Men In Black 2 (5 Stars)

This is the second film in the Men In Black series, made five years after the first film. There's a threat to the Earth that only Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) can solve, but his memory was wiped at the end of the first film. He was neuralysed, though I don't remember that expression being used previously. I think that this word for the wiping someone's memory isn't used until the second film. He has to be deneuralysed before he can go into action

The film opens a few years after the end of the first film. Agent J (Will Smith) has developed from the confused new agent that we saw in the last film. He's self-confident to the point of being unfeeling towards his fellow agents. He neuralyses anyone who makes the slightest mistake. His superior, Agent Z, criticises him for neuralysing too many agents, but that doesn't stop him.

Now the Earth is threatened by an alien shapeshifter called Serleena. She's come to Earth to get the Light of Zartha, which was brought to Earth 25 years ago. Agent K was responsible for sending it away from the Earth, so he's the only one who knows where it is. Serleena claims it's still on Earth, so he needs to get his memory back. He's found working in a post office on the East coast.

Serleena takes the form of a Victoria's Secret model that she sees in a magazine, thinking that with the right mammary glands she can conquer the planet. "Terminator 3" copied this idea a year later, with greater success. The actress Lara Flynn Boyle doesn't have the right mammary glands. She's under-developed, and not even her tight bra can make her look bigger. A bustier model should have been used, but there aren't many to choose from, because Hollywood is prejudiced against busty models. Kristanna Loken is better, but still not perfect.

The film also stars Rosario Dawson as a waitress in a pizza parlour. She doesn't need to show her mammary glands. Don't you think she has one of the most beautiful faces you've ever seen?

We see Frank the Pug again in this film. He's now become an agent for the Men In Black.

This film was less successful than the first film, undeservedly. Its strength is that it doesn't fall into the temptation of repeating the humour from the first film. This keeps the film fresh. The last time I watched it was before I started my blog in 2010, so today it seemed like a new film. It's a great film, worth watching again. Even though Lara Flynn Boyle is miscast.

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