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Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee Movie Critic
Slick and gleaming, Barry Sonnenfeld's "Men in Black II" is definitely the summer's Big Toy Movie -- a new version of a game or gadget that we've all played with before, only spruced up with a few new features and slightly different packaging. It isn't so much a sequel to the original 1997 hit as it is a companion film to it -- or its twin. ...
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
This is a movie that fans of the original might enjoy in a diluted sort of way, but there is no need for it -- except, of course, to take another haul at the box office, where the 1997 movie grossed nearly $600 million. ...
Mary F. Pols
The Contra Costa Times
Director Barry Sonnenfeld has tackled the sequel to his surprise 1997 blockbuster "Men in Black" much like a vacation-bound man determined not to leave anything out of his duffel. As is the case with any overstuffed suitcase, more is occasionally less, but there are some extras in there that prove to be godsends. ...
Bruce Newman
San Jose Mercury News
There's nothing wrong with "Men in Black II" that having your memories of the original wiped clean wouldn't cure. The whole movie works on the same principal as the "neuralizer" that the agents use to zap the memories of witnesses to alien activity. By this sequel's last flash of blinding blue light, you can't remember much of what you just saw. ...
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Men in Black II
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(2002)
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Overview:
While investigating a seemingly routine crime, Jay (Will Smith) uncovers a diabolical plot masterminded by Serleena (Lara Flynn Boyle), an evil Kylothian monster who disguises herself as a sexy lingerie model. When Serleena takes the entire MIB building hostage, there is only one person left Jay can turn to -- his former MIB partner Kay (Tommy Lee Jones).
Starring:
Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Lara Flynn Boyle, Johnny Knoxville, Rosario Dawson, Tony Shalhoub, Patrick Warburton, David Cross, Jack Kehler, Rip Torn, Martha Stewart and Michael Jackson (uncredited)
Directed by:
Barry Sonnenfeld
Written by:
Robert Gordon and Barry Fanaro (based on the Malibu Comic by Lowell Cunningham)
Cinematographer:
Greg Gardiner
Composer:
Danny Elfman
Studio:
Columbia
Release Date:
July 3, 2002
MPAA Rating:
(PG-13) - for sci-fi action violence and some provocative humor
Running Time:
82 minutes
Websites:
Official Site
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