This UFO myth has been going for a long time and is what inspired the Marvel comic on which the film is based. I've expect you've never heard of the comic because it only ran for six issues. But due to the success of this film I'm sure it will resurface along with a new comic. An animated series is already in production and a sequel has been signed up. So, is the film any good then?
You bet it is. First the plot. The plot is a little thin on the ground and is only there to provide an ending to the film. Most of the time MiB is about the two agents dealing with alien encounters. The film starts with agent K and his older partner dealing with some illegal aliens (Mexicans) trying to cross the border, except one really is an alien. His older partner can't cope any more and so K retires him. Obviously someone who has been working undercover keeping aliens in order can't just leave and go home. So K uses a device on him which makes him forget all his years of working with the aliens.
K then needs a new partner, among the few selected for the trials is James (Will Smith). After some brilliant recruitment scenes he is given a choice of staying or carrying on with his normal life as an officer in the NYPD. He accepts the offer.
What follows is an excellent film, which can only be described as a Ghostbusters for the nineties. The jokes are thick and fast for the next hour and a half. To help these jokes are the brilliant effects from ILM and the brilliant animatronic work from Rick Baker and his team.
The jokes are so many in abundance that you really have to be concentrating the whole time to catch every joke. Will Smith delivers the funny lines while Tommy Lee Jones is humorous because he stays deadpan throughout the entire movie. Put simply, he's funny because he isn't. (errrrm, I think thats right)
Go see this movie. It will look good on video but it really needs a cinema viewing. All I can say now is "Sequel Please!"
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Production Year: 2007 - Science Fiction - Director: Francis Lawrence - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Dash Mihok, Will Smith, Salli Richardson, Willow Smith
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