Men in Black II (2002)

Directed by

Barry Sonnenfeld

Genre

comedy film, action film, science fiction film, buddy cop film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 24m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 10,730 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An alien threat forces a retired agent to come back into action and team up with his former partner. The two must deal with a new villain and her conniving accomplice to save the world.

fast-pacedquirkyfunnyplayfulwhimsicalloosenostalgicsilly

What happens

Men in Black II (stylized as MIIB in promotional material) is a 2002 American science fiction action comedy film based on the Marvel Comics series of a similar name based on the conspiracy theory. Produced by Columbia Pictures and Amblin Entertainment in association with MacDonald/Parkes Productions, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it is the sequel to Men in Black (1997) and the second installment in the Men in Black film series. The film was directed by Barry Sonnenfeld from a screenplay by Robert Gordon and Barry Fanaro, and it stars Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith, with Lara Flynn Boyle, Johnny Knoxville, Rosario Dawson, Tony Shalhoub, and Rip Torn in supporting roles. It also featured Michael Jackson's last feature film appearance before he died in 2009. In the film, the emergence of an alien threat reunites Kevin Brown / Agent K (Jones) and James Darrell Edwards III / Agent J (Smith). Development for a sequel film began following the box office success of the original; Jones, Smith, and Sonnenfeld's returns were confirmed by 2001, and David Koepp was initially hired to write the screenplay. Koepp then left production to work on Spider-Man (2002) and was replaced by Gordon, who developed the script and story further. Fanaro was later brought in to perform some final rewrites to Gordon's treatment. Principal photography began on June 11, 2001, and lasted until that September, taking place primarily in New York City; filming was delayed, and several scenes were reworked following the September 11 attacks that month. The film's soundtrack contained the theme song "Black Suits Comin' (Nod Ya Head)", performed by Smith. Aside from this song, composer Danny Elfman, who scored the first film, returned to compose its sequel. Men in Black II premiered at Mann Village Theater in Westwood, Los Angeles on June 26, 2002, and was theatrically released in the United States on July 3. It received mixed reviews from critics, who deemed it inferior to its predecessor but praised Jones's and Smith's performances and action sequences. It was a financial success, grossing $445 million worldwide and becoming the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2002. Its sequel, Men in Black 3, was released in 2012 to an improved critical and commercial response. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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