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MEN IN BLACK: INTERNATIONAL ****
Dir: F. Gary Grey (12A, 120 mins)
The initial trilogy of Men In Black films came to an end in 2012; the original 1997 pairing of Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones was an offbeat sci-fi comedy, subsequently diluted and time-travelled with in less successful sequels. It’s still a franchise, however, so here comes its do-over. Replacing Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones as the alien-locating agents are Thor: Ragnarok duo Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson. Thompson plays American agent M, stoked to be part of the organisation she secretly glimpsed as a child. Hemsworth goes quasi-British again as arrogant London-based agent H. They are on the lookout for a mole within the organization and a portable black hole, which obviously would cause problems if it fell into the wrong tentacles. Other cast members include bosses Emma Thompson and Liam Neeson, The Big Sick’s Kumail Nanijiani playing tiny alien Pawny, Rebecca Ferguson as a three-armed arms dealer Riza, with whom Thompson has a knockdown fight and Les Twins, shapeshifting, dancing, deadly aliens, prone to causing mayhem. Directed by Fast And Furious 8’s F. Gary Grey, this should be a pleasing popcorn-muncher free from superheroes, although starring two of them. Prepare to be neuralysed. Opens June 14
words Keiron Self