Men in Black II
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| German title | Men in Black II | ||
| Original title | Men in Black II | ||
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| Country of production | United States | ||
| original language | English | ||
| Publishing year | 2002 | ||
| length | 84 minutes | ||
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FSK 12 JMK 10 |
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| Director | Barry Sonnenfeld | ||
| script |
Robert Gordon , Barry Fanaro |
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| production |
Laurie MacDonald , Walter F. Parkes |
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| music |
Danny Elfman , Will Smith (theme song) |
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| camera | Greg Gardiner | ||
| cut |
Richard Pearson , Steven Weisberg |
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Men in Black II (also: MIB2 , MIBII or miib ) is an American science fiction - comedy from the year 2002 . It is the sequel to Men in Black from 1997 . Another sequel is Men in Black 3 from 2012 .
action
Agent J has worked his way up to the top agent after five years with the Men in Black (MIB), the supervisory authority for extraterrestrial activities in New York. Suddenly Serleena appears, a vicious kylothic monster who has taken the form of an underwear model. She is looking for the “light of Zartha” that the Zarthan people brought to earth 25 years earlier in order to hide it there. The Men in Black were not allowed to keep it in order to preserve the neutrality of the earth and supposedly sent it into space. However, the agent responsible for the case at the time seems to have hidden it somewhere on earth. The light is so powerful that it enables every owner to have complete control over the planet Zartha.
But first, Agent J has to investigate the murder of an alien who runs a pizzeria disguised as a human. He meets the employee Laura Vasquez, who observed the incident, and receives initial clues about Serleena and the "Light of Zartha". Contrary to the regulations, he does not neuralize Laura, but leaves her with the memory of the MIB and the extraterrestrial origins of her murdered employer.
Agent J follows in the footsteps and finds further information in the MIB archive: 25 years ago his old partner Agent K was entrusted with this case. However, his memories of the MIB were erased when he left five years ago in order to be able to reintegrate him into society, and he is now Chief Postmaster in Massachusetts under his real name Kevin Brown.
The Zarthan people have now issued an ultimatum. They demand the release of the light, otherwise they destroy the earth. However, when the light falls into Serleena's hands, it will destroy the planet Zartha. Since K is the only one who can save the earth and Zartha, J should bring back the memory and the agent K with a deneuralizer. Serleena occupies the MIB headquarters and keeps the employees and aliens prisoner. K and J escape capture by being flushed out of the MIB headquarters. Immediately they seek out the alien fence Jack Jeebs, who illegally recreated a deneuralizer. However, since the device has never been tried before and does not seem to work properly, K still does not remember the “Light of Zartha” afterwards and his memory of the MIB is only gradually returning. However, before his voluntary neuralization he laid down clues so that he can find the light again in an emergency. Together, the two partners follow the trail to the light, but Serleena remains close on their heels.
The light turns out to be Laura Vasquez, who has lived in New York since she was born but knows nothing of her true identity. She is actually the heir to the throne of Zartha. With the help of the wormlings, K and J free the MIB headquarters. They let Serleena eat up by a giant worm living in the subway, from which she is able to free herself. In the end, it is implied that K is Laura's father who loved the princess who came to earth with the light and asked him to hide the light. At the last second, Laura can be sent back to Zartha just before the ultimatum expires. J, who fell in love with her, has to accept this with a heavy heart. Together with K they shoot Serleena, who is pursuing Laura.
Guest roles
Michael Jackson has a small guest role in which he tries to join the MIB as Official Agent M , but is turned away. Peter Graves , best known as the leading actor in the television series Kobra, Take Over , plays himself at the beginning of the film as the host of the fictional television show Mysteries from Space . Even David Cross played in the first part of Men in Black with, there he played in the right medicine to the doorman.
Success and reception
“The script writers Robert Gordon ( Galaxy Quest ) and Barry Fanaro ( Kingpin ) trust the comedy recipe of the original, build the most popular ETs from the original [...] and introduce a number of new Gaga aliens into the 'MIB' universe. [...] As always with Sonnenfeld, one comedy gimmick follows the other without the episodic structure being geared towards a spectacular finale. 'Men in Black II' is popcorn cinema in its purest form - and […] one of the most expensive live-action films since there were aliens. "
“With its unusually tight 89 minutes, 'Men in Black' is an entertaining, but like its predecessor, it hardly sticks in the memory for a long time, a humorous, weird, but at no point really snappy science-comedy action that appears to be again irreconcilable genres mixed up into brightly colored popcorn entertainment. "
"Turbulent continuation of the science fiction blockbuster from 1997, which, like its predecessor, is entertaining mainly through the numerous show values and two brilliantly presented leading actors."
Just like the first part ( Men in Black ), the sequel was also a commercial success, although it didn't quite match the popularity of the predecessor. At $ 140 million, the film grossed $ 190 million in the United States and $ 251 million in the rest of the world, for a total of $ 441 million. The film opened in German cinemas on July 18, 2002.
Adaptations and continuation
Men in Black video games were released for Nintendo GameCube , Game Boy Color and the PlayStation 2 .
2012 saw another sequel, Men in Black 3 , in which Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones took over their roles again. The film was released in 3D by Sony Pictures .
synchronization
The German dubbing was done in a studio of PPA Film, the dubbing company of the voice actor Pierre Peters-Arnolds in Munich .
| figure | actor | German Voice actor |
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| Agent Jay / James Darrell Edwards III | Will Smith | Jan Odle |
| Agent Kay / Kevin Brown | Tommy Lee Jones | Ronald Nitschke |
| Zed | Rip Torn | Lambert Hamel |
| Serleena | Lara Flynn Boyle | Franziska Pigulla |
| Scrad / Charlie | Johnny Knoxville | Christian Tramitz |
| Laura Vasquez | Rosario Dawson | Sandra Schwittau |
| Jack Jeebs | Tony Shalhoub | Kai Taschner |
| tea | Patrick Warburton | Thomas Albus |
| Newton | David Cross | Claus Brockmeyer |
| Hailey | Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine | Veronika Neugebauer |
| Frank the pug | ( Tim Blaney ) | Michael Habeck |
| Sleeble | ( Greg Ballora ) | Titus Simon |
| Neeble | ( Thom Fountain ) | Pierre Peters-Arnolds |
| Mannix | ( Brad Abrell ) | Axel Malzacher |
| Agent m | Michael Jackson | Candace Whitman |
| Chief Platoon Leader Larry Bridgewater | Peter Spellos | Michael Rüth |
| Peter Graves | Peter Graves | Norbert Gastell |
Film music
- Worm Lounge # 1 (Worms In Black) - Danny Elfman
- Logo - Danny Elfman
- Titles - Danny Elfman
- Big Jeff - Danny Elfman
- Headquarters - Men In Black II (Motion Picture)
- Chop-Chop - Danny Elfman
- Heart Thump - Danny Elfman
- Customs - Danny Elfman
- Hunting for K - Danny Elfman
- J Nabbed / K's Back - Danny Elfman
- The Real Story - Danny Elfman
- Sleuthing - Danny Elfman
- The Defense Begins - Danny Elfman
- The Chase - Danny Elfman
- The Light - Danny Elfman
- The Finale - Danny Elfman
- Worm Lounge # 2 - Danny Elfman
- Titles Revisited - Danny Elfman
- I Will Survive - Tim Blaney
- Black Suits Comin '(Nod Ya Head) - Will Smith Introducing Trâ-Knox; Trâ-Knox
Awards
- Golden Raspberry (2002): Nomination for Worst Supporting Actress for Lara Flynn Boyle
- Bogey Awards (2002): Won platinum Bogey Award
- BMI Film Music Award (2003): Won (Danny Elfman)
- Plus 6 other nominations
Web links
- Official website
- Men in Black II in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Men in Black II at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Men in Black II at Metacritic (English)
- Men in Black II in the online film database
- Men in Black II in the German dubbing index
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Men in Black II . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , February 2012 (PDF; test number: 91 045 V).
- ↑ Age rating for Men in Black II . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ Cinema http://www.cinema.de/film/men-in-black-2,88734.html
- ↑ Filmstarts http://www.filmstarts.de/kritiken/36184-Men-In-Black-II/kritik.html
- ^ Men in Black II. In: Lexicon of international films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Box office results for Men in Black II on boxofficemojo.com
- ↑ Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones confirmed for Men in Black III ; Accessed: April 21, 2010
- ↑ Cinema .de: Alien hunters in 3-D - Men in Black 3 is coming in May 2012
- ↑ a b Men in Black II. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on September 24, 2012 .