Film

Men in Black 1997

Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld

  • Action, Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
  • 98 min
  • PG-13

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.

ActionAdventureComedyScience Fictionnew york citycannonspace marineflying saucerundercoversecret identitysuperherodeportationillegal immigrationnew identitystay permitgiant cockroach

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Classical in form, resolved, cool and epic.

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  • intimateepic
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165 profiled raters. Loved most by The Comfort Seekers; disliked most by The Provocateurs.

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