If you wanted a sequel to Men In Black that doesn’t suck as bad as the MIBII and is a bit different than MIB III and has absolutely no association with shitshow known as MIB4: Jason Takes Manhattan, here’s your CGI-extravaganza answer! Kind of a precursor to Ryan Reynold’s smartass-mouthed Deadpool (which is pretty much every other “character” he plays) combined with the remaked Rooster Cogburn’s Jeff Bridges, this is the comic-based supernaturalhorrorscifiactioncomedy that is exactly that!
Boston Cop Ryan Reynolds is making a future for himself and his wife. Maybe via a few ill-gotten gains. But his conscious kicks in, right about the time he gets whacked, in the worst of fashions. A new reality is suddenly presented to him, in the form of the Rest In Peace Department. His sketchy decisions puts him in a bit of a sticky situation, salvation-wise. So, work off the debt as an ethereal lawman or, well, suffer the questionable decisionmakings. Nice to see second chances for consequences for bad life choices, even if he’s partnered up with a surly lawman from like 200 years prior, give or take, I dunno, 50 years.
Not gonna lie, this is a fun popcorn movie, not sure why it got such a bad rap. Some admittedly funny but forgettable one-liners from both Ryan Reynolds in his cheeky wise-ass mannerisms and from his 1800s-aged cohort in the form of Jeff Bridges. The ongoing coyote bit is both disturbing and hilarious, depending on your sense of humor. Mine is a bit demented. And drunken. So it worked for me, even in the final credits song. Kevin Bacon here relishes his prickishness with a certain zealousness, and Mary-Louise Parker is a bit... intriguing. So yeah, have a few beers or a few tokes and enjoy while not thinking too much about the plot.
