Review of Men in Black: International (2019) by Theredsky — 18 Jun 2019

This film is complete garbage. There are only two aspects of the film that I found decent at best. Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson have great chemistry together and Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, and Liam Neeson do an okay job acting.

That’s where the positives stop. Here are the loads of negatives. The editing in this movie is awful. Scenes just abruptly end out of nowhere with no context. Some shots are shown multiple times in different angles and it is super annoying.

Some shots make no sense. There is a desert scene and all of a sudden, it cuts to a picture of the moon for 3 seconds. There is literally no point to scene. The visual effects are bad. They are not complete garbage but they aren’t good either.

The aliens look extremely fake and it gets distracting sometimes. The original Men In Black movie may have some dated effects but most are better in that movie than in Men in Black: International. The characters suck.

Liam Neeson is a terrible villain and his character has no motivation. He wants to take over the world just because. Both Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson’s characters also don’t have any motivation to do anything other than they are told to.

The supporting characters suck. Rebecca Ferguson’s character was only used for pointless action while the other supporting characters just suck in general. The film isn’t funny at all. I didn’t laugh at one joke.

Each joke is painfully unfunny. The script sucks. Every line of dialogue feels forced and unnatural that you want to claw your hair out. The story and structure sucks. It tries to be this mystery movie but the film is so predictable that it loses any mystery.

The film jumps from place to place with no rhyme or reason other than to move the story forward unnaturally. The tone is inconsistent. Some scenes are trying to be serious but are undercut by a comedic joke or some other conflicting tone.

The pacing also sucks. Some scenes are so slow and others are just way too fast. Save your money and don’t watch this garbage. Use that money to just rent the original film instead. Overall, Men in Black: International may have good chemistry between the lead actors but fails at recapturing the craziness of the original film.

I give Men in Black: International a 1/10.