Smith & Jones try their best but the chemistry between them is sorely missing

Rating: 3/10 (17 September 2005)

Not the worst sequel but any time you have seen a good movie and get disappointed by a sequel it's a bummer. The reason why the first movie was so enjoyable was because of the repartee between Smith and Jones. Here the limits of the plot requires them to have little screen time together and when they do share scenes they are usually engaging in a fight for the upper hand. J (Smith) believes that he is now the no. 1 agent but when K (Jones) gets in the game again he is bested until one particular scene involving a fight to beat the clock once again.
As for the Alien scum, this time one of them comes in a more attractive package than the rather nauseating bug in the first part. Lara Flynn Boyle may look good but she is definitely in the wrong movie. She is absolutely no fun as the villain and her annoying sidekick, played by Johnny Knoxville is a waste of screen space.
That said, the K character does show a little of the old spunk in the mail room scene but it is quickly turned into a rather lame pun on mailmen in general. The new addition, Rosario Dawson is somewhat charming but she is simply used as a cog in the plot machine. The Z character does an imitation of Yoda in a totally ridiculous fight scene and that's about it.
The Men in Black are probably but a distant memory by now but back in '97 it was something else. There will probably not be another sequel and that's as it should be because what more could you do.