Wikingking

If you have seen at least 10 movies of this genre then you will likely foresee every character's next move, every aspect of the plot and the ending as well.

There are simply no new or never-seen-before treats about this flick, it plays a very safe game and therefore there is very little excitement and almost zero tension. It's still decent as it does nothing particularly wrong either, so if you would like to just sit back and enjoy a movie you have never seen before but at the same time don't want to experience any new content and are already too stressful to take additional excitement a good action film or thriller could offer then this is definitely your movie!

It is absurdly average but you can still spend the 90+ minutes moderately entertained, mostly because you'll see familiar faces on-screen and it will/could somehow make you feel more than the movie can actually offer.

The headline says it all: if this movie was a pilot of a mini or regular series about MIB with this cast, I'd say it's a pretty good opening. As a kind of follow-up to the trilogy featuring Will Smith and TLJ, it is sort of letdown-ish.

Nothing serious though. In a world of hopeless and mindless reboot/remake/prequel/sequel making, this spin-off+sequel does something exceptionall important, many other titles fail to achieve: it does not ruin the original, not a single bit. Strange, that I need to applaud such "feat", but it is what it is. When legendary characters like Han Solo is being butchered from left and right, when great standalone movies got horrible sequels that were totally uncalled for and still ending in cliffhangers (like Independence Day 2), this film stands out.

It features a new duo of agents, the smart and adroit Agent M (Tessa Thompson) and the very annoying yet somehow legendary Agent H (Chris Hemsworth). Chemistry between them is no big deal, the story is kind of basic and pretty predictable (there is a mole in the Agency), the action sequences are plenty and kind of mediocre, humor is a mix of cute and tiring. Supporting cast has some big names like Liam Neeson, Rebecca Ferguson and Emma Thompson.

I would recommend this movie to anyone who likes the original MIB and can maintain only a decent amount of expectation towards this movie and also to anyone who likes sci-fi action/comedy movies. It's not a boring one, but not memorable by any means. It just works. Still, overwhelming negative reviews seem to be harsh, especially considering what I wrote in the second paragraph of this review.

I've read the ratings and some of the non-spoiler user reviews before watching the whole season - the benefits of catching up late :)

Many people criticise that Saitama's screentime was badly reduced and that there are way too many time given to a huge number of different heroes of the Heroes Association. Also, another point was that the main character of the season seems to be the "Human Kaiju" Garou, but the whole show was supposed to be about Saitama.

I disagree. This is still Saitama's show, but I like this new approach and storytelling and how it widened the view on the world of OPM. The first season had a few separate incidents only to show the incredible power of Saitama and all the characters were subordinated to this specific goal. Each and everyone we got to know was key to move the story forward - in this regard, I agree that S1 was superior. However, it was pretty one-sided and I don't think that another copy-paste with different monsters would have done the trick for a second time. Thus the writers went to a different road and it is true that Saitama is somewhat of a side-character and we get to know Garou's story, which is pretty well-written btw.

I liked how we were introduced to a lot of different high level heroes, the fighting scenes were spot on most of the time and there are a lot of them, much more action in S2 than it was in S1. Garou's story is deep, the different heroes are funny and interesting enough (for me at least), the returning characters, like Genos or White Fang are still very cool and well, Saitama is still OP. But this is the point after all and Season 2 uses this "final move" of writing very well.

Look, I really adored season 1 when it came out, it was stupid fun from the first second of it to the very last. This season was a bit deeper, more mature in a sense (still funny) and it takes itself just a tad bit more seriously. I don't think this is a problem, but I must say that the entire second season feels as a mid-act before the finale - which will supposed to be season 3 now? In this regard, yes, there are some things left to be desired. Animation is noticably worse than season 1 but then again, I think it was season 1 being absolutely amazing and this one is just OK. It's not bad by any means.

As for the whole season it is still funny, still OPM-ish, extremely action-packed anime which also has its more serious, touching moments. The main difference is that while the first season was built around Saitama and used his pov 90% of the time, this time the POV jumps from one character to another but the point is that we get to know how the existence of Saitama affects people around him and the world he lives in. This influence of Saitama to everyone he ever meets is the essence of this season and to really appreciate his omnipotence we must learn how these people can handle their situations first. My rating of 9 is for the whole season itself...it is more likely to be 8.5, but who cares.