"Men In Black III" (2012)

Men In Black III

Rated PG-131 Hour 46 Minutes

My GradeBI would have been the first one to tell you that there should have never been a third Men in Black movie after the fiasco that was Men in Black 2. What a terrible sequel that was to a great, unique and funny first film. So I was none to pleased when the third one was announced and I thought it even more ridiculous when it was in 3D. Well I didn't see the movie in 3D, but I did overcome my distaste in the idea of threequel and sat through this new chapter.

Boy was I ever so wrong! I was very pleasantly surprised with this new addition to the trilogy. I wish Men in Black II could be brain neuralized from our heads so that this was the true sequel and that was it. It had a really solid time travel story that never became overly complicated or silly. What it actually turns out to be is not only a fun alien movie, but also a story of friendship and loyalty. It ends up having a very sweet story at the end between agent J and K.

Agent K of course, is Tommy Lee Jones, who is actually only in about 2 or 3 scenes in this movie. Due to the time travel aspect of the movie, Agent K is primarily played by Josh Brolin. Brolin does a fantastic job at doing the likeness of Tommy Lee Jones, it's almost spot on. He is easily the best part of the film. But not to be outdone, welcome the return of Will Smith. He has been absent from the silver screen for a few years since he did the gloomy and not so good film Seven Pounds. Smith has always been a very charismatic and charming actor no matter what role he is in, there is a reason why he has two Oscar nominations (Pursuit of Happyness and Ali). But where he has always shined is in his comedic efforts. He brings it back here in full force and he was a blast to watch in his element again.

Visually, the movie was awesome, as to be expected. Fantastic alien effects, and some really awesome looking motorcycle devices that was featured in one of the better action scenes. I think Men in Black swung and missed badly with it's second film, but has regained all of it's wonderful momentum with this film. If there were to make a fourth film, I would be more inclined to give it a shot. But at the same time, if they left it at this film, it would be a solid ending to the trilogy. Maybe don't fix what is not broke...right? At any rate, this was a very worthy summer film, not the best of the summer, but probably one of the more surprisingly good ones so far. Perfect performances, fantastic visuals, exciting action scenes, and a good creepy villain...Men in Black 3 works. It works well.