Men in Black II

Men in Black II (also: MIB2, MIBII or MIIB ) is an American science-fiction comedy from the year 2002 It is the sequel to Men in Black in 1997 The sequel Men in Black 3 from the. . years, 2012.

Action

Agent J worked his way up after five years with the Men in Black, the control authority for extraterrestrial activities in New York, for top agents. But suddenly emerges Serleena, a malicious kylothisches monster that has taken the form of an underwear model. They examined the "light of Zartha " that have brought 25 years on the earth before the Zarthaner, to hide it there. The MiB ( Men in Black ) were not allowed to keep but for diplomatic reasons. The then responsible for the case agent it seems, however, still to have hidden somewhere on Earth.

The light is so powerful that it allows each owner the perfect dominion over the planet Zartha. As J goes on a hunt for Serleena and the light, he finds out which agent was then entrusted with the matter: his old partner Agent K. This, however, were the memories erased upon his departure five years ago at the MiB to get him back to be able to safely integrate into society, and he is now postmaster, of Massachusetts, and bears the name of Kevin Brown.

Meanwhile, the Zarthaner have issued an ultimatum. They also demand the return of the light, otherwise they will destroy the earth. However, if the light falls into the hands of Serleena, this destroys the planet Zartha. Since K is the only one who can save the Earth and Zartha, J to bring back the memories and the agent K with a Deneuralisator again. Since Serleena however assumes the MiB headquarters and staff and aliens held captive, and K with J are flushed from the MiB headquarters, they try the Deneutralisation in an alien fence who has recreated a Deneuralisator. Since the Deneuralisator apparently not working properly and has never tried to remind K still not in the light of Zartha and his memory is still not returned.

However, he has laid before his voluntary neutralization evidence that he once in an emergency can again find the light later. Together, the two partners follow the trail to the light, but Serleena remains hot on their heels.

The light turns out to be the young woman Laura Vasquez, who lives since birth in New York, but knows nothing of her true identity. It is in fact the heir to the throne of Zartha. Using the worm Linge K and J liberate the MIB headquarters. Let Serleena eat from a living in the underground giant worm, from which they, however, can break free. In the end, it is indicated that K is Laura's father, who loved the princess, who at that time came with the light to the earth and asked him to hide the light. At the last second Laura can be sent back to Zartha just before the ultimatum expires. J, who has fallen in love with it, it has to accept a heavy heart. Together with K shoot from Serleena that tracks Laura.

Guest roles

Michael Jackson has a small guest role in which he attempts to join the MiB as the official Agent M, but was rejected. David Cross also played in the first part of Men in Black with, there he played in the right medicine the porter.

Success and reception

" The script writers Robert Gordon (Galaxy Quest ) and Barry Fanaro ( Kingpin ) trust the comedy of the original recipe, build the most popular of the original ETs from [ ... ] and perform a number of new Gaga - Aliens in the, MIB' universe one. [ ... ] As always with Sonnenfeld, a comedy gimmick to the other without the episodic structure is applied to a spectacular finale lined up., Men in Black II ' is popcorn cinema at its best - and [ ... ] one of the most expensive live-action films, since there are aliens. "

"With its unusually brief 89 minutes is Men in Black 'is an entertaining, but like its predecessor hardly overly long liable in memory theater bite, a witty, weird but at no point really snappy science action-comedy, which apparently re- incompatible genres brightly colored popcorn entertainment beaten. "

" Drama, action, slapstick and crude humor combine in, Men in Black 2 ' with a flood of optical effects and make-up magic to a fun with entertainment guaranteed. To marvel there is mutation willing Aliens, boxer dogs, singing the hits of the seventies, chases on the ground and in the air, and monsters that eat subways. "

" Turbulent continuation of the science fiction blockbuster from 1997 that her predecessor has as mainly due to the numerous show values ​​and two dazzling launched leading man. "

Just as the first part ( Men in Black ) and the successor was a commercial success, although it did not achieve the popularity of its predecessor. At 140 million U.S. dollar cost of the film in the United States played a 190 million U.S. dollars, in the rest of the world 251 million U.S. dollars, for a total of 441 million U.S. dollars. In the ranking of the world's most successful films is the continuation space 127 (MIB 1 at No. 69, the 13 March 2012, according to IMDb ).

Adaptations and continued

Video Games of Men in Black appeared for Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Color and for the PlayStation 2

2012 is another sequel, Men in Black 3, appeared, in which Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones again took over their roles. The film was made ​​by Sony Pictures in 3D in theaters.

Synchronization

The German synchronization was created in a studio of the PPA film company of synchronous synchronous speaker Pierre Peters - Arnolds in Munich.

Film Music

Awards

  • Golden Raspberry Awards (2002): Nomination Worst Supporting Actress for Lara Flynn Boyle
  • Won in platinum Bogey Award: Bogey Awards ( 2002)
  • BMI film music award (2003): Won (Danny Elfman )
  • In addition, a further 6 other nominees
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