blatantly recycled but provides some fun

Rating: Null/10 (4 July 2002)

Five years later covert government operative Smith has become the top agent of the Men in Black, but is assigned to track down former top agent Jones, restore his memory, and uncover the secret which could stop sexy but deadly alien Boyle and her obnoxious sidekick Knoxville from taking over the universe. Jones and Smith are once again a worthy duo, but the script isn't fresh enough, or inventive enough, or funny enough for this manufactured sequel to really soar. Some occasionally clever ideas, with a few solid laughs here and there, but the film is ultimately left with that dull, seen-it-all-before feeling as the plot is basically recycled from the first film and tries to squeeze as much as it can out of its two great leads. **