Men in Black 3
Movie, 2012, Agents J & K, Set in 2012 & 1969
Men in Black 3 is #4 of 5 in release order and #4 of 5 in chronological order in the Men in Black.
The story
Agents J and K are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him - secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind.
Men in Black 3 recap
Boris the Animal, a Boglodite assassin whose arm K shot off and whom he imprisoned in 1969, breaks out of a lunar prison. Boris travels back in time to kill K before their encounter. J wakes to find that K died forty years earlier and that no one but him remembers his partner, while a Boglodite fleet invades Earth, possible now that K never deployed the ArcNet shield in 1969. Agent O, now running MIB, helps J time-jump from the Chrysler Building back to the day before the original encounter. In 1969, J teams up with the younger K and meets Griffin, a gentle alien who can see many possible futures at once and carries the ArcNet. The trail takes them to Andy Warhol's Factory, Shea Stadium and the Apollo 11 launch at Cape Canaveral, where the ArcNet must ride the rocket into space.
Men in Black 3 ending explained
The ArcNet launches on the rocket, and the older Boris burns in its exhaust. Afterward, the colonel who helped them gives his life saving K from the younger Boris, whom K kills. K then neuralyzes the colonel's small son, who was waiting in the car: the boy is J. Back in the present, J and K meet at a diner with their partnership restored, and J now understands why K has watched over him.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch Men in Black 3
Men in Black 3 is streaming on Paramount+ in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 6.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 67%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Men in Black II, before Men in Black: International.
- Chronological order: after Men in Black II, before Men in Black: International.
What to watch before Men in Black 3
In release order, the essentials before Men in Black 3 (2012) are Men in Black (1997) and Men in Black II (2002).
Cast
- Will Smith as Agent J
- Tommy Lee Jones as Agent K
- Josh Brolin as Young Agent K
- Jemaine Clement as Boris The Animal
- Emma Thompson as Agent O
- Michael Stuhlbarg as Griffin
- Mike Colter as Colonel
- Nicole Scherzinger as Boris's Girlfriend
- Michael Chernus as Jeffrey Price
- Alice Eve as Young Agent O
- David Rasche as Agent X
- Keone Young as Mr. Wu
Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld.