Well, they added some female actors for a start. Moving along with the times and all that. The movie also focuses on the London branch of MIB. So don't understand why it's called MIB: International instead of MIB: London. That way, they can do a different city every year. In any case, Chris Hemsworth is Aussie and Liam Neeson is Irish. International enough?
Now, let's talk about the movie itself. I've got one word for you: sloppy. Chris and Tessa waltz in, fresh from their Thor: Ragnarok high, and take a walk in the MIB park. I know it's hard to act when it's all green screen, and you're interacting with things that may or may not be there. But c'mon, put in some extra effort. I'm looking at you, Chris. Maybe he feels that after that stint with the Avengers, he deserved a break.
And a lot of the scenes in the movie are not really relevant to the plot - M's first visit to the London HQ and seeing all those aliens for the first time, the normal subway car transforming into a futuristic rail carriage, H's intro scene at the gambling den, etc. The CGI is pretty good, but in this day and age? Not enough. Could've worked 10 years ago, but aliens have lost their wow factor. There were some attempts at humour - H throwing the mini-hammer at the Tarantian goon a la Thor, references to the political incorrectness of the name Men in Black, etc. These are merely distractions and don't bring anything solid to the table. Pawny? A sidekick here and there would be helpful, but could've been done much better.
Yeah, things definitely went downhill for the franchise with the absence of Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. I guess Liam Neeson can see that, too, which might explain his unceremonious exit. Now that Aladdin is out, I say bring Will Smith back for the next installment, if there will be one.
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