At first glance, "Men In Black 3" seems like such an unnecessary sequel. It's been almost a full 10 years since the unfairly panned "Men In Black 2", and (here's a fun fact) an astonishing 15 years since the original (I'll give you a moment to ponder how old you really are now...sucks, doesn't it?)
However, when the director came out several weeks before the movie's release to say this film "answered questions you never thought about asking", I was naturally intrigued. And I was not disappointed at all.
Ten years (and presumably many cases) since the second installment, Agent J (Will Smith) and Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) find themselves realizing time is not on their side. Zed has passed away, and Agent O (Emma Thompson) has taken his place as head of the MIB. After a jailbreak from a maximum security lunar prison by notorious intergalactic Boris the Animal (Jemaine Clement), K starts to see his own mortality. And, after a massive break in the natural timeline, J wakes to find K has been dead for 40 years. Now, J is tasked to travel back in time, save his partner, and, oh yeah, mankind as we know it. But no pressure, right? When J lands in 1969, he runs into a much younger Agent K (Josh Brolin) and Agent O (Alice Eve), who agree to stop Boris's plan, which revolves around the Apollo 11 lunar launch.
Barry Sonnenfeld ("Men In Black", "Men In Black 2") comes back to direct the third installment with an amazing script from Etan Cohen (co-writer of "Tropic Thunder"). Everything you love about the "MIB" franchise is here. All the bizarre humor, awesome CGI and cool-as-hell action you come to expect is delivered on a silver platter. And since Steven Spielberg couldn't keep away from this franchise again, the 3D (and IMAX 3D) are spectacular, and enhance the experience ten fold.
While the performances by Smith, Jones, Clement, and especially Brolin are rock solid and impressive, the true amazement comes from the script. Rarely does a film that comes so much later than its predecessor manage to capture the same feeling as the original (notice the performance of the "Wall Street" sequel to get my point...which, ironically, has Josh Brolin in it too...weird), but "Men In Black 3" not only lives up the expectations, but exceeds them and does what no other threequel has managed to do...add depth to the other two installments. Once you see the film for yourself, you'll catch my meaning.
FINAL VERDICT: Perhaps not the sequel you had been dying for in the last decade, "Men In Black 3" will leave you with a smile on your face and stars in your eyes. With this film adding more depth to the original two films, this is quite easily the best film in the franchise
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