Men in Black II (stylized MIIB) is a 2002 science fiction action comedy starring Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith. The film also stars Lara Flynn Boyle, Johnny Knoxville, Rosario Dawson, Tony Shalhoub, Patrick Warburton and Rip Torn. The film is a sequel to the 1997 film Men in Black and will be followed by Men in Black III set for release in 2012. This series of films is based on the Malibu / Marvel comic book series The Men in Black by Lowell Cunningham.
Five years after the events of Men in Black, [agent j (Will Smith) is now the top operative for the MIB, the self-funded New York City-based agency that secretly monitors and regulates extraterrestrials' activity on Earth. J is largely without a partner, after Agent L (from the first film) decided to return to her former life and subsequent partners have not lived up to J's professional standards.