0 Post a comment Monday, 17 June 2019 – Entertainment by Gareth Jamieson – Film Reviews/Lifestyle @twitter.com/GEMScreenTalk [email protected] While a far better effort than the misguided sequel, Men In Black 3 seemed to put a full stop on the MiB franchise. There were plans to merge the universe with that of the Jump Street films, a merger that thankfully failed to get off the ground, but it did kickstart plans to reinvigorate the franchise, starting with Men In Black: International. There’s no Will Smith or Tommy Lee Jones this time around though, as we meet Tessa Thompson’s Molly. After having an encounter with an alien when she was younger, her memories have remained, and she sets about tracking down the men in black she saw. When she infiltrates their headquarters, her resourcefulness sees her hired and renamed Agent M, and she finds herself assigned to the London branch where, working alongside the famous and slightly cocky Agent H (Chris Hemsworth) the pair go on a global journey to uncover a mole in the organisation… It’s been seven years since the last Men In Black film, one that undid the harm done by the second part but equally didn’t exactly leave fans salivating for more adventures. Men In Black: International, on the surface, feels like a film that is designed to take advantage of a dormant cinematic property and give it a fresh lick of paint while hopefully trousering a generous box office take while they’re at it. But, in actuality,… [Read full story]
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