The Men are Back in Black! ... (with a lil help from AC/DC)

Agent J (Will Smith) returns and restores the memory of ex-mentor - now - postal-service-worker, Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones), to once again save the planet from renegade aliens in Men in Black II. Also returning is Rip Torn - Chief of the MIB, Zed. And David Cross (Mr. Show with Bob and David) and even Jeebs - Tony Shalhoub (Wings) reprise their original characters, but beats me how David Cross returns from the dead for this sequel ... ahhh, the magic of Hollywood.

The plot involves a sinister invasion in-the-works by sexy monster-in-disguise, Serleena (Twin Peaks fame, Lara Flynn Boyle). Stepping in to help is Agent T (The Tick's Patrick Warburton ... who needs two tubes of KY jelly to get into that blue suit!), and a new Smith love interest, Rita (Rosario Dawson).

This film has had it's ups and downs during it's production. The most obvious was the Sept. 11th attack, which forced a mega-finale to change it's original setting's backdrop with ... you guessed it ... the World Trade Center. Originally set to return in the role of Elle (Linda Fiorentino) ... is not ... however, there may be a cameo (as Michael Jackson is reported to have in the film). And likely the-most-sexiest-actress-on-the-planet Famke Janssen was originally slated for the evil role of Serleena, but had to drop out due to a family illness.

All-in-all, this blockbuster is set to be the most fun of all the monster releases this year!

Can't wait? Well, surf on over to the Sony's official site for a wild Flash enabled adventure:

http://www.spe.sony.com/movies/meninblack/

It's not quite finished, but what is there will keep you occupied for several hours. Make sure you are up-to-date with Shockwave, Flash, and Quicktime. There are several games to play, and some rather funny breakdowns on aliens and weapons. The Star Map was hilarious. And you can even build your own alien ... but it takes awhile to download the Wild Tangent plug-in (you may also need to update Active X or bring down your screen colors to 16 bit).

If you'd like to see another trailer (this is not either of the two that aired on television on Super Bowl Sunday), download the quicktime clip at the site or at Apple here:

http://www.apple.com/trailers/columbia/men_in_black_2

Release Date: July 3rd, 2002