Men in Black 3 story

movie: Men in Black 3 (2012) · 2012-05-14

In the film, Boris the Animal, an old enemy of Agent K, escapes from prison and travels back in time to kill the younger K in order to allow his species, a ruthless alien race known as Boglodites, to attack Earth. This forces Agent J to go back in time and team up with K's younger self to save his partner and the world. It is the third installment in the original Men in Black film series which in turn is loosely based on the comic book series The Men in Black by Lowell Cunningham.

13 total · 8 major · 5 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
alien living secretly among us major The Men in Black is a secret government agency that monitored extraterrestrial lifeforms who lived secretly on Earth.
attack from outer space by a powerful conquering enemy major Agent J had to go back in time to prevent a powerful race of aliens from launching a full scale invasion of Earth.
extraterrestrial being major Aliens lived on Earth secretly from humans.
memory erasure major The Men in Black used a mind wipe device on people who saw aliens.
men in black conspiracy theory major The Men in Black is a secret agency outside government control that supervised extraterrestrial lifeforms who lived secretly on Earth.
mentor and protégé major Agent J and his senior partner and mentor Agent K.
the desire for vengeance major Boris the Animal sough revenge against Agent K because Agent K shot off his arm and put him in maximum security prison on the Moon.
time travel major Boris the Animal traveled back in time to 1969 to kill Agent K, and then Agent J had to go back in time to save his partner.
father and son minor Colonel James Darrell Edwards Jr. turned out to be Agent J's father.
jet pack minor Agent K reluctantly used a jet pack to fly to Florida.