"We're not hosting an intergalactic kegger."
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)
