Men in Black III

It’s been 15 years since the legendary Men in Black agents first blasted their way onto our cinema screens, armed with their infamous memory neuralizers and ray guns, in a quest to protect planet earth from alien invasion… and now they’re returning to the big screen once more in this latest sci-fi adventure.

When Boris the Animal escapes from his high-security prison on the moon, he makes it his mission to take revenge upon Agent K, the person who imprisoned him there in the first place. After mastering time travel, Boris revisits the past and succeeds in erasing K – played by the comically straight-faced Tommy Lee Jones – from history. As a result, his partner Agent J (Will Smith) must also travel back to the past and faces a race against time to set things right, teaming up with a younger Agent K (Josh Brolin) in order to prevent his murder and put a stop to Boris’ war on humanity.

Fans of the previous Men in Black films won’t be disappointed with this latest instalment, as the movie maintains the quick-paced wit and humour of its predecessors and reveals more about the histories of the two lead characters. Whilst the prospect of a third Men in Black film initially ran the risk of becoming a little repetitive, Josh Brolin breathes fresh life into the franchise, generating an uncanny likeness to Tommy Lee Jones in a performance which perfectly captures K’s mannerisms but also brings about an exciting new dynamic to the partnership between himself and Agent J.

The film itself is jam-packed with energetic action sequences, quirky alien life forms and maintains a level of frequent hilarity, with Emma Thompson providing one spectacular moment of comedy gold in her supporting role as the otherwise deadly serious Agent O. Well worth a watch!

Laura Davenport