Enjoyable Sequel with a New Villainess

Rating: 8/10 (28 July 2013)

O.K. It's not the original. Like "Ghostbusters II", you either love it or hate it because it's not so different from MIB I. It jumps right in there with very little explanation of the previous movie's setup or plot. Tommy Lee Jones has gone back to New England and, after being "neuralized", remembers nothing of his previous existence as MIB Agent "K". He is the Postmaster at the local post office and acts like a big, dopey boy scout. He is surrounded by aliens to protect him at work and doesn't even know it. There are all disguised as humans. Agent "J" (Will Smith) must bring him back to fight the evil shape-shifting Kylothian monster who is searching for the powerful "Light of Zartha" left hidden on Earth. Like in the "5th Element" movie, it ends up being a beautiful girl, (Rosario Dawson) and not an object. Once again, the goal is "to conquer the universe", and she kills anyone who gets in her way, just like "Edgar" the bug in the first MIB movie. Laura Flynn Boyle is great as "Serlenna" the hideous plant-octopus creature with giant tentacles. She disguises herself as a "Victoria's Secret" model, of all things! As expected, plenty of carnage and sci-fi violence. Great CGI effects.A fairly good sequel and much funnier than I remember it being. (In this movie, we find out that Oprah is an alien.-Big deal.) It is way too short at only 88 minutes without titles. It leaves me wanting to see more, as The MIB characters are so much fun to watch, in action. Ya gotta love those "alien worms" with that cheesy Mexican accent and "Frank" the excitable talking Pug dog! Look for make-up genius Rick Baker in a brief walk-on as a MIB passport agent. Also look for "Michael Jackson" and "Martha Stewart" (don't blink) in very short cameos.