Apologies, this review is really late. Let’s recap, MIB was great, albeit goofy sci-fi fun, MIB II was crap.
This one was definitely more like the first. Basically, Agent J (Will Smith) and Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) are aging now, but they still have the same personalities. After some grumpiness on K’s part, Boris the Animal (pictured above), chocolate milk, and wibbley wobbley timey wimey stuff, a time fracture occurs where K no longer exists in the present day and only J remembers the regular time stream. So, J needs to go back in time, defeat Boris, save K, and fix the time stream.
Overall, I loved how it kept the same mix of humor and action that makes MIB so distinctive, and Smith and Brolin (young Agent K) are excellent here. I would have liked to see more of the one Woman in Black (Agent O).
The reason why this is worth seeing was that it went beyond a popcorn movie and had a real emotional center based off of J and K’s friendship. Smith’s nuanced portrayal really brought out the sense that J truly cared about K, and despite their differences, he would even go back in time to save K. There’s also a great twist regarding this aspect of the story.
Rating: Worth watching. (Maybe not twice, but YMMV.)
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