Sony Pictures | 1997 | 98 mins | Rated PG-13 | Jun 17, 2008
The adventures of J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones), two federal agents aka, The Men in Black, who are assigned to investigate all alien related phenomena. The agents uncover an intergalactic plot to assasinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies who happen to reside in New York City. Jay and Kay’s mission is to foil the plot by tracking down the terrorist, thereby preventing the earth from being destroyed.
This imaginative summer comedy from director Barry Sonnenfeld (Get Shorty) is a lot of fun, largely on the strength of Will Smith’s engaging performance as the rookie partner of a secret agent (Tommy Lee Jones) assigned to keep tabs on Earth-dwelling extraterrestrials. There’s lots of comedy to spare in this bright film, some of the funniest stuff found in the margins of the major action. (A scene with Smith’s character being trounced in the distance by a huge alien while Jones questions a witness is a riot.) The inventiveness never lets up, and the cast–including Vincent D’Onofrio doing frighteningly convincing work as an alien occupying a decaying human–hold up their end splendidly.
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Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Vincent D’Onofrio, Linda Fiorentino, Willie C. Carpenter
Barry Sonnenfeld
AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
English, Spanish
Arabic, Cantonese, Dutch, English, French, Korean, Spanish
Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
1.85:1
1
Rated PG-13
Sony Pictures
June 17, 2008
98 minutes
1 Customer Reviews
Customer Reviews
What if those tabloid space alien stories were true? Blu-ray due out June 17th–Update on image/sound
By Sanpete, (in Utah) - May 8, 2008
Men In Black is a spoof/sci-fi/action flick about a super-secret cross between the Immigration and Naturalization Service, FBI X-Files division, and a disinformation office. Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith are, respectively, a seasoned agent and a new recruit who work to find, legalize, track and police aliens from other worlds, and to hide the fact that such aliens exist. Aliens are given disguises and allowed to live among us as long as they don’t cause too much trouble. There is apparently a lot of latitude in enforcing that requirement, since it turns out that Newt Gingrich, Sylvester Stallone and Dennis Rodman are actually aliens.
Beyond that set-up, the plot exists mainly as a vehicle on which to hang a bunch of gags, some very odd characters, and action sequences. And that’s enough. The heroes fight aggressor aliens and save the Earth and a very small galaxy while remaining (mostly) cool and making wisecracks. What more could you ask for?
This is a fun movie with lots of elaborate special effects and sets that ought to really benefit from the hi-def treatment. The new Blu-ray release will have a bunch of special features, but only a few not taken from previous releases. Here are the new features […]
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