Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
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.
- new york city
- cannon
- space marine
- flying saucer
- undercover
- secret identity
- superhero
- deportation
- illegal immigration
- new identity
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Rip Torn — Zed
- Tony Shalhoub — Jeebs
- Siobhan Fallon Hogan — Beatrice
- Mike Nussbaum — Gentle Rosenburg
- Jon Gries — Van Driver
- Sergio Calderón — Jose
- Carel Struycken — Arquillian
- Fredric Lehne — INS agent Janus
- Richard Hamilton — Dee
- Kent Faulcon — 1st Lt. Jake Jensen
- John Alexander — Mikey
- Directed
- Barry Sonnenfeld
- Written
- Ed Solomon
Production
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 15,145 ratings
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, Parkes+MacDonald Production
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1997 · You’re hereMen in Black
Where it starts.
Men in Black II
2002
Men in Black 3
2012
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
