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Men in Black

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7.2/10 • 14K

1997-07-021h 38m

ActionAdventureComedyScience Fiction

Protecting the Earth from the scum of the universe.

After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent K and new recruit Agent J find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.

Directors
Barry Sonnenfeld
Editors
Jim Miller

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Tommy Lee Jones

    Tommy Lee Jones

    Kay

  2. Will Smith

    Will Smith

    Jay

  3. Linda Fiorentino

    Linda Fiorentino

    Laurel

  4. Vincent D'Onofrio

    Vincent D'Onofrio

    Edgar

  5. Rip Torn

    Rip Torn

    Zed

  6. Tony Shalhoub

    Tony Shalhoub

    Jeebs

  7. Siobhan Fallon Hogan

    Siobhan Fallon Hogan

    Beatrice

  8. Mike Nussbaum

    Mike Nussbaum

    Gentle Rosenburg

  9. Jon Gries

    Jon Gries

    Van Driver

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Gimly

Nov 28, 2017

6/10

Maybe it doesn't hold up as well as you'd hoped, but both leads are actually putting in the effort in this first entry, and Men in Black is still, after all these years, a bit of fun. Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$90,000,000.00
Revenue
$589,400,000.00
Keywords
new york citycannonspace marineflying saucerundercoversecret identitysuperherodeportationillegal immigrationnew identitystay permitgiant cockroachbased on comicalienbuddy copfictional government agency