History Film / MenInBlackInternational

* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: When M is watching the celebrity cameos, [[TheMole High T]] steps forward and comments "It's never who you think;" foreshadowing that he is, in fact, the mole in MIB.]]

* TheMole: The main crux of the story, with there being one in the UK branch of MIB. [[spoiler:The mole is [[MoleInCharge High T]], who had been infected by the Hive and neuralized H into thinking he had defeated them.]]

-->[[spoiler:'''High T:''']] ''[to H]'' You were always like a son to me.\\
'''M:''' That's not [[spoiler:T]] anymore.\\
[[spoiler:'''T:''']] You were always like a son to me. ''[[[OneWingedAngel Transforms into a large, tentacle-covered monster]]]'' '''You were always like a son to''' '''''him.'''''

''Men in Black: International'' is a 2019 {{science fiction}} {{action|genre}} {{comedy}}, and the fourth film of the ''Franchise/MenInBlack'' series, directed by Creator/FGaryGray (''Film/Friday'', ''Film/StraightOuttaCompton'', ''Film/TheFateOfTheFurious'') and written by Art Marcum & Matt Holloway (''Film/IronMan1'').

''Men in Black: International'' is a 2019 {{science fiction}} {{action|genre}} {{comedy}}, and the fourth film of the ''Franchise/MenInBlack'' series, directed by Creator/FGaryGray (''Film/StraightOuttaCompton'', ''Film/TheFateOfTheFurious'') and written by Art Marcum & Matt Holloway (''Film/IronMan1'').

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Riza never wears any shoes nor covered her whole legs under her skirt.

* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler:The alien twins turn out to be looking for the superweapon to destroy the Hive, not help them. It's a bit undermined by the fact that they still murdered a completely innocent man for a disguise, though.]]

* FlashStep: This is how the Hive possessed Diad race moves, and it's just as UncannyValley as it sounds. [[spoiler:Actually, it's just how all Diads move.]]

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: H is irresponsible, flighty and unprofessional due to [[spoiler: being extensively but selectively neuralysed so that he won't realise that his old partner T has been taken over.]] but he's still the absolute best agent in MIB's London headquarters. He loses the Moron part by the end and [[spoiler:he's promoted to Probationary Head of the London office]].

* MeanBrit: Agent C, [[spoiler:though it turns he's of the JerkWithAHeartOfGold variety]].

Molly Wright lived her life being aware of the existence of aliens and the Men in Black ever since avoiding [[LaserGuidedAmnesia neuralisation]] as a child. Finally landing a lead on them as an adult, she infiltrates their New York headquarters and insistently volunteers herself to be recruited into the agency. Impressed by her tenacity, Agent O recruits her under the codename "Agent M", and sends her to MIB's UK branch for probationary training. There, M assigns herself to partner with Agent H, UK's top agent who has [[BrokenPedestal gone soft]] ever since defeating an evil race of aliens known as the Hive with his former partner and current head of the UK branch, High T, three years ago. When a pair of shapeshifting aliens seeking a WeaponOfMassDestruction arrives on Earth, hinting at the return of the Hive, it is up to Agents H and M to travel the world to keep the weapon safe, find TheMole amongst their ranks, and save Earth from the impending second arrival of the Hive.

!! ''Men in Black: International'' provides examples of:

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: H is irresponsible, flighty and unprofessional due to various reasons, but he's the absolute best agent in MIB's London office. He tones down the Moron part by the end when [[spoiler:he's promoted to Probationary Head of the London office]].

* AmbiguousSituation: As a rather blatant "SequelHook that isn't trying to look like a SequelHook", it's never confirmed whether or not M killed [[spoiler:the entire Hive, or simply just T and the segment connected to him.]]

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Agent H is referred to as "one of the best to ever wear the suit"... and he's introduced napping at his desk before getting woken up by M and going to get lunch at 9:30. He quickly proves to be a deconstruction since all of his colleagues hate him at best, his friends have abandoned him, and the only reason he keeps his job is because High T looks out for him, and even he is getting tired of cleaning up H's messes. [[spoiler:It is implied that his tendencies were due to a Hive-infected T's neuralization of him.]]

** The Worms also make an appearance at the subway scene, walking pass M.

Molly Wright lived her life being aware of the existence of aliens and the Men in Black ever since avoiding [[LaserGuidedAmnesia neuralisation]] as a child. Finally landing a lead on them as an adult, she infiltrates their New York headquarters and insistently volunteers herself to be recruited into the agency. Impressed by her tenacity, Agent O recruits her under the codename "Agent M", and sends her to [=MiB=]'s UK branch for probationary training. There, M assigns herself to partner with Agent H, UK's top agent who has [[BrokenPedestal gone soft]] ever since defeating an evil race of aliens known as the Hive with his former partner and current head of the UK branch, High T, three years ago. When a pair of shapeshifting aliens seeking a WeaponOfMassDestruction arrives on Earth, hinting at the return of the Hive, it is up to Agents H and M to travel the world to keep the weapon safe, find TheMole amongst their ranks, and save Earth from the impending second arrival of the Hive.

Conceived as a {{spinoff}}, it is the first film in the ''Men in Black'' series to not feature Creator/WillSmith and Creator/TommyLeeJones as Agents J and K. Replacing them as leads are Creator/ChrisHemsworth and Creator/TessaThompson as Agents H and M, respectively, while Creator/EmmaThompson reprises her role as Agent O from ''Film/MenInBlack3''. Also in the film are Creator/LiamNeeson as the head of the UK [=MiB=] branch, High T, as well as Creator/KumailNanjiani, Creator/RafeSpall, and Creator/RebeccaFerguson.

* BavarianFireDrill: M tracks an object landing on Earth, catches the [=MiB=] apprehending the occupant, then follows them to their base dressed in a black suit and pretends to be a late-arriving agent. Subverted when Frank points out how amateurish the attempt was, the guard raises an alert, and the elevator security system takes her to the basement level instead of the main lobby.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: One of the reasons M gives for becoming a [=MiB=] is that she doesn't have any personal connections and no-one will miss her if she were to just disappear one day. By the end of the film, she's become friends with H and might even be attracted to him, but the two of them have to part ways because [=MiB=] agents rarely stay in one place and go wherever they're needed.

* ChekhovsGunman: The alien M helped escape the [=MiB=] as a child [[spoiler:ended up becoming Riza's bodyguard years later. After recognising Agent M as Molly, he spares her and H while protecting them from Riza as they escape to return the favor]].

** Agent J is featured on one of the paintings inside the [=MiB=] London hall. Another painting also appears to depict J and K's [[Film/MenInBlack climatic battle]] against [[StarterVillain Edgar the Bug]] in his [[BigCreepyCrawlies true form]].

** Both M and J are newcomers to the [=MiB=]; however, while J [[NaiveNewcomer had no idea what he was getting in to]], M actively seeks out the organization with the intent of getting a job there.
** H and K are both top agents of the [=MiB=]; however, while K was TheComicallySerious StraightMan to J, H is a giant BunnyEarsLawyer.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: H is irresponsible, flighty and unprofessional due to various reasons, but he's the absolute best agent in [=MiB=]'s London office. He tones down the Moron part by the end when [[spoiler:he's promoted to Probationary Head of the London office]].

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:The Twins, immune to every weapon the [=MiB=] throws at them, are suddenly blasted apart by a squad of [=MiB=] agents, which T nonchalantly {{Hand Wave}}s as having just used the right voltage this time.]]

* GenkiGirl: M is a subdued version, as while she has a tendency to act cool and collected and by the book, it's obvious she's insanely geeking out over actually being a member of the [=MiB=].

* {{Hammerspace}}: H's Jaguar contains an enormous amount of [=BFG=]s that can be pulled out from from implausibly tight spaces.
* HeldGaze: Two significant moments, mere minutes apart, in the final scenes of the film. [[spoiler: When Agent O reveals that she wants M to come back to New York and Agent H to temporarily run the London office, H and M stare at each other before M moves away to finish talking to O. Then, before she leaves, they both stare affectionately, perhaps even longingly at each other, before M walks away. Subverted in that in the next scene, M pops into his car because she wasn't quite ready to leave him yet.]]

* IkeaWeaponry: Agents H and M have some {{BFG}}s that have to be assembled from parts concealed in their CoolCar.

* {{Irony}}: When Agent M first arrives in UK headquarters, she stares at an alien-monitoring screen featuring [[CulturalTranslation a country-based celebrity cameo]] (in the original US version, Music/ArianaGrande, Elon Musk, Creator/JJAbrams and Creator/DonaldGlover), to which High T comments ''"[[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy It's never who you think it is]]."'' [[spoiler:Indeed, [[GrandTheftMe High T's body was already long taken over by the Hive]] and is now [[TheMole a member of the Hive masquerading as him]].]]

* MeanBrit: Agent C, [[spoiler:though it turns he’s of the JerkWithAHeartOfGold variety]].

* MythologyGag: Agent O's line about being "recognized only as deja vu and dismissed just as quickly" harkens back to Zed's monologue in the first movie.

** In an inversion of the classic "Noisy Cricket" gag from the first movie (a tiny gun that lets out a massive blast), there's a moment in the trailer where M and H have to work together to fire a ''massive'' [[{{BFG}} laser cannon]]...which at first lets out only a tiny little puff of smoke.
** The movie continues the gag from the previous movies (and cartoon series) of establishing real life famous people as being aliens. This time the celebrity aliens include Music/ArianaGrande, Elon Musk, Creator/JJAbrams and Creator/DonaldGlover

* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler: True to Men In Black tradition, once High T is revealed to have been infected by the hive back in 2016, he sheds his human appearance and becomes a ten foot tall Cthulhu-esque monster]].

* PullingTheThread: T and H have long been asked how they beat the Hive the first time and simply reply "with nothing but our wits and Series 7 deatomizers." As they race to face the Hive, M presses H on more details than that...[[spoiler:and H simply says the same line. It then hits him that he can't remember ''any'' details other than that, and thus he and M realized T neuralyzed him to forget what happened]].
* RedHerring: [[spoiler: Agent C is the most obvious candidate for TheMole, being antagonistic to the heroes. In addition, many people comment on Agent H not acting like himself for some time, falsely hinting at possibly a sleeper agent issue. It's eventually revealed to be High T, the seeming ReasonableAuthorityFigure]].
* {{Retcon}}: The first film said that the Men in Black originated from a (presumably American) government program in the mid 1950's and the first alien arrivals were in 1961 outside New York. This film says that the first aliens arrived via a wormhole in the Eiffel Tower in the 1890's, and that Gustave Eiffel (died in 1923) was one of the first Men in Black.
* SequelGoesForeign: Unlike its predecessors, this film features a branch of the [=MiB=] based in London. It's also officially titled ''Men in Black'' '''''International''''', suggesting a globe-trotting plot, which it lives up to by visiting Paris, Marrakesh and Naples. Other locations are briefly seen on occasion.

-->[[spoiler:'''High T:''']] (to H) You were always like a son to me.\\
'''M''': That's not [[spoiler:T]] anymore.\\
[[spoiler:'''T''']]: You were always like a son to me. ([[OneWingedAngel Transforms into a large, tentacle-covered monster]]) '''You were always like a son to''' '''''him.'''''

* WeaponizedLandmark: The Hive have made multiple attempts to turn the Eiffel Tower into a {{Hellgate}}.

->''"Always remember, the universe has a way of leading you to where you’re supposed to be at the moment you’re supposed to be there."''

!! ''Men in Black: International'' contains examples of:

** During a confrontation with an alien, Chris Hemsworth's Agent H [[Film/{{Thor}} wields a hammer]], which he throws at an alien, who [[Film/ThorRagnarok catches it]]. H even takes a moment to struggle to reach for the hammer, as if he were trying to call it into his hand.

* AmbiguousSituation: As a rather blatant "SequelHook that isn't trying to look like a SequelHook", it's never confirmed whether or not M killed [[spoiler: the entire Hive, or simply just T and the segment connected to him.]]

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: One of the reasons M gives for becoming a [=MiB=] is that she doesn't have any personal connections and no one will miss her if she were to just disappear one day. By the end of the film, she's become friends with H and might even be attracted to him, but the two of them have to part ways because [=MiB=] agents rarely stay in one place and go wherever they're needed.

* {{BFG}}: A series trademark returns. Agent H uses a RayGun that's shaped like a drum magazine Tommy Gun, and Agent M has one shaped like a [[GatlingGood minigun]].

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:As M is knocked into the portal and headed towards the Hive, Pawny flies in after her and uses one of his grappling guns to catch her. He then uses his other gun to pull them both out of the portal and back into the Eiffel Tower.]]

* BookEnds: The prologue in 2016 takes place at the Eiffel Tower. [[spoiler: The final battle later takes place there as H and M try to stop High T from destroying the world.]]
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Agent H is referred to as "one of the best to ever wear the suit"...and he's introduced napping at his desk before getting woken up by M and going to get lunch at 9:30. He quickly proves to be a deconstruction since all of his colleagues hate him at best, his friends have abandoned him, and the only reason he keeps his job is because High T looks out for him, and even he is getting tired of cleaning up H's messes. [[spoiler:It is implied that his tendencies were due to a Hive-infected T's neuralization of him.]]

* CallBack: To Agent K's CoolCar and its BigRedButton in the [[Film/MenInBlack first movie]].

* ContinuityNod: Agent J is featured on one of the paintings inside the [=MiB=] London hall. Another painting also appears to depict J and K's [[Film/MenInBlack climatic battle]] against [[StarterVillain Edgar the Bug]] in his [[BigCreepyCrawlies true form]].

* FakeUltimateHero: Agent H defeated the Hive with nothing but his wits and a Series 7 Deatomizer. [[spoiler:Except he didn't. The Hive infected T, Neuralized H into believing that's what happened, and went into hiding, waiting for the right time to strike.]]

* FlashStep: This is how the Hive possessed Diad race moves, and it's just as UncannyValley as it sounds. [[spoiler: Actually, it's just how all Diads move.]]

* FlyingCar: The CoolCar used by H and M has a BigRedButton [[CallBack yet again]]. Only this time it's not a rocket boost, it makes the car take off instead.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: When M is watching the celebrity cameos, [[TheMole High T]] steps forward and comments "It's never who you think", foreshadowing that he is, in fact, the mole in MIB.]]