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Barry Sonnenfeld directed Men in Black (1997).

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1997·98 min

Men in Black

Name: Men in Black
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
Released: 1997
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 7.216
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio, Rip Torn

Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld

ActionAdventureComedyScience Fiction

After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent K and new recruit Agent J find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.