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As a teen of the 80s myself, this movie was a refreshing time capsule and just plain fun to watch. Except for the just plain CRINGE part of her friend dancing wit the other toughs in the street with the boombox. Youll see. Fun romp, and great 80s visuals. This is a great movie to have a friend over and watch if you graduated from high school in the mid to late 80s

Just saw this on a pay TV service and I have to tell you that this movie did not age well. Its the writing. For the first 20 minutes its all how cool and nonchalant tough the two throwback detectives are and the plot just drags showcasing the actors and not getting along with the plot of the movie. Had to turn it off 30 minutes in. Only reason I give it a 2 is because I am a Billy Crystal fan (and he was shockingly young in this movie.)

While this was a solid movie and entertaining from start to finish, there was something missing, something in it that evoked melancholy. In contrast, the 1984 movie between Stallone and Lungren was awesome. It was now, it evoked the height of the cold war, and there was no has beens, but right nows. Even in this movie when the big fight finished, there was a silent sequence while Rocky observed it from an old man point of view. This made it kind of a rehash. Let me put it this way: Back to the Future was the exciting original. Remember in Back to the Future Part 2 they had to rehash it and go to some of the same places he originally was in the 50s and it wasnt quite as good? Same thing. Great fight sequences however.

The reason the first two MIB movies worked out so well was you had one steel backbone character who knew the ropes (Tommy Lee Jones) and one smartass recruit (Will Smith). In this movie both Helmsworth and the girl were both wierdo goofs. Helmsworth was too busy flitting around with his pretty boy B.S. and the girl was just wierd. That means there was no strong character foil for both to play off each other. Next, the storyline was convoluted and difficult to follow. Because of the name 'international' in the title they now had to figure out how to get different countries in the film and because of that, the writers had a hard time. I give this one star and a half. The worst MIB movie to date.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]