Men in Black II
Men in Black II (stylized as MIIB) is a 2002 American science fiction action comedy film based on the Marvel Comics series of a similar name. Produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Amblin Entertainment and MacDonald Parkes Productions, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it is the sequel to Men in Black (1997) and the second installment in the Men in Black franchise. The film was directed by Barry Sonnenfeld from a screenplay by Robert Gordon and Barry Fanaro, and it stars Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Lara Flynn Boyle, Johnny Knoxville, Rosario Dawson, Tony Shalhoub, and Rip Torn. It also featured Michael Jackson's last theatrical film appearance before his death in June 2009. In the film, the emergence of an assumed subdued alien threat reunites Kevin Brown / Agent K (Jones) and James Darrell Edwards III / Agent J (Smith).
Plot
Five years after the first film, Agent J has become a top agent but has developed a habit of neuralyzing partners he feels are emotionally unfit to cope with the work. When he is called to investigate the murder of an alien, Ben, at his pizzeria, waitress Laura Vasquez tells him that the murderers are Serleena, a shapeshifting, plant-like Kylothian who has taken the form of a Victoria's Secret lingerie model, and her two-headed servant Scrad and Charlie. Laura says they were looking for something called the Light of Zartha. J is strongly attracted to Laura, and in violation of MiB rules, does not neuralyze her to erase her memories.
Cast
- Barry Sonnenfeld
- Biz Markie
- Colombe Jacobsen
- David Cross
- Derek Mears
- Doug Jones
- Gene LeBell
- Jack Kehler
- Jeremy Howard
- John Alexander
- Johnny Knoxville
- Kevin Grevioux
- Lara Flynn Boyle
- Lenny Venito
- Martin Klebba
- Matthew McGrory
- Michael Bailey Smith
- Michael Jackson
- Nick Cannon
- Patrick Warburton
- Peter Graves
- Peter Spellos
- Richard Pearson
- Rick Baker
- Rip Torn
- Rosario Dawson
- Tim Blaney
- Tommy Lee Jones
- Tony Shalhoub
- Will Smith
More details
| author | Barry Fanaro Robert Gordon |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Barry Sonnenfeld |
| editor | Richard Pearson Steven Weisberg |
| events | flying saucer |
| genre | action comedy science fiction |
| keywords | agent j agent k black wi capture earth first film follow former partner grand central terminal hiding place kill men in black neuralyzer neuralyzing new york city subway nothing postal worker postmaster sacred shapeshifting statue of liberty think train station victoria's secret video store |
| musicBy | Danny Elfman |
| producer | Laurie MacDonald Walter F. Parkes |
| productionCompany | Amblin Entertainment Columbia Pictures MacDonald Parkes Productions |
| publisher | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| recordedAt | Long Island Los Angeles New York City |
| theme | action comedy buddy comedy buddy cop extraterrestrial life monster movie science fiction action sequel |