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Men In Black 3

Posted on August 17, 2018 by Village Vidiot

First the good news, Josh Brolin is very good as the young Agent K in this overly sentimental, Etan Cohen-written, Barry Sonnedfeld-directed, Spielberg-produced time-travel version of the franchise. He has all of Jones’s fun ticks down and is a looser character. The bad news is, Tommy Lee Jones looks about 80 in the contemporary portion of the film and actually seems to creak as he moves. Will Smith, his brash young partner is now middle age and the attitude just doesn’t play well. Even the outtake ‘gag’ reel isn’t funny. The plot?. Well, Boris the Animal, an intergalactic (and very creepy alien) assassin, escapes from his lunar prison (put there by K in 1969) and journeys back in time to kill his nemesis. Alternate time scenarios abound. Best part?. The party at Andy Warhol’s “Factory”. So there are some fun bits, but this will, or at least should be, be the last “Men in Black”. Emma Thompson is wasted as the new MIB chief. I miss Shaloub and a light-hearted touch. This one almost feels reverential in parts

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