Men in Black II (2002)
Average Rating: 5.2/10
Reviews Counted: 193
Fresh: 75 | Rotten: 118
Lacking the freshness of the first movie, MIB 2 recycles elements from its predecessor with mixed results.
Average Rating: 5.6/10
Critic Reviews: 37
Fresh: 16 | Rotten: 21
Lacking the freshness of the first movie, MIB 2 recycles elements from its predecessor with mixed results.
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Otherworldly villains are on the loose again, and it's up to Earth's interstellar police force to bring them to justice in this sequel to the sci-fi comedy blockbuster Men in Black. Agent Jay (Will Smith) has become a high-ranking member of the Men in Black, the secret government task force designed to deal with unruly visitors from other worlds, while his former cohort, Agent Kay (Tommy Lee Jones), had his memory wiped clean and now lives a simple but contented life as a mailman. However, an
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Cast
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Tommy Lee Jones
Kay -
Will Smith
Jay -
Rip Torn
Zed -
Lara Flynn Boyle
Serleena -
Rosario Dawson
Laura Vasquez -
Tony Shalhoub
Jeebs -
Patrick Warburton
Agent Tee -
Johnny Knoxville
Two-Headed Alien -
Jack Kehler
Ben -
David Cross
Newton -
Colombe Jacobsen
Hailey -
Martha Stewart
Herself -
Michael Jackson
Agent M (Uncredited) -
Peter Graves
Himself -
Tim Blaney
Frank the Pug -
Marty Belafsky
MIB Customs Agent -
Andre Blair
Central Park Agent -
Carl Johnson
Gleeble -
Doug Jones
Joey -
Joel McKinnon Miller
Agent -
Richard Pearson
Gordy -
Peter Spellos
Motorman -
Rick Baker
MIB Passport Control Ag... -
Michael Garvey
Corn Face -
William Jackson
Eye Guy -
John Richardson
Postman -
Barry Sonnenfeld
Neuralyzed Father -
Howard Spiegel
New York Guy -
Ernie Grunwald
Young Postal Employee -
Michael Rivkin
Man With Dog -
Lenny Venito
New York Guy -
John Alexander
Jarra/Family Dad Alien -
Derek Mears
Mosh Tendrils -
Denise Cheshire
Fmaily Mom/Locker Alien -
Mary Stein
Bird Lady Alien -
Linda Kim
Ambassador Lauranna -
Gregory Ballora
Sleeble -
John Andrew Berton Jr.
Split Alien Guy -
Kevin Cotteleer
MIB Customs Agent -
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Stephanie Kemp
Neuralyzed Mother -
Martin Klebba
Family Child Alien -
Michael Bailey Smith
Creepy -
Jay Johnston
Agent -
Derek Cecil
Repairman Agent -
Michael Dahlen
Flesh Balls -
Philip Goodwin
Diner Guy -
Brad Abrell
Mannix -
Paige Brooks
"Mysteries In History" ... -
Nick Cannon
MIB Autopsy Agent -
Thom Fountain
Neeble -
Sid Garza-Hillman
Agent Gee -
Kevin Grevioux
Pineal Eye -
Jeremy Howard
Bird Guy Alien, Postal ... -
Victoria Jones
Neuralyzed Daughter -
Alpheus Merchant
MIB Guard -
Sean Rouse
MIB Agent -
Chloe Sonnenfeld
Young Girl At Post Offi... -
Peter Spruyt
MIB Customs Agent -
Sonny Tipton
Dog Poop -
Tom Whitenight
Agent C
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All Critics (195) | Top Critics (37) | Fresh (80) | Rotten (120) | DVD (39)
The down-home satire of how we cope with cultural difference has evaporated, replaced by jazzy effects that wear out their welcome by the halfway mark.
Top CriticThe movie's smart, funny and fairly forgettable.
A mixed bag of a comedy that can't really be described as out of this world.
If the first Men in Black was money, the second is small change. But it still jingles in the pocket. It's fun lite.
Men in Black 2 might be a retread of the first one, but I still say it's worth seeing. The stars are great in this.
The hang-loose grodiness of [the Men in Black films] has its charms, and the Ray-Banned team of Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, at its best, is good vaudeville.
It can't be said enough how much Smith's charisma and Jones' deadpan delivery almost save this movie and it's to their credit that this movie isn't as bad as it should be.
In the absence of the first film's rhythm, wit, and novelty, it's a typically lazy, diminishing-returns sequel.
"Men in Black II" never matched the first film's perfect blend of action, comedy, and sci-fi elements.
Crazy creatures, some scares, and loads of fun.
A prime example of a terrible summer blockbuster that should have never been made.
...falls prey to the syndrome that affects many sequels: the apparently irresistible desire to replicate the formula from the first film.
About the most uninspired rehash of a popular hit I've ever seen.
A virtually identical remake of the 1997 blockbuster which offers almost nothing new.
Men in Black II could care less whether you believe in it or not, or frankly, whether you bought the ticket and spent your time on the concession line trying to buy Goobers.
The acting is good, the direction is good, the special effects are great, only the jokes are a little flat and far between and nothing very original is offered up here.
Sadly, the movie has no new ideas worth mentioning.
This film is so full of special effects that it seems as if there are only about seven minutes of actual story-telling from which to decipher a plot.
We watch and think, 'Yeah. So? What else can they do?' It's not that it's dull so much as that it's familiar.
Men in Black II doesn't replicate the blithely funny and hip attitude of the original.
Like a lot of the movie, the special effects are 'been there, done that.'
With MIB2, [Sonnenfeld] triumphs yet again in giving us a quick -- albeit silly -- cinematic fix.
A textbook example of a redundant, middle-of-the-road summer sequel tailored to please the most easily entertained of moviegoers.
Audience Reviews for Men in Black II
Super Reviewer
Yeah, the effects are once again top notch, and the performances from Smith and Jones ultimately save things, but overall, this sequel is a real disappointment.
For one thing, it just feels really uninspired, and doesn't have the level of engagement as the first one. It's also rather lazy, extremely hit and miss with the humor (mostly miss), and criminally short where the run time is concerned.
Sure, it does have it's moments, and it's not a bore when it comes to entertainment, but nothing is really done to make the audience really care. This film easily comes off as a typical sequel summer cash in event, and that's a shame. It's really too bad they didn't take more time to craft something worthwhile instead of ending up with some quite lackluster and dull.
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- Jay: Kay, he's a Ball-chinnian.
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- Jay: Old-Busted-Hotness.
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- Frank the Pug: Yada, yada. She's attractive, she's not that kind of species & I'm attractive.
- Jay: Am I supposed to take advice of love from a dude that chases his own ass?
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- Jeebs: Oh great, right in the pie-hole! Now nothing's going to taste right!
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- Corn Face: You don't look too good.
- Jay: Yeah & you look like crap.
- Dog Poop: [laughs]
- Jay: I take that back. He looked liked crap.
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- Frank the Pug: Hey, Jay. Zero percent body fat.
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