Men in Black II (2002)

Director:

Barry Sonnenfeld

Writers (WGA):

Lowell Cunningham (comic book "Malibu Comics")
Robert Gordon (story)

Release Date:

3 July 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Same Planet. New Scum.

Plot:

Agent J needs help so he is sent to find Agent K and restore his memory.

Plot Keywords:

Extraterrestrial | Altered Version Of Studio Logo | Alien Creature | Spacecraft | Spaceship

Awards:

2 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Tommy Lee Jones	...	Kevin Brown, Agent Kay
Will Smith	...	Agent Jay
Rip Torn	...	Zed
Lara Flynn Boyle	...	Serleena
Johnny Knoxville	...	Scrad / Charlie
Rosario Dawson	...	Laura Vasquez
Tony Shalhoub	...	Jack Jeebs
Patrick Warburton	...	Agent Tee
Jack Kehler	...	Ben
David Cross	...	Newton
Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine	...	Hailey (as Colombe Jacobsen)
Peter Spellos	...	Captain Larry Bridgewater, The Motorman
Michael Rivkin	...	Man with Harvey, the Dog
Michael Bailey Smith	...	Creepy
Lenny Venito	...	New York Guy

Also Known As:

MIB 2 (USA) (promotional abbreviation)
MIIB (USA) (promotional abbreviation)
Men in Black 2 (USA) (alternative spelling)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action violence and some provocative humor.

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Denmark:11 | Malaysia:U | Iceland:LH (video rating) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Iceland:10 | South Africa:PG | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Austria:10 | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:MG6 | New Zealand:PG | Norway:11 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Spain:7 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #38095)

Filming Locations:

Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Amblin Entertainment

Trivia:

The Worm Guys speak a similar language as Watto in StarWars (Episode I); Huttese. They say "Boota da nolia" and "Coona tee-tocky malia?" (What took you so long?) when Jay enters their room with Laura. Steven Spielberg always put these kind of easter-eggs in his movies as a tribute to George Lucas, and vice versa.

Goofs:

Serleena wrong answers " Yes, they're very sensitive about the Green house Effect" to a character taking the Earth's Ozone layer, even though the Green house effect is due to too much Green house gases, not Ozone depletion.

Quotes:

Mysteries in History Narrator: Mysteries in History with your host Peter Graves.
Peter Graves: Although no one has ever been able to prove their existence, a quasi-government agency known as the men in black supposedly carries out secret operations here on Earth in order to keep us safe from aliens throughout the galaxies. Here is one of their stories that never happened, from one of their files that doesn't exist.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Mou gaan dou (2002)

Soundtrack:

I Will Survive

Spoilt by some poor special effects.

Let me get this bit out of the way because i'm sure everyone else has said it " Men in black 2 is not as good as the first film" Ok i feel better for that. Now let's get down to the reasons. 1.It is to much like the first film.there is nothing to make us sit back and say wow! 2.Some of the affects are appalling.Especially when Will Smith is fighting the subway worm. 3.There does not seem to be the same enthusiasm from Will Smith in this as in the first film.Also he kept going into his Ali accent.Was he making that film at the same time.? The plus points are that the Alien characters are superb especially the dog and that at 80 odd minutes 'it's length is just right. All in all not to bad , but it had a lot to live up to. 7 out of 10.