Review: "Men in Black 3" is at times funny but mostly repeats

"Men in Black 3" PG 13
Men in Black was loosely based on as comic book in the late 1980s. The original hip space men movie, 1997, and the abysmal post 9/11 sequel, 2002, didn't really warrant a third run, but with a quirky script borrowing from many time travel films, and a quirky bad boy villain, the third is at times funny. Wil Smith returns as J and James Brolin plays young K, and Tommy Lee Jones plays old K. So what happens is a space biker with one arm from an alien race buts out of lunar super jail (which shouldn't exist anyway) bent on revenge, and his evil plot is to erase K who put him in jail in the 1960s and erected a shield which prevented his species from invading Earth. When the biker alien succeeds, J must go back into time to stop him, but Back to the Future, Time Tunnel, and Time After Time like complications ensue. Interplay between J and K, and younger K make up for a lot of the strange dialog, and it is easier to follow than part 2. The story doesn't seem to have a reason to exist other than to make more money, and Smith is getting a little too old for the action parts.Jones has been too old for action movies since 1997 so it's okay.
Review by Adam Browne