Too many jokes, too little fun

Rating: 4/10 (17 August 2002)

First of all I'd like to say I really loved Men in Black. I loved the concept of the movie, the special effects where pretty good, it was funny and both Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones kicked ass. It was downright entertaining.
So I expected something similar. In that I wasn't disappointed. The main problem of this movie is that it's _too_ similar. Everything that made the previous movie a good one is back but unfortunately that doesn't necessarily make this incarnation as good as the previous one. The dude in the pawn shop is back (although in a different role), the noisy cricket and the space-car. All things from the previous movie, plus a couple of new ones (why does there always have to be a new partner in a sequel, I mean seriously, a kid would have been worse but the dog kinda didn't do it for me either) were cranked in less than 90 minutes of movie which results in a story which is confusing despite the fact it would fit on the backside of your movie ticket.
There are a lot of different movies that _do_ rock. Go see Signs for REAL Sci-fi, Eight-legged freaks for REAL monsters (that splatter nicer as well) and 51st state for a hero that REALLY talks trash.