Men in Black III 2012

     Based on Malibu Comics.  Boris the Animal has been held in a moon-based maximum security prison.  He escapes and decides to go back in time to kill the person who put him in prison.  Agent J realizes the time line has been changed and he also goes back in time.  Agent J has a difficult time convincing the other agents who he is and why he’s there.  Secrets are revealed that are unknown to Agent J about Agent K.

     This is the first Men in Black movie I have watched and I have not seen any of the Ghostbusters either.  Some scenes in this movie are very funny and others are very tiresome.  If you are going to have a sequel with time gap between this film and the previous film, it should be a lot better than this!!  Just because it’s a little different from the other films does not make it good?

     This film is part buddy comedy and part alien action/adventure.  Tons of creepy creatures but fewer than the original movie.  Interspecies peril and a high body count.  Several aliens and a few humans are killed in shoot-outs.  Many involve over-the-top sci-fi weapons.  The question is are humans really a race worth saving?  3* (This movie is OK) 

105 min, Action directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and written by Etan Cohen, Lowell Cunningham with Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Jemaine Clement, Alice Eve, Emma Thompson, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mike Colter, Nicole Scherzinger, Michael Chernus, David Rasche, Keone Young.

Note:  Imdb 6.8 out of 10 with 326,894 reviews, Rotten Tomatoes 68% with 247 critics 70% audience with 757,611 ratings, Roger Ebert 3*, The Guardian 3* out of 5* Steve Rose, Common Sense Media Sandie Angulo Chen 3* out of 5*, age 12+, 2* positive messages, 2* role models, 3* violence, 1* sex, 3* language, 1* consumerism, 1* drinking drugs & smoking, dove.org 2* integrity including friendships, teamwork and overcoming evil, 1* sexual innuendo, 4* language, 3* violence, 2* drugs, 2* nudity, 1* other is a death scene with some grief.

Special Note:  The woman who lives in K’s apartment is in an alternate timeline and she is the same woman in Men in Black II 2002.  She is a waitress and Patrick Warburton’s character is told to marry her and have a bunch of kids.  Shea Stadium also appeared in Men in Black 1997.  It had to be re-created through CGI for this film because it was demolished in 2008.