Men in Black: International is the fourth installment in the franchise, but it is not a sequel. The film is a reboot or spinoff that follows the story of Agents H (Chris Hemsworth) and M (Tessa Thompson) as they save the galaxy from appearance-changing aliens. Unlike the first Men in Black film, which was a fun and enjoyable romp with decent special effects and memorable moments, the fourth installment falls short. The script is poor, the narrative is bumpy and flawed, and the new leads are not able to bring the same energy and likability as the original Agents J and K. The film also tries to expand the scope of the franchise with no real reason and ends up feeling like any other team-up movie. The behind-the-scenes issues and posturing have affected the final product, which is a soulless, hollow, and uninteresting. It's a shame that the producers had a chance to relaunch the franchise with fresh, young leads and give us another fun series of movies, but they have dropped the ball.
Men in Black: International es la cuarta entrega de la franquicia, pero no es una secuela. La película es un reinicio o spin-off que sigue la historia de los Agentes H (Chris Hemsworth) y M (Tessa Thompson) mientras salvan la galaxia de extraterrestres que cambian de apariencia. A diferencia de la primera película Men in Black, que fue un juego divertido y agradable con efectos especiales decentes y momentos memorables, la cuarta entrega se queda corta. El guión es deficiente, la narrativa es accidentada y defectuosa, y los nuevos protagonistas no pueden aportar la misma energía y simpatía que los Agentes J y K originales. La película también intenta expandir el alcance de la franquicia sin una razón real y termina sintiéndose como cualquier otra película de equipo. Los problemas detrás de escena y las posturas han afectado el producto final, que es desalmado, hueco y poco interesante. Es una pena que los productores hayan tenido la oportunidad de relanzar la franquicia con protagonistas jóvenes y frescos y ofrecernos otra serie divertida de películas, pero han dejado caer la pelota.
Men In Black International brought back memories nice spin on the movie especially with Molly Agent M.
This movie even though I would agree it is not good as the original classic Men In Black Movies with Will Smith as the lead protagonist in. This brought back the franchise with a lovely funny spin to it especially having Molly (Agent M) played by Tessa Thompson was just so refreshing as the men in black agency are normally able to neuralyze everyone that seen anything that is out of the ordinary, nevertheless they missed out Molly who they thought was asleep in her bedroom as a kid. Molly setting out to find this secret agency twenty years later she hacks into a satellite then finds them after everyone thinks she is delusional, which she follows the Men In Black back to the New York Headquarters where she waltzes in through the front door that I thought is hilarious. Having Chris Hemsworth as Agent H (Harry) is so funny as he is kind of your average joker does not care what everyone thinks that does do what he wants when he wants, compared to Molly Agent M played by Tessa Thompson really keeps everything serious and logical while having a laugh from time to time. The random flirtations between the two is just nice to see really does gives Molly Agent M taking control in these flirtations interactions as she is a strong independent woman that knows what she wants and she knows exactly what she is doing, then Agent H (Harry) is much more of a flirtier protagonist that just wings it into action than logically thinks about what he is doing like Molly Agent M does when jumping into any kind of action with danger in. Pawny is just great an Alien who is just as well a bit of a joker he is also very kind and loyal towards his friends especially Molly his queen as he calls her. This movie is great to watch I hope they bring more Men In Black movies in the future as it is starting to show more equality with feminism, which I love that Women can be powerful protagonists too in these films not just your typical damsel in distress. This gives more opportunities to actors where the stories can run wilder becoming less predictable with more of a Gen Z way of life projected across films.
Review by Thibault RoméoBlockedParent2020-03-06T01:43:26Z
After reading the comments on this website and other, I didn't expect anything but an empty movie à la Marvel, with no content, half a story but good SFX to make us swallow the pill, but I was actually surprised, in a good way.
That might not be the best MIB movie, but I would place it in third position, as I found it better in many ways than MIB3.
If I had to state the number one reason this movie flopped, I'd probably blame the actors, particularly Tessa Thompson. While her character was inconsistent: borderline annoying at the start of the movie with her way-too-much-excited attitude to not-even-surprised-of-alien-stuff-everywhere fro the half of the movie, far from Will Smith's Agent L discovering the system on screen with us, it feel that Agent M was recruited on screen, acquired experience somehow and came back finishing the movie as a more mature agent... Plus she didn't really fit there, with no chemistry with the rest of the cast, it's more of a movie following two agents (and Pawny) than a duo.
Chris Hemsworth on the other way is a very good half of a duo, unfortunately there's no real second half, and he, or more likely his character can not (and should not) compensate that void alone.
Liam Neeson is probably the best pick for an experienced agent now head of a MIB branch, and play that role to the perfection
even though his over protective behavior toward agent H makes him suspicious early on in the movie .
The movie in itself is not as funny as the 2 first iterations, but has its moments, I can not say jokes fall flat because I did not notice a lot of them and the ones I noticed did at the very least make me smile, so it is not a failed attempt of comedy, but more likely a deliberate choice to bet on well... not humor at least.
The story was not half bad, but was not brand new, the concept of alien(s) coming on earth carrying an object/weapon incredibly powerful but searched but a destructive alien race sounds a lot like the first movies, ok, there are a few twists, but it does not make it original enough to make this movie memorable, compared to MIB or MIB2.
I think the accent was put on blowing our mind with alien and advanced tech but too much it too much. When there is no reason , no purpose and makes no sense, why include it?
First a teleoperator can track an alien spaceship with a simple laptop while at work despite the incredible MIB tech, they can't fake an asteroid trajectory or erase it from an basic internet website?
Then, the New York subway transforming in a kind of overboosted hyperloop. The idea i actually really cool, but why in the hell did they need to include a physical transformation of the old looking classic metro train into a super advanced one while in both station aliens are roaming around hence the total absence of a need for camouflage. To be noted than in London, the train stay hi-tech...
Next, in the first fight scene against the twins, just outside the club, the car is filled with weapons, litteraly every single part of the car is a weapon cache, even the side mirrors or the exhaust pipe. And if you try to put it all together, you will quickly really, that it i not technically possible, unless the MIB cars would be secretly TARDIS?
Again with the cars, they can obviously transform, to fly, overdrive or any other function, as a classic MIB car should do, but they push the transformation almost to a Transformers level, in the last scene, it takes almost 10 seconds for the car to change into fly mode, while in the original movies, a reactor got out of the boot and that was enough, they here felt the need to make the whole trunk disappear, move, change shape to, at the end, give us a badass planecar! No just kidding, the result looks more like a frail paper plane than anything else.
I will not most certainly nor beg for a sequel, but I would not spit on it either. I only wish I could see more Agent H and less Agent M in the future.
Idea for a future movie: a bridge between the "real" MIB movies and MIB International where Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) and Agent T (High T, Liam Neeson) fought together as field agent a few years/decades back, with, why not, young Agents L and H making a cameo...
And of course, last but not least, I loved Pawny, he's cute, fun, badass and put a lot a fresh air in the movie. He's probably the one who made me laugh the most, from his very first appearance, i wanted to see him more, and I still do!
In the end, I enjoyed watching this movie, I had some fun, it was a occasion to dive back into one of my favorite sci-fi franchises. The movie was not really freshly original, nor the actors fitting in, but I can not qualify this movie as a bad movie, it an OK movie, tasteless compared to the rest of the franchise but an interesting entry for the younger generation who might not have been there in 1997 to watch Agent L and Agent K making there debut on the big screen.
I give it a 6.5, and just because of Pawny, I'll round it up.