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FilmActionComedyAdventureScience Fiction

Men in Black (1997)

PG-13 · 1997-07-02 · 1h 38m · EN
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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 Kay and new recruit Agent Jay 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.

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Barry SonnenfeldDirector
Budget
$90M
Box office
$589.4M

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Tommy Lee JonesTommy Lee JonesAgent KWill SmithWill SmithJames Edwards / Agent JLinda FiorentinoLinda FiorentinoDr. Laurel Weaver / Agent LVincent D'OnofrioVincent D'OnofrioEdgar / The BugRip TornRip TornChief ZedTony ShalhoubTony ShalhoubJack JeebsSiobhan Fallon HoganSiobhan Fallon HoganBeatriceMike NussbaumMike NussbaumGentle Rosenburg the Arquillian JewelerJon GriesJon GriesVan driverSergio CalderónSergio CalderónJoseCarel StruyckenCarel StruyckenArquillianFredric LehneFredric LehneINS agent Janus

Keywords

Based on comicAlienSuperheroNew york citySecret identityUndercoverBuddy copSpace marineDeportationFictional government agencyFlying saucerIllegal immigrationNew identityGiant cockroachCannonStay permit

Movie DNA

Genre affinityAction · Comedy · AdventureTheme affinityBased On Comic · Alien · SuperheroVisual styleSpace MarineDialogue densityComedyPacingActionDirector preference23340

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What is Men in Black about?

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 Kay and new recruit Agent Jay 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.

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Men in Black has a runtime of 98 minutes.

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