Men in Black 3 (2012)

Agent J travels in time to M.I.B.'s early days in 1969 to stop an alien from assassinating his friend Agent K and changing history.

Director:

Barry Sonnenfeld

Writers:

Etan Cohen, Lowell Cunningham (based on the Malibu comic by)

Stars:

Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin

1 win & 13 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Will Smith	...	Agent J
Tommy Lee Jones	...	Agent K
Josh Brolin	...	Young Agent K
Jemaine Clement	...	Boris The Animal
Emma Thompson	...	Agent O
Michael Stuhlbarg	...	Griffin
Mike Colter	...	Colonel
Nicole Scherzinger	...	Boris's Girlfriend
Michael Chernus	...	Jeffrey Price
Alice Eve	...	Young Agent O
David Rasche	...	Agent X
Keone Young	...	Mr. Wu
Bill Hader	...	Andy Warhol
Cayen Martin	...	Colonel's Son
Clarke Thorell	...	Prison Guard #1

Storyline

After breaking out of a moon-based maximum security prison, Boris the Animal decides to go back in time and eliminate the person who arrested him - Agent K. When he does so, Agent J realizes that the time line has been changed and he too travels back to July 15, 1969, the day before Agent K is killed. After overcoming some disbelief, J manages to convince K and others of just who he is and why he's there. With the help of a being who can see all time lines, they track Boris down. J also learns a secret, something K had never told him.

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Plot Keywords:

alien | prison | criminal | maximum security prison | time travel | 

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Taglines:

Back to the past... to save the future

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action violence, and brief suggestive content

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [ca] Official site [fr]

Country:

USA United Arab Emirates

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 May 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

M.I.B.³

Filming Locations:

Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$225,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$54,592,779 (USA) (25 May 2012)

Gross:

$179,020,854 (USA) (7 September 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures, Hemisphere Media Capital, Amblin Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Young agent K is wearing the watch that will become the light source for the Grand Central Station Locker Creatures in MIB 2. This can be seen clearly when Young agent K and J are having Pie before the Mets fans enter.

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Goofs

The Apollo 11 launch site is referred to as Cape Canaveral. While this would have been natural for Agent J, it would have been unnatural for young Agent K as the Cape was re-named Cape Kennedy after President Kennedy's assassination in 1963. The name only reverted back to Cape Canaveral in 1973, way after Apollo 11 was launched.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Prison Guard #1: Well, well, Boris the Animal has a visitor. I guess one every 40 years is okay.

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Crazy Credits

This is the first film in the series not to have an opening credits sequence.

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Connections

Referenced in Late Show with David Letterman: Taylor Lautner/Barry Sonnenfeld (2010)

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Soundtracks

"Strange Brew"
Written by Eric Patrick Clapton,
Gail Collins and Felix Pappalardi
Performed by Cream
Courtesy of Polydor Ltd. (U.K.)
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Not bad... But disappointing

Although MIB3 wasn't necessarily a 'bad' movie, it certainly wasn't as good as it could have been. It seemed, while watching the marketing plugs, like they were going to bring the big guns and bring back all the funny stuff and cool special effects, but they just fell short. The original was quite good -- Funny, a little scary, cool characters, good stunts, very original. Part II was just bad. So, if you are going to wait 10 years to do a three-quel that nobody really was dying to see because part 2 was so bad, then you better make part 3 REALLY good -- Right?

Well -- It wasn't REALLY good. It was OK. I wanted to love it, but I honestly only barely liked it. It was lacking the things that made the franchise 'cool.' There was no talking pug, no funny pawn shop guy, no real interesting or funny aliens at all. The lead bad-guy alien was a somewhat interesting character, but no real personality. Nothing that made you want more of him. And other than him, there was hardly any other aliens in it. One little stint in a Chinese restaurant, but nothing rememorable. No funny ones. I just don't understand not making more characters like the ones that made the first such a hit. And even Wil Smith wasn't funny. He was funnier during his promotions on talk shows than in his movie. He just seemed to walk through the whole thing.

ABSOLUTELY NO REASON to see it in 3D. None.

I hate to say it -- But the special effects were awful. With technology today, most special effects are seamless. As an audience, we now 'expect' good effects. Half the time, it was very obvious when they were using backdrops and green screens and had super-imposed stuff. That's just a deal-breaker in today's movie-going world.

The one truly redeeming quality it had -- and it was good -- was Josh Brolin playing the younger K (Tommy Lee Jones). He was spot on and did a great job. But even that isn't enough to carry a movie that wants to be a summer Blockbuster.

Bottome Line -- Rent it. It's worth seeing if you have it lying around the house and have nothing to do, but not if you have to pay full price, and nothing you have to run right out and see.

And this is from a fan of Wil Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, and Josh Brolin.