One fine evening, NYPD officer Will Smith is out chasing some busta all over the place. Jumping off a bridge, hardcore parkouring off a Central Park wall, climbing and running all over the Guggenheim Museum...but then, when he corners the busta, the dude has sideways eyelids! That shit ain't right. Ends up the dude is an alien from outer space and Will Smith soon finds himself to be the newest recruit of the super secretive Men in Black agency. Which seems like a very sexist name for an agency, but whatever. The job of the MIB is to protect the Earth from extraterrestrial threats and to regulate the aliens that are currently already here.
Old timer agent Tommy Lee Jones is tasked to show Will Smith the ropes. Their first case is to track down a large illegal alien insect who recently landed in upstate New York and ate the insides of farmer Vincent D'Onofrio and is now walking around in his skin. That's just nasty and kinda awesome, cause D'Onofrio does an amazing job of looking creepy as fook! Ends up, insect D'Onofrio is looking for a small but powerful energy device called "The Galaxy" and will stop at nothing to find it. Even if it means blowing up the entire planet. Yikes!
MEN IN BLACK is an entertaining time-waster. Good acting, interesting story that could have been a little bit darker, solid supporting cast, zero tension, dated special effects that still look okay, a cute dog, a cute cat, some not so cute roaches, an extremely depressing bit of dialogue, a Misfits t-shirt and, for whatever reason, the 98 minute runtime seems to go by very fast! I honestly thought there was like another 20 minutes or so coming when the movie just...ended. Recommended.
Part 2 - Men in Black II (2002)
Part 3 - Men in Black 3 (2012)
Part 4 - Men in Black: International (2019)
