The original Men in Black is one of my favorite comic book films. It's funny, it's got a decent plot, decent characters. My thoughts on the sequels are that they are not as good, with the third one being the better one. International is roughly on par with the third. It's not horrible, but not great by any means.
New characters, new locations. It's nice to see more than New York City. It focuses on Molly Wright, whose family had an experience with the MIB when she was a kid. She is focused on aliens and wants to join. Ultimately, she does and goes to London for an assignment, but finds herself dealing with hero Agent H, and the head honcho, High T. However, discoveries of a new weapon to annihilate the galaxy prompt the organization to find the culprit before it gets to that point.
Tessa Thompson is no Will Smith, but she holds her own. There is a bit of sass to her, but as Agent M, she is very committed to the character and makes her a bad ass at times and a cool person whenever is necessary. Chris Hemsworth seems kind of phoned in a little bit. I get they make H a little laid back and a bit of a trouble maker, but there was points where I felt like he wasn't trying to act. High T, played by Liam Neeson, is a developed character and it seems like the perfect role for Neeson. I would say it was one of his better performances. A straight arrow character that doesn't mess around with incidents and fights. As far as other performances, alien Pawny played by Kumail Nanijiani provided a few decent laughs. Some of the bad guys did well and the organization played the part seriously effectively.
With the focus on aliens, I don't feel there has been much change since the original. But on one hand, the CG is not overused and looks very real if aliens existed in our word. Nice for a budget of 110 million, showing you don't need a 200 million dollar budget like Marvel movies. Some of the effects felt very Terminator 2 like. I don't have much else to say. The technological mumbo jumbo will more than likely lose a few people's interests. It could have been trimmed about five, ten minutes shorter. I like that there is music throughout it and stays in tune with the tone of the trilogy. Very nice that there is no romantic angles. I wouldn't strongly suggest seeing it, but if you are desperate, try and see it before they pull it out of theaters. Not horrible, but not too great.
Score: 6.5 out of 10
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