It's Men In Black, you know how it goes, well this is more of it

Rating: 7/10 (1 December 2012)

I am a bad person to review a Men In Black film because honestly I didn't care much for the first two. They were okay and had some fun moments and some good special effects but for whatever reason they just didn't resonate with me. I love the cast and the concept but they never impressed me much. If you loved the first two Men In Black films then you will love this one, plain and simple. They came back after a ten year hiatus and nailed it. It feels the same, looks the same and probably just as enjoyable as the first two if you liked them. I thought the comedy took a back seat in this instalment, it just didn't feel like it had the same level of comedic one liners that the other ones had. The cast is as good as they have ever been and the story is decent. For whatever reason, the x factor, still didn't resonate with me but I still enjoyed it or what it was. Men In Black 3 is and the series always was silly fun and it continues to be the same.
I sincerely miss seeing Will Smith on the big screen. I think both him and Tommy Lee Jones are far too good of actors to be in this sort of film but that is probably what makes them so popular. Smith is good in his role, seems to slip back into the role easily. As I mentioned the comedy is toned down which doesn't fare well for Smith's character who always delivered the one liners to Jones' straight man. Tommy Lee Jones, as I expected, isn't in this film as much as the others. The concept is that Smith teams up with a younger version of Jones' Agent K. Jones is still good as the straight laced, by the book agent. Josh Brolin steals the show with his performance playing a younger Agent K. He absolutely nails Tommy Lee Jones and this is probably the first time in a film where I believed a younger actor was the younger version. He just completely delivers and Smith and Brolin have the same chemistry as Smith and Jones. They could not have cast this part any better. Jemaine Clement is also very good as the bad guy, Boris. He really does a great job playing the main villain. Emma Thompson and Alice Eve have small roles playing the same character and they do alright as well. It never hurts seeing Alice Eve in a film as she is stunningly beautiful but a mediocre actress.
I don't think the film would have been nearly as successful had director Barry Sonnenfeld not returned. He knows the cast and the story well and he does sci-fi comedy flawlessly. He is excellent at creating entertaining but properly campy stories. I think fans of the series will only be mildly disappointed by two things. The lack of comedy in this one and the lack of unique critters, creatures and aliens. Yes there are some but it just didn't have the same level of unique flare that the first film had or even the second. I suppose that is to be expected though with a trilogy and one that took ten years to make. Still it was entertaining and while I didn't love it because of my own Men In Black hang ups, I think fans will really enjoy it and its worth checking out certainly. 7/10