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Men in Black III:
What's it about?
Belated third film in the sci-fi comedy franchise in which Agent J must travel back in time to stop Agent K being erased from history by alien baddie Boris The Animal.
Who would I recognise in it?
Will Smith, Josh Brolin, Jemaine Clement, Tommy Lee Jones, Alice Eve, Emma Thompson, Bill Hader.
Great/Good/Alright/Shite?
After hearing various rumours, such as the production getting underway with only the first act of the script written, I wasn't expecting anything at all good to come of this ... and yet, even with some pretty "meh" reviews, it's turned out better than MIB2. Ironically enough, it's the first act where the film works least well - filled so it is with an awkward lack of chuckles or general interest, but once we're blasted back into the past things get rolling along nicely, if far from perfectly. Josh Brolin (and his entertaining impression of Tommy Lee Jones) steals the movie, while the script is surprisingly not-too-bad considering it was cobbled together on-the-fly by the sounds of it. There's a nice sprinkling of emotion that gives the film a little more weight, and with an entertaining cast of side characters (such as Michael Stuhlbarg's "Griffin", who can simultaneously see all possible futures), it turns out that MIB3 is a good bit of imperfect fun. Alright with many good parts/elements.

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