Written by: Etan Cohen, Lowell Cunningham
Starring: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin
Release Year: 2012
Genre: Sci-Fi/Comedy
Certificate: PG
I went to watch the third, and hopefully final, Men in Black
film the other day with high expectations, the previous two movies featuring
the intergalactic crime-fighting duo with Will Smith playing Agent J and Tommy
Lee Jones as Agent K had gripping plots,
dynamic screenplay and state of the art special effects creating timeless films
with enough humour and action to satisfy any audience, resulting in a deserved
billion dollar franchise. And Men in Black 3 was no exception.
The
storyline is fairly clichéd and unoriginal; without giving anything away the
plot revolves around Agent J, played by Will Smith, travelling back in time to
1969 to rescue young Agent K, played convincingly by Josh Brolin, to prevent an
armada of planet devouring aliens destroying earth in modern times, a common
theme to many sci-fi films including the recent Marvel Avengers Movie.
Despite
the predictable nature of the plot, Sonnenfeld manages to revitalise the plot
and also create a rather surprising twist right at the end of the film. The
dynamic nature of the film combined with the comic book puns and gripping
action sequences, including a bike chase involving high-tech unibikes (reminiscent
of the single wheeled vehicle used by General Grievous in Star Wars episode 3)
chasing the main villain named Boris (Jemaine Clement) who is on a hardcore
custom chopper through the streets of New York, results in an entertaining and
truly enjoyable film experience.
The
acting as usual for the star filled cast was excellent and convincing, thank
god as ultimately, it is a professional actor’s job to create a convincing
character; it is what they are paid to do, but particular kudos goes to Josh
Brolin for his quite frankly epic portrayal of a young Agent K. The on-screen
chemistry between Will Smith and Brolin appeared to be the same as the
Chemistry between Smith and Tommy Lee-Jones, a feat that required a skilled
actor such as Brolin. Brolin further completed the illusion of being a younger
Lee- Jones through the manner that he imitated Lee-Jones facial expressions and
body language which must have required a great deal of before filming research.
My respect also goes out to the makeup department who managed to make the two
actors seem uncannily similar, also aiding in the convincing portrayal of a
young agent K.
Talking
of a star filled cast, when you go to see the film look out for a certain Lady
GaGa on the alien watchdog screen and a short but satisfying appearance from
Nichole Scherzinger as a biker chick.
I also recommend that you see MIB
3 in 3D as, unusually, the 3D effects have been used to good effect, a relief
as most current 3D films really do not make use of the feature. I often noticed
audience members flinch as lasers, glass, alien guts and saliva “flew” out of
the screen at relevant times.
As with
all films, there were a few disappointing points about this final instalment of
the Men in Black trilogy. Unlike the previous films, Men in Black 3 lacked the
“jump” factor that was common in its predecessors, a feature which I sorely
missed.
At
times the story seemed to lack continuity and logic, the directors also
appeared to have forgotten about the previous explanations they had created for
Agent K’s cold nature offering yet another reason, revealed at the end of the
feature. Sonnenfeld also appears to have forgotten all about K’s previous wife
and his estranged daughter in the final explanation, a disappointing continuity
error for MIB fans.
However,
the comedy quips, intense action sequences, engaging emotions and fabulous 3D
effects have more than compensated for these minor blemishes on yet another
good MIB film.
Therefore,
MIB 3 gets a big fat 8 on the crashometer, a film that I recommend to you all.
8/10
Special thanks to our good friend Luke for writing this review for us. If you've seen MiB3, let us know what you thought of it in the comments.
And that's all for this weeks movie info. Tomorrow, I'll be writing this weeks Crunch, talking about unknown musicians. Hope to see you then.
Tom :)
