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A secretive agency, originally part of the government but now apparently a private organization (" the government asks too many questions", explains one character), allows aliens onto the planet and monitors them while here. The movie follows an NYPD officer (Will Smith) as he becomes a part of MiB, and his first major mission. Tommy Lee Jones plays 'K', a senior MiB agent who guides 'J' (the code-name assigned to Smith) as he learns the ropes.
Representitives of this agency wear sunglasses and dark suits, and appear at UFO landing sites, similar to reported Men In Black. Instead of intimidating or threatening witnesses, the MiB use devices known as Neuralyzers to wipe their memories and suggest more mundane causes to the encounter (or anything else the agents think of). Neuralyzers are typically the size and shape of an oversized pen (although a giant version is seen in the second movie hidden in the Statue of LibertyLiberty Enlightening the World commonly known as the Statue of Liberty is a statue that stands at the mouth of the Hudson River in the harbor of New York City as a welcome to all: returning Americans, visitors, and immigrants alike. The sculptor was Frede's torch), and can be set to erase memories as far back as several years. Neuralizers are also used on agents who leave the organization for any reason. The MiB's sunglasses protect them from the effects of the Neuralyzer.
As a play on this shadowy anonymity, movie posters identified the two principal actors simply as "Mr. Jones" and "Mr. Smith" (two extremely common surnames in English-speaking countries).
A Bug (an alien species, similar in many ways to a very large cockroachCockroaches Madagascan Hissing Cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa). This insect is 3 inches (8 cm) long. See main text for more information. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Subclass: Pterygota Infraclass: Neoptera Order: Blattodea Fa) is trying to steal a tiny galaxyThis article is about a celestial body. For alternate meanings see galaxy (disambiguation). Spiral Galaxy ESO 269-57 is about 150 million light-years away and 200,000 light-years across. Stars are almost always found in collections called galaxies togethe from another alien—whose government is willing to have the earth destroyed rather than let this galaxy fall into the hands of the Bugs. Eventually, the Galaxy is recovered, and K has J neuralyze him so that he can retire.
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