You know a film is in trouble when two of the main stars turned up on the film set bringing their own writers to fix issues with the script.
The original Men in Black managed to deliver an exciting film in 90 minutes.
30 minutes into this film I was wondering where was the plot?
The film starts with young Molly Wright in New York who encountered an alien and saw her parents being neulayzed by the MIB. The adult Molly (Tessa Thompson) has spent years trying to join the MIB and succeeds after she infiltrates its headquarters.
Agent O (Emma Thompson) assigns her as a probationary agent to the London office which is run by Agent High T (Liam Neeson.) Molly teams up with Agent H (Chris Hemsworth) to babysit Vungus the Ugly who is alien royalty. He is killed by alien twins.
Agent H is arrogant and a bit of a slacker on the job and Agent High T always covers up for him. However it turns out that someone within MIB might be a traitor.
The Men in Black films run out of steam with the sequel in 2002. This one does not even get out of the starting blocks. To call it a tired retread is an insult to a tired retread.
The best thing about Men in Black: International was an anecdote from Ed Solomon who wrote the first movie. He was in a profit share for Men in Black which grossed over $500 million worldwide.
Each year he recieves a letter from Columbia Pictures informing him that as Men in Black has not yet made a profit, there is no money for him to receive. Solomon said in advance of the release of the third sequel, this is proof that Columbia Pictures are in it for the art and not money. I think he was being ironic.
The original Men in Black managed to deliver an exciting film in 90 minutes.
30 minutes into this film I was wondering where was the plot?
The film starts with young Molly Wright in New York who encountered an alien and saw her parents being neulayzed by the MIB. The adult Molly (Tessa Thompson) has spent years trying to join the MIB and succeeds after she infiltrates its headquarters.
Agent O (Emma Thompson) assigns her as a probationary agent to the London office which is run by Agent High T (Liam Neeson.) Molly teams up with Agent H (Chris Hemsworth) to babysit Vungus the Ugly who is alien royalty. He is killed by alien twins.
Agent H is arrogant and a bit of a slacker on the job and Agent High T always covers up for him. However it turns out that someone within MIB might be a traitor.
The Men in Black films run out of steam with the sequel in 2002. This one does not even get out of the starting blocks. To call it a tired retread is an insult to a tired retread.
The best thing about Men in Black: International was an anecdote from Ed Solomon who wrote the first movie. He was in a profit share for Men in Black which grossed over $500 million worldwide.
Each year he recieves a letter from Columbia Pictures informing him that as Men in Black has not yet made a profit, there is no money for him to receive. Solomon said in advance of the release of the third sequel, this is proof that Columbia Pictures are in it for the art and not money. I think he was being ironic.