The plot of time travel may have been used already, but not in MIB world. The result is a film that returns to its roots and gives audiences the chance to relive much of what they first enjoyed. Which is a smart sci-fi comedy that embraces everything that is weird and wonderful about our relatively unknown universe.
Will Smith is back as the smart-ass yet weirdly charming Agent J and partnering with the very wrinkly Tommy Lee Jones as the boss that is Agent K. With Jones looking to be on the brink of death, he was probably one of the reasons why they did a time travel plot. With the short air-time of Jones, comes in Agent K's young self played by the talented Josh Brolin.
With it being MIB, this means bringing in a new villain, Boris the animal (it's just Boris!) who is set out to destroy K's existence by going back to his past.
In terms of Director Barry Sonnenfeld, he seems to have found his groove once again with the zany and icky shenanigans that put him on the map with the original. The general style of it reminded me of everything that made fall in love with this secret organisation.
The visual effects was impressive especially when making the most of the time-travel plot. Definitely the best performance was Brolin, whose impersonation of Agent K made you thought it was a younger version of Tommy Lee himself. Not far off Brolin's performance was Michael Stuhlbarg as the strange impromptu companion Griffin. This new characters becomes a big help in the past for J & K and I really warmed to this new character and should be involved in any possible future sequels.
The ending was particularly charming as it seemed to have closed the chapter on the relationship between both Agent's J and K. There did not seem to be any hint of a sequel, which is probably for the best. But I am sure everyone would be fine with another installment of this franchise that has now become cool again.
Rating: 7/10
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