Will Smith--Tomorrow's Eddie Murphy?

Rating: Null/10 (28 July 2002)

This movie was about as uninventive as a sequel could possibly be. Unbelieveably stale jokes, boring special effects, and a completely uninteresting plot to boot. Will Smith practically slept through this movie, showing little spark or interest in the dialogue that he was speaking--but really, who could blame him? Hopefully, he will not continue to agree to take on such drivel, as someone like Eddie Murphy seems to do, time and time again--and look where his career has gone. Lara Flynn-Boyle looked like her usual frighteningly skinny self, while trying to portray some catty dominatrix-type of alien. I love Johnny Knoxville, and his performance couldn't have been more uncomfortably worthless. And poor Tommy Lee Jones, who looked like he was being held a hostage through the production process. Someone rescue him! And the plot, I won't even try to explain, because I don't want to give it away for those of you who still want to go see this movie (and I don't want the other half of you to fall asleep in front of your computer screens). But basically, MIB are on the all-exciting race against time to beat the aliens; MIB MUST FIND THE HIDDEN THING ON EARTH BEFORE THE ALIENS DO AND KEEP THE PLANET FROM EXPLODING!!! There, I just made the movie about as exciting as it gets.