Director: F Gary Gray
Cast: Chris Hemsworth named "Henry", Tessa Thompson named "Molly Wright", Liam Neeson named "High T", Rafe Spall named "Agent C", Kumail Nanjiani named "Pawny", Emma Thompson named "Agent O"
Rating: 5.6/10 IMDb
Running Time: 1hour 55minutes
Production Company: Columbia Pictures
Released on: 11 June 2019
Producer: Walter F.Parkes
Language: Hindi and English
Movie Story: Men in Black (MIB) goes international as the secret agency continues to protect the world from intergalactic threats, with Agent H (Chris Hemsworth) and recruit M (Tessa Thompson) leading the charge.
Movie Review: Molly (Tessa Thompson) encounters the MIB as a young girl and becomes obsessed with finding the secret organisation. She’s written off as crazy for believing in aliens, but her persistence leads her to the doorstep of the US headquarters. Impressed by her tenacity, department head Agent O (Emma Thompson) gives Molly a chance to prove herself, dubbing her Agent M, and putting her on probation. M is packed off to London, where she meets the heroic Agent H, who saved the world along with the London head High T (Liam Neeson) using only their wits. Agents H & M are assigned a seemingly low-key mission, but everything goes haywire, leaving the fate of the planet in their hands.
While this plot sounds pretty much like every other MIB film so far, this continuation of the franchise appeared to be a lot more promising with the charismatic and currently popular Chris Hemsworth, paired with the equally affable Tessa Thompson.
The actors have previously worked together with impressive results. Director F. Gary Gray aims to capture their lightning chemistry in this film but instead ends up proving that no amount of charisma can substitute a strong screenplay.
'MIB International' meanders along the way to set up the plot, and all the wisecracks (few of which land), special effects (nothing that we haven’t seen already), or fancy aliens (same as before) can’t seem to salvage it. All isn’t lost; the one character who stands out is Pawny, voiced by Kumail Nanjiani. His thumb measured outsider in some way or another gets the best lines, and in this manner, the best snickers. Should there be a sequel, his backstory might be worth looking into.
Other than that, there’s not much to savour here. The villains are bland, and although some of them have pretty cool powers, their motivations are as derivative as their personalities. There is interest around the connection between Riza (Rebecca Ferguson) and Agent H, however it is scarcely investigated. An obligatory twist towards the climax has a storytelling element that holds promise.
Sadly, it comes a little too late in the proceedings. In spite of every one of its deficiencies, Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson fans might most likely sit this through, just on the grounds that their screen nearness is so attractive and beguiling. Pity they’re working with such a bland script, ending in a film that seems to cater to new audiences, rather than those who grew up watching the edgier MIB movies before it.
Link: MIB 2019 in 720p HDCAM x264
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