Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Men in Black 3 (2012)
All
time travel plots defy logic: If you go back in time to kill Hitler as a child,
the absence of an adult Hitler will negate the need to jump back, which means
Hitler will rise. But we still love the idea, right? “Men in Black
3” adds a time travel trick hat to its black suits, ties and sunglasses, and the
effort further tarnishes the first outing about top secret agents K (Tommy Lee
Jones) and J (Will Smith) and a secret police force that patrols alien life on
Earth. Here, an old nemesis of K’s jumps back to 1969 to kill him as part of an
elaborate revenge tactic. In present day NYC, Agent K is dead 43 years, and
only J inexplicably remembers him. So back J goes to save K. Ill-conceived from
first frame to last, nothing makes sense, not even on the wide girth of
a summer flick about aliens, ray guns, Andy Warhol, and moon prisons. The chemistry between
Smith and Jones is shit, derailed by Jones’ pained disinterest. Huge props to
Josh Brolin as a young K, nailing a TLJ impression so dead-on it deserves its
own film, not this crap sequel. C+
Labels:
1969,
2012,
aliens,
comedy,
Josh Brolin,
Men in Black,
New York City,
sci-fi,
sequel,
summer,
time travel,
Tommy Lee Jones,
Will Smith
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