers something we have yet to see in either of its predecessors.
Depth.
There's a lot more here than witty banter between Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) or Agent J, (Will Smith). The creators are done with making the oddities of the aliens as a major focal point of the story and humor, though there is plenty of it in MIB 3. This time we get to delve into the characters of both Agent K and Agent J, and the result is refreshing.
They do this by time travel. In order to save the life of his partner, Agent J must travel back in time and rescue Young Agent K (Josh Brolin) from Boris the Animal (Jemaine Clement). Here we learn a lot about Agent K and how he might have become the hard-nosed stickler for rules that he is.
Being about time-travel, you can expect there to be a lot of twists and turns, and quite frankly a couple of scenes that will blindside you. (But in a good way.) I obviously can't get into specifics because I don't want to give anything away, but there were several moments throughout the movie where I had to ask myself if I was still watching a Men In Black movie. Though it is still classified as a comedy for sure, the elements of action and suspense kept you on the edge of your seat, while the tenderness of some scenes nearly brought me to tears - something I would have never expected from a Men In Black movie.
The acting was superb. Will Smith is at his best, and Tommy Lee Jones is always a delight, but he is only in the movie for twenty or thirty minutes it seemed. I would have to say that the real credit goes to Josh Brolin for portraying Young Agent K. I'm not sure they could have picked a better actor for the job.
Starting out, the movie seems that it was only adding to the poor job done on MIB 2. I went in to this movie thinking that it HAD to be better, because if it wasn't, I don't know why they would even try. (Sorry for those of you out there that really liked MIB 2...Please let me know what I'm missing there.)
If you haven't seen the first two MIB movies, where have you been? But seriously, it would be good for knowing the background of the characters. I would say this one trumps the first two by far. Fantastic movie.
The McDandy Rating: A MUST SEE
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