[Review] Men In Black International (5/10)

Title - Men In Black International

Studio - Sony Pictures

Starring - Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson, Rebecca Ferguson, Kumail Nanjiani, Rafe Spall

Writer - Art Marcum, Matt Holloway

Director - F. Gary Gray

Release - 14 June 2019

I'm not expecting much. I went in looking forward to seeing a Men In Black movie, but this failure was all director's fault.

The Good:

- The chemistry between Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson carried the movie. When they were alone, not so much. But when they shared screen time, that's when magic happened.

- Kumail Nanjiani is a one-man comedy machine. Granted the biggest laugh came when he didn't have to say anything, but because Nanjiani has set him up so well for that scene that it was gold.

- Emma Thompson and Liam Neeson were believable in this universe.

The Bad:

- The editing was just bad, and partly because F. Gary Gray did not complete a scene enough for his editing to piece this whole movie together. Each scene ended midway and I kept expecting to revisit it again after a cut.

- When the direction for each scene was bad, the whole story fell apart. I did not know where the movie was going. It's like the whole thing was made up of small individual episodes in a series that were joined together once the season was completed and creating a movie out of it.

- We should have had a flashback towards the end of the movie with Neeson's character. The movie ended and I'm still wondering exactly what happened to him.

- Rebecca Ferguson yet again in another role that was beneath her.

Conclusion:

Watch it only if you really like Men In Black and not bothered by plot. Or to see how well Hemsworth and Thompson can separate their Marvel roles from this. I thought Thompson fared better here.