Men in Black II (also known as
MIIB) is a
2002 science fiction action comedy film starring
Tommy Lee Jones and
Will Smith. The film also stars
Lara Flynn Boyle,
Johnny Knoxville,
Rosario Dawson and
Rip Torn. The film is a sequel to the 1997 film
Men in Black, both of which are based on the
Malibu comic book series
The Men in Black by
Lowell Cunningham.
Plot
Five years after the events of the earlier film,
Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) has assumed civilian life as a small town's postmaster while
Agent J (Will Smith) continues to work for the Men in Black, the self-funded
New York City-based agency that secretly monitors and regulates extraterrestrials' activity on Earth. J is largely without a partner, his former partner Agent L having returned to her former task as a deputy medical examiner and her successors having been expelled from the agency by J himself due to their unsuitability. While investigating a seemingly routine crime, J uncovers a diabolical plot by Serleena, a sadistic, shapeshifting Kylothian queen who disguises herself as a
lingerie model (Lara Flynn Boyle), but resembles a
Lernean hydra in her own form. To circumvent her plans, J must convince K — who has no memory of his time spent with the agency, but is the only person alive who knows what is needed to defeat Serleena — to reunite with the MIB before Earth is destroyed.