If only they'd remember the ending of the first movie...

Rating: 4/10 (1 August 2002)

I'm going on the assumption here that you saw the first MIB (if you didn't, stop reading this now and rent it - it's a fairly good movie). Remember when Agent K was looking in on his wife, with that wistful smile, then stopped when Agent J caught him and came up with the ham-handed "Well, you know, it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." Remember the reply? "Try it." I know what he felt. That's why I was happy (along with many fans of the movie) to see the picture of a smiling Agent K reunited with his wife at the end of the first movie.
Well, when they wrote this movie, they must have forgotten about all that, because this movie has about as much emotion as a Kleenex tissue paper. They try reversing the roles this time around, giving Agent J someone to be in love with, but it doesn't work. It's forced on us (after all, if he zaps her like he's supposed to, goodbye movie), and thus I didn't care what happened.
Don't get me wrong - this movie still has some funny stuff, including a funny role for Johnny Knoxville (okay, yes, I'm a fan, big deal!), but I'm just glad I was able to get the matinee showing so I wouldn't have to waste any more money seeing this movie than I had to. And at 81 minutes long (not including the end credits), you better not bother going to the bathroom during the middle of the movie - you might wind up missing half the movie.