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Men in Black II
Directed by	Barry Sonnenfeld
Produced by	Steven Spielberg
Written by	Comic Book: Lowell Cunningham Story: Robert Gordon Screenplay: Barry Fanaro Robert Gordon
Starring	Tommy Lee Jones Will Smith Rip Torn Lara Flynn Boyle Johnny Knoxville Rosario Dawson
Music by	Danny Elfman
Cinematography	Greg Gardiner
Editing by	Sean Williams
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	July 3, 2002
Running time	88 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$140,000,000 (estimated)
Preceded by	Men in Black
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Men in Black II (also known as MIIB) is a 2002 science fiction comedy action film starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. The movie also stars Lara Flynn Boyle, Johnny Knoxville, Rosario Dawson and Rip Torn. It is the sequel to Men in Black, based on the Malibu comic book series The Men in Black by Lowell Cunningham.

It has been 5 years since the alien-seeking agents averted an intergalactic disaster of epic proportions. Agent K since returned to the comforts of civilian life while Agent J continues to work for the Men in Black, the self-funded agency that secretly monitors and regulates alien activity on Earth. While investigating a seemingly routine crime, J uncovers a diabolical plot by Serleena, an evil Kylothian monster who disguises herself as a lingerie model. It's a race against the clock as J must convince K — who not only has no memory of his time spent with the agency, but is also the only person alive who has the expertise to save the galaxy — to reunite with the MIB before Earth is destroyed.

A large part of the plot is given to Agent J's relationship with a woman called Laura, who is a witness to Serleena. Rather than erase her memory, J allows her to retain it. As Laura is pulled deeper and deeper into the battle between Serleena and the MIB, she comes to view Agent J as her protector. Ultimately, Laura is revealed as a semi-divine being known as the Light of Zartha. This revelation requires her to return to Zartha, her ancestral homeworld. Serleena, who has been seeking all along to find and possess the Light of Zartha, is killed just as Laura is transported away.

The end of the movie sees Agent K opening a door, showing immense aliens living in a much similar world to ours, just like how there is a city in agent J's locker theorizing our universe is one of many.

• Tommy Lee Jones as Agent K
• Will Smith as Agent J
• Rip Torn as Chief Zed
• Lara Flynn Boyle as Serleena
• Johnny Knoxville as Scrad & Charlie
• Rosario Dawson as Laura Vasquez
• Tony Shalhoub as Jack Jeebs
• Patrick Warburton as Agent T
• Jack Kehler as Ben
• David Cross as Newton
• Michael Jackson as Agent M
• Tim Blaney as the voice of Frank the Pug

Following the success of the first Men in Black, the sequel was also a commercial success, although not to the extent of the original. It grossed $52,148,751 on its opening weekend, and after the film's 62 days-release it grossed $190,418,803 in the United States and $251,400,000 overseas, for a total gross of $441,818,803.^[1]

In 2005, Variety mentioned that Sony was in talks with director Michael Bay to direct Men In Black III, but no other news has been forthcoming. Will Smith has displayed interest in returning for a third film.^[2]

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