I personally watched this first when it was released (1997) and enjoyed it immensely. With a star studded cast (including both Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones) as a family film, it is very enjoyable. It bares no real hardship to the audience with it's quirky one liners (often donated by Smith) ... Read review
This imaginative comedy from director Barry Sonnenfeld (Get Shorty) is a lot of fun, ... more
largely on the strength of Will Smith's engaging performance as the rookie partner of a secret agent (Tommy Lee Jones) assigned to keep tabs on Earth-dwelling extra-te...
Postage & Packaging: free Super Saver Delivery Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours...
Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith are back in black as the scum-fighting super-agents Kay and ... more
Jay - regulators of all things alien on planet Earth. Their latest mission: to save the world from a total intergalactic disaster! When a renegade Kylothian monster disguised as a lingerie model threatens the survival of the human race, Jay must find Agent Kay and restore his memory. With their headquarters under siege and time running out, Agents Kay and Jay enlist the help of Frank the Pug and a posse of hard-living worms to help them in their toughest challenge yet!
Men In Black follows the exploits of Agents K (Jones) and J (Smith), members of a ... more
top-secret organisation established to monitor alien activity on Earth. The two MiB find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist (Vincent D'Onofrio) who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies. K and J face a simple imperative: track down the interloper or the Earth will be destroyed. It's all in a day's work for the Men in Black.
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
Advantages: Unlike other Films released at its time Disadvantages: Light entertainment; not engaging
I personally watched this first when it was released (1997) and enjoyed it immensely. With a star studded cast (including both Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones) as a family film, it is very enjoyable. It bares no real hardship to the audience with it's quirky one liners (often donated by Smith) and it's easy to understand story line. It's not just your typical sci-fi film either as its comedy element is just as much emphasised as the kick-arse alien ... ...simple to understand. The movie consists around the main characters agent K (Jones) and newly enrolled agent J (Smith), who are members of the top secret organisation that for 40 years have monitored alien activities on earth. The two agents soon find themselves in the middle of a plot by a bad man, intergalactic terrorist (D'Onofrio) who plans to assasinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies. Armed with super high-tech gadgets and powerful guns, ... more
I personally watched this first when it was released (1997) and enjoyed it immensely. With a star studded cast (including both Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones) as a family film, it is very enjoyable. It bares no real hardship to the audience with it's quirky one liners (often donated by Smith) and it's easy to understand story line. It's not just your typical sci-fi film either as its comedy element is just as much emphasised as the kick-arse alien fighting part.
The story line is fairly simple to understand. The movie consists around the main characters agent K (Jones) and newly enrolled agent J (Smith), who are members of the top secret organisation that for 40 years have monitored alien activities on earth. The two agents soon find themselves in the middle of a plot by a bad man, intergalactic terrorist (D'Onofrio) who plans to assasinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies. Armed with super high-tech gadgets and powerful guns, the two agents have to work together in an attempt to stop evil from destructing Earth.
The characters themselves are entertaining. The acting is of course good given the type of movie. Both leading actors are very accomplished and I'd be very disappointed if their imput was less than 100%. However, the film does lend itself to CGI for the aliens and thats where the focus of the movie is.
Graphics are good for the time and the soundtrack is also of equal praise - Title Song headed by Smith himself containing other non-human characters in the film. Although this shouldn't be one of the main reasons to watch it.
Advantages: humor the different styles of acting. Disadvantages: none
This film is a good all round family movie that allows the parents and children can laugth out loud together. Will Smith's comedy style works well with Tommy Lee Jones' straight cut acting.
without Tommy Lee's straight cut comments and dry humor this movie would not work, he is the star of MIB and although Will Smith steals the show with the funny lines, it would not work withou Jones.
I intally watched this when it was first released and still ...
della6097 07.06.2008
· Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of Men In Black (Superbit) (DVD)
Advantages: Great Family Film Disadvantages: Not For Sci-Fi Haters
...believe that these are the men that you will be watching throughout the film, but no sooner than thinking this you are suprised to see that one of them retires from the MIB in the way of wiping his memory. This means the one remaining partner needs a parter. Who else better than Will Smith, playing a part of a very fast FBI agent. He finaly becomes the unlikey pick of the very rare and unknown agency MIB.
Throughout the film Will Smith brings a ...
DaManUnhinged 08.01.2006
· Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of Men In Black (Superbit) (DVD)
Did you enjoy it?
Story
Characters / Performances
Special Effects
How does it compare to ...
Similar reviews »
Reviews which might be of interest for "Men In Black (Superbit) (DVD)"
Advantages: It's good, cheesy fun Disadvantages: It's not a must-own DVD, more of a rental
before. The talking dog, Frank, takes up a temporary role as Will Smiths partner, and the smoking worm guys get their own flat, in which they can entertain women by playing Twister (you probably need to watch the DVD to find that anything other than just plain disturbing).
The new baddie is interesting, if more than a little gross in her Medusa-like moments. Arriving on Earth she takes on a new form, and for a brief moment I finally saw on screen a woman who looks just like me when wearing Victoria's Secret underwear (that's disturbing with or without seeing the film!).
MIIB answers plenty of questions for me, particularly the one about "what the hell is up with that Jonny Knoxville guy?". He plays a dim witted alien who owes more than a little to Zaphod Beeblebrox. Interesting cameos from Michael Jackson, sadly held back by Menin ...
Advantages: excellent sci fi movie Disadvantages: not really suitable for young children
.
The movie is approxamatly 1and half hours long,the dvd comes complete with two disks.
Disk one contains the movie plus a couple of extras including alien escape game demo for ps2 ,the chubb chubbs short film,theatrical trailers and meninblack training video.
Disk 2 contains all kinds of extras including an alternate ending to the movie and a blooper reel,intergalactic game demo, screen saver,concept designs and theatrical photo gallery and that is just some of the features there are alot more.
The film is rated pg with mild language,some mild violence and also some sci-fi horrorbut there is also loads of laughs with alot of comedy in this movie this film is a must see.
You can buy this movie in any hmv or woolworths store for around £13 ...
They are the best kept secret in the universe and work for a highly-funded yet unofficial government agency. They work in secret and dress in black... they are the MEN IN BLACK.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT; CINRAM LOGISTICS
Release date
14/10/2002
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
CSB 24510
Barcode
5035822451063
Production Designer
Bo Welch
Screenwriter
Ed Solomon, Steven Spielberg
Editor
Jim Miller
Creator
Lowell Cunningham
Composer
Danny Elfman
Featured
Steven Spielberg
Executive Producer
Steven Spielberg, Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald
Industrial Light and Magic, Rick Baker, Cinovation Studios, VisionArt Design & Animation, XFX Images
Costume Designer
Mary E. Vogt
Languages
Main Language
English
Subtitle Language
Dutch, English, Hindi
Hearing Impaired Language
English
Technical information
Special Features
None
Aspect Ratio
1.85 Wide Screen, 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound
DTS, Dolby Digital 5.1
Dubbing Sound
DTS English Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Professional reviews
Review
"...Dryly clever....Extraordinarily ambitious, with all-star design and special-effects talent and a genuinely artful visual style..." (New York Times, p.C9, 01/07/1997)
"...The out-there premise is irresistible.... Effects master Rick Baker whips up a swell array of oddball creatures great, small and just plain strange..." -- 4 out of 4 stars (USA Today, p.1D, 01/07/1997)
DVD Description
In the 1950s a super-secret government agency was formed to monitor and police the activities of extraterrestrial aliens on the planet Earth. Some 40 years later a founding father of the agency, Agent Kay (Tommy Lee Jones), finds himself with a new smart-mouthed partner fresh from the NYPD who is soon dubbed Agent Jay (Will Smith). Their first mission is to save the Earth from destruction by a giant insectlike alien (Vincent D'Onfrio) that, incidentally, drives an exterminator's truck. Armed with their matching Ray-Bans, skinny ties, and space-age weapons that Jay barely understands--he calls the Neuralyzer the "flashy thing"--the new duo begin another average day of fighting intergalactic terrorists. An amazingly hip and terribly clever movie that riffs on everything from E.T.--THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL to CASABLANCA, this Barry Sonnenfeld film is based on the equally savvy comic book by Lowell Cunningham.
Compare Men In Black (Superbit) (DVD) to other similar Science Fiction & Fantasy »
![Men In Black --Superbit [DVD] [1997]](http://picnicb.ciao.com/uk/78536097.jpg)
