Cosmic Loser

Rating: 3/10 (10 July 2002)

After an undeserved record-breaking weekend, I'm probably posting this too late to save anyone who was looking forward to "Men in Black II" their money. A two-headed alien henchman in the film (not very convincingly computer generated) is played by Johnny Knoxville. If you're not familiar with Mr. Knoxville, he has an MTV show called "Jackass", on which he performs such idiot stunts as putting on a scuba suit and sealing himself into a portable toilet, which is then overturned. That casting choice and the fact that there is a giant toilet scene in the film cannot be mere coincidence. It also should neatly illustrate what's wrong with the movie. Apparently unable for the most part (though there are a few brief entertaining moments) to come up with a script as smart and entertaining as the first, they settled for an alien with testicles on his chin, giving the talking dog a bigger part, and toilet jokes. Don't bother with this cosmic loser.