Men In Black III

Ten years after its precedent, Men In Black III reunites Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith as the unlikely partnered Agents who protect the Earth from dangerous extra terrestrials. Only this time... they must go back... in time. (I'm sorry for making you read that).

When an alien that got his arm cut off and subsequently was thrown in jail by Agent K in 1969 breaks out of his prison on the moon, he vows to get revenge but going back to that time and killing K when he was young, thus never losing his arm and making it home to have his planet attack Earth. But Agent J finds out about this plan and time travels to the same time to stop the evil alien from completing his plan.

I don't remember much of the first or second Men In Black movies, but from what I remember, this one has more heart than the other two. You get to see more of each characters past. You get to see what Agent K was like before he became the stone faced bad ass we've come to know and love.

Josh Brolin, who plays the younger Agent K, does a fantastic job at channeling Tommy Lee Jones character while, at the same time creating a more lively version of the character, if at all possible. You get to see him in love and enjoying his job. You also see what he went through that possibly made him overly serious.

You also get more insight into Agent J's character as well, although not quite as much. It is interesting to see Agent J react to a more lively Agent K.

Boris the Animal, played by Jemaine Clement (The Flight of the Conchords, Dinner With Schmucks), who just goes by Boris, plays the evil alien that takes his revenge on Agent K. I love Jemaine Clement, but as a huge fan of The Flight of the Conchords, it's hard for me not to see his character from that in everything he does. Luckily, he hid behind sunglasses and a beard the whole film as well as some alien-esque features, so his character wasn't completely ruined for me. He played a good villain in this movie.

This movie was a great addition to the franchise and was entertaining. I like when they release a sequel ten years or more after its precedent. It gives me a feeling of nostalgia while watching it. I start to remember my first time watching the others. Although the wait can be long and arduous, the wait is often worth it.

Except Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls... we'll just pretend that never happened...

My Rating: B-