Men In Black International (2019)

Men In Black International (2019) Full Recap

In the year 2016, two agents from a special agency named Men in Black, High T and H, head to the Eiffel Tower in Paris to stop some dangerous creatures from coming to Earth. As they climb the tower, they see a man proposing to his girlfriend, and H says that they aren't supposed to be there. High T also mentions that the blinking red light beside a nearby door indicates that there has been a breach in a portal in the Eiffel Tower. H adds that in a few minutes, the vilest creatures in the entire universe, called the Hive, are going to come out through that portal and consume everyone in the world.

The tourists don't understand this, but H and High T suddenly put on dark shades. H then wipes their memory with a device called the neuralyzer and tells them to go to the bottom of the tower. After this, H and High T find the portal and start shooting at the Hive before the creatures come out. Twenty years earlier, a girl named Molly sleeps in her room while her parents watch TV downstairs.

Suddenly, her parents hear a strange sound coming from the kitchen, and Molly's dad goes to check what it is. When he returns to the living room, he looks terrified and tells Molly's mom that he doesn't even know what he just saw. Almost immediately, two MIB agents arrive at the house to talk to Molly's parents. As Molly wakes up, she peeks through her window and hears the MIB agents asking if her parents have seen a creature called a Tarantian.

Suddenly, Molly sees the Tarantian in her room, and she looks shocked. As the Taratian seems scared, Molly looks calmer and tells him that she won't hurt him. The MIB agents then ask Molly's parents if there's anyone in the house, and they mention that their daughter is inside, but she's sleeping. Following this, Molly's parents are neuralyzed, and as she sees this, she looks surprised.

After the MIB agents leave, Molly takes the Tarantian to the other window so he can escape. He still seems scared, but Molly tells him her name and says that he's her friend. The Tarantian then repeats her name and says the words Kabla Nakshulin before he leaves. Many years later, Molly is now an adult, and she still hasn't forgotten what happened when she was younger.

Because of this, Molly has been trying to get into the CIA or FBI to see if she can one day be linked with the MIB. Unfortunately, the CIA and FBI recruiters who interview her don't seem to understand what she's interested in, and she continues working at a call center company. One day, while she's at work, she gets a notification on her live meteor tracker, which shows that there's something on its way to Earth. After she's done for the day, she heads home and hacks into NASA's website to figure out what's entering Earth.

She eventually realizes that it's not a meteor, and since it could be an alien, Molly pinpoints the location and heads there immediately. After a while, she gets to the exact location, but she doesn’t see anything there. Suddenly, some birds fly toward a fence and disappear, and Molly realizes that someone has put a camouflage wall there. As she goes through it, she hides in a corner and sees some MIB agents taking a green alien back to their headquarters.

Almost immediately, she changes into a black suit and gets her taxi to follow the MIB agents. When she gets to their headquarters in New York, she goes into the building and walks toward the elevator while pretending to be an agent. The man at the reception notices this and immediately alerts the other agents that there's an intruder in the building. While Molly is inside the elevator, she realizes that they've spotted her, and she's taken to an interrogation room.

The head of the New York MIB branch, Agent O, then asks one of her agents if they've found anything about Molly and who she's working for. The agent says that Molly claims to be working alone, and that nothing shady has been found about her. O then instructs the agents to neuralyze her, but before they do this, Molly begs them not to do it. O realizes that Molly has had an experience with MIB agents before, and she mentions that her parents got neuralyzed when she was young.

She adds that she tried to tell people about what happened that day, but everyone kept telling her that she needed therapy. She says that after all those years, the most important thing is that she found them. O then goes into the interrogation room and asks what Molly wants. Molly says she wants to be recruited, and O tells her to give one reason why they should accept her.

Molly says that she has no life whatsoever, and that she has nothing she couldn't happily walk away from. O asks if she really has no relationships, and Molly says that they distract her from what's important. O asks what's important, and Molly says it's the truth of the universe. She adds that she wants to know everything and how it all works.

O then asks if she really thinks a black suit will solve her problems, but Molly says she doesn't. After a while, O accepts Molly as a probationary agent and gives her a file containing her first assignment. Molly then asks when she'll get her neuralyzer, but O says she has to earn it. She adds that Molly has only been accepted on a probationary basis, and that if she does well, she'll be promoted.

As Molly looks at her case file, O asks if she's a fan of the truth, and she says she is. O then mentions that she thinks there's a problem in MIB London, and that's why she's sending Molly there. Much later, Molly enters a high-speed train that takes her to London. When she gets to the MIB headquarters, she sees some strange creatures and looks shocked at how they're just moving around among humans.

Suddenly, Molly sees a large screen showing some celebrities who are aliens. Molly seems surprised by this, but High T shows up behind her and mentions that celebrities aren't always who they seem to be. As Molly sees him, he introduces himself to her, and she realizes that he's the one who heads the London Branch. He then asks if she's the one who found them, and Molly says it’s her.

After this, High T tells her where to go next, and as she follows his instructions, she sees that he has left a welcome message and a compass for her. Elsewhere, in Marrakesh, the lights in a hall suddenly go out while a cleaner is mopping the floor. As he heads out to fix it, he gets attacked by two strange aliens who suck out life from his body. The aliens then steal his looks and walk around the city as twins.

After a while, they get to a shop where they meet a man who tells them to be careful not to break anything. As they seem pissed by this, the shop owner realizes that they're aliens, and he takes them to see some alien pawns at the back. As one of the Pawns, Pawny, asks what they want from his queen, the alien twins mention that they want someone dead. They then show Pawny and his queen a small holographic image of an alien named Vungus the Ugly, who is actually a member of the royal family of a group of aliens called Jababians.

Pawny says that they don't kill Jababians, but the aliens get pissed and reveal their true form. Elsewhere, H gets to the MIB building in London, and an alien standing beside Molly makes him walk in slow motion because she finds him attractive. As Molly then asks who he is, she learns that H is the best agent in the building, and that he once saved the world with his wits and a series-7 de-atomizer. Molly seems interested in this, and she says that she needs to do some homework.

Shortly after, H arrives late for a meeting with High T and some other agents. As High T complains about this, another agent named C seems particularly concerned about how H is always careless with his work. H and C tease each other for a while, and High T eventually gets them to stop. He then mentions that Vungus has made a stop in London before he heads home.

He adds that the Jababians want him safe, and that H will be Vungus' chaperone because Vungus asked for him specifically. H says he'll make sure Vungus gets home safely, and High T calls him a good boy. C seems to have a problem with this, and he complains that High T has been covering up H's mistakes for a while now. H then teases C again and mentions that his colleague only wishes that High T also had his back.

After this, H goes to his table to take a nap, and Molly disturbs him while he's at it. Molly says sorry for this, but she mentions that she just heard about H's mission to keep Vungus safe. She then says that she knows a lot about Jababians, and she would love to come with him on the mission. H says he works alone, but Molly convinces him to change his mind.

After a while, they head to a club where Vungus is partying with some aliens in the city. Vungus looks happy to see H, and as he looks at Molly, he says something in his language. H finds this funny, and he tells Molly that it seems Vungus likes her. Molly seems confused, but H says he thought she knew many things about the Jababians, including their language.

Molly says she does, but H realizes that she lied to him. After a while, H asks Vungus how long he'll be in town, and he says that he'll be leaving the next day. H says that they have to enjoy the night, but Vungus mentions that they need to talk. H says they can do that later, but Vungus mentions that he has something to tell his friend because he's the only one he can trust.

H doesn't get this, but as Vungus’ hands glow when he touches him, the alien asks what's wrong with him. H asks why he's so serious, but before Vungus says anything, Molly sees the alien twins and notices that there's something weird about them. She immediately alerts H, but as he looks at the aliens, one of them secretly throws something that hits Vungus. This makes Vungus lose balance, and he says that there's something wrong with him, but H doesn’t understand what he's saying.

Molly then notices that the alien twins are already leaving, and she finds this strange. Shortly after, she and H take Vungus to his car so he can leave the club. Molly asks if they should call it in, but H says it's not necessary because it will require a lot of paperwork. Almost immediately, Vungus’ car gets attacked, and as it lands badly after hitting a nearby building, H and Molly see the alien twins approaching them.

The two agents tell the aliens to surrender, and they pretend to do this. As they then attack H and Molly, the agents fight back, and Vungus keeps calling for their help. H then covers for Molly and tells her to help Vungus. As she goes to the car, she tries to open the door but sees that she can't do it alone.

She then calls H, but Vungus mentions that she doesn't have to call him. Vungus adds that H has changed, and he felt it when he touched his hands earlier. As he says that he needs to know if he can trust Molly, he holds her hand. After his hand glows, he gives her a strange object and tells her to hide it.

He also mentions that something is wrong in Men in Black, and Molly asks what the object is. Vungus says it's the only thing that can protect her, but before she says anything, he dies. Just as some MIB agents arrive at the scene to help H, the alien twins escape. H then goes to check up on Vungus, but Molly says he's dead.

As C gets to the scene, he scolds H for not doing his job properly yet again. He also complains that Molly shouldn't be on the mission because she's still a probationary agent. H says he told her to come with him, and C asks Molly if Vungus said anything that might explain why he was killed. Molly thinks about what Vungus said and tells C that he didn't say anything.

C then complains about how a member of the Jababian royal family has died on their watch. After C walks away, H tells Molly not to be worried because he's sure they'll be fine. Shortly after, High T calls them to his office and tells them that the Jababians want their heads. Almost immediately, C enters the office with a forensic report of what happened.

As High T looks at it, he realizes that the alien twins are from a species called Dyadnum. He adds that they're from a binary star system in the constellation named Draco. H sounds confused because Draco is Hive territory, and the sector fell many years ago. High T confirms this, but he mentions that the Hive likely took control of the aliens from within because they have traces of the Hive’s mutations in their DNA.

However, he says that he can't seem to understand why the Hive would send the aliens to kill someone from the Jababian family. Molly then secretly looks at the object Vungus gave her, but she doesn't say anything. Suddenly, C mentions that Molly and H have to be terminated and neuralyzed for failing to protect Vungus. H tells High T not to let C go through with it, but the lead agent asks why they shouldn't do it.

Just then, Molly says that if they're terminated, no one will ever know the truth. As High T wonders what she means, Molly says that since only a few MIB agents knew Vungus’ location, it could be an indication that there's a mole in the agency. High T is surprised by this, and he says that if there's a mole, the entire world would be in danger. High T then tells C and Molly to work together to track Vungus’ killers.

As C and Molly leave, H asks if High T wants him to oversee the case, but he mentions that he's done covering up for his top agent. He adds that H is no longer the person who joined him to defeat the Hive. H then begs High T to give him one more chance to fix his mess. Following this, High T puts him back on the case, and he takes Molly away from C.

He then mentions that he knows where the substance used to kill Vungus was made from, and that they have to go there. After a while, they arrive in Marrakesh, and H sees a man named Nasr, and his beard, Bassam. They both look surprised to see H, and they mention that they thought he was dead because they heard that he broke up with a lady named Riza, who runs the biggest criminal syndicate in the galaxy. Molly sounds surprised by this, but H tells her that it was nothing serious.

H then walks away with Molly after telling Nasr to stop showing off his alien bike on the streets. After this, they get to the place where the substance was made, but they notice that no one has picked up the packages outside for a while. As they then break in, they see a man whose life has been sucked out of his body. They also find a secret backroom where they see some dead pawns.

Meanwhile, the alien twins get to the neighborhood, and as Nasr sees them, he tells Bassam to call Riza. Elsewhere, an MIB agent shows C a video from outside the club, which captured the moment when Vungus gave Molly the strange object. He looks shocked by this, and since it's clear that she lied, he sends some agents to Marrakesh to track down H and Molly. Back in Marrakesh, H and Molly eventually find Pawny, who happens to be the only pawn who survived the attack.

Pawny then laments that his Queen was killed, and that he feels like ending his life because he doesn't know what else to do. Molly tells him not to do this, and H also jokes that Pawny can take her as his new Queen. Pawny then pledges his loyalty to Molly, even though she doesn't seem interested in this. Since he could be of help to them, Molly decides to take him with her, and they leave the building with H.

As Molly then tries to tell H about the object Vungus gave her, she notices that he has already stolen it from her. Molly cannot believe this, but H scolds her for not telling him about it earlier. As Molly says that she couldn't trust anyone because Vungus told her to hide it, they see some MIB agents in the area and realize that they're in trouble. Back at the London Branch, C tries to coordinate the agents to ensure that they catch H and Molly in Marrakesh.

High T sees this and asks what's happening, and C tells him that Molly recovered something from Vungus but refused to tell anyone about it. High T asks why he's just learning about this, and C says that he doesn't have to explain himself. He adds that High T allowed Molly and H to leave the building even though he was against it. High T then tells C to carry on, but as he gets to his office, he secretly calls H to inform him that he's not behind the operation.

He adds that H and Molly need to find their way out of there because it seems there's really a mole in the agency. As the call ends, High T and C then stare at each other strangely. Back in Marrakesh, H gives the crystal back to Molly and tells her where to meet him after he's done distracting the agents. As she leaves, H goes through with his plan and runs to meet Nasr to borrow his rocket bike.

Nasr doesn't have a problem with this, and he gives H a bottle of water so that he can have something to drink on his trip. H thanks him for this, and he leaves to find Molly. Interestingly, the alien twins have already found Molly, but just before they attack her, H arrives to save her. As they try to evade capture, H hits a red button on the bike, and it teleports them to the middle of the desert.

Just then, Molly sees the crystal moving, and as she holds it, it transforms into a weapon that is powered by a super-compressed star called the blue giant. H tells her to test it, and as Molly does this, it creates a very big hole in the middle of the desert, which leaves both of them shocked. Shortly after, C goes to inform High T that H and Molly got away. High T blames him for letting them get away, but C says he thinks they had help.

High T says that whatever H is doing is probably for a good reason, but C doesn't get why their boss keeps protecting H. High T says he's only protecting their institution, and he sends C out of his office. Back in the desert, H drops the crystal on the bike and asks why Vungus gave the powerful weapon to Molly, and not him. Molly says that Vungus said he had changed, and H mentions that he's tired of people telling him that.

Almost immediately, Bassam comes out of the water bottle and steals the crystal. H and Molly are shocked by this, and they tell Bassam to drop the crystal, but he says that there's someone who will pay him more money for it. After he leaves, Molly blames H for leaving the crystal lying around, but he says that they can get it back by going to Riza's fortress. Almost immediately, they fix the rocket bike and leave the desert.

The next morning, H takes a boat to Riza's fortress, and he tells her guards not to shoot him because he means no harm. After he gets off the boat, Riza's trusted guard, Luca, comes over to take him to meet her boss. Suddenly, Molly sneaks out of the boat and tries to find a way to get into the building. Meanwhile, as Riza sees H, she attacks him and says that she didn't expect to see him at her fortress.

He then says that he brought something for her, and as Riza asks what it is, he brings out a jar with Pawny inside. Riza says he's cute, and as she collects the jar, she asks if H ever loved her. He says he did, and Riza thanks him for helping her find closure. H says he still loves her, but Riza tells him that the next time he brings a peace offering, he shouldn't do it on the day she just received the most powerful weapon ever created.

H says it's a coincidence, but Riza still tells Luca to drag him out. Luca then hands him over to two guards at the gate, but H eventually beats them up and heads back into the building to shut down the security system. Pawny also gets out of the jar to lure Riza away from the room, and Molly sneaks in through the window. After she picks up the crystal, Riza enters the room and realizes that Molly is working with H.

As Riza threatens to kill Molly, Pawny helps her, and the two ladies eventually start fighting. Luca also finds H inside the security room, and he beats him up. Luckily, Molly gets the upper hand over Riza, but Luca eventually enters the room with H. With this, Molly is forced to give the crystal back to Riza, who then tells Luca to kill the two agents.

As Luca lifts H, the agent calls him a Tarantian while insulting him, and Molly hears this. She then says that she once saved a Tarantian when she was younger. As she says the words Kabla Nakshulin, Luca looks shocked and realizes that she's the one who saved him many years ago. Luca then turns to Riza and tells her to give up the crystal.

Riza is shocked by this, but Luca doesn't back down. After Riza gives it up, Molly asks Luca what Kabla Nakshulin means. He then says that it means he'll kill anyone she chooses in the most gruesome way possible. Molly looks shocked by this, and she tells Luca to keep Riza alive. Shortly after, H and Molly leave the fortress, but the alien twins appear before them again.

They tell the agents that they need the weapon for the Hive, but H says they can't give it up. Molly then activates the weapon, and H says they'll do anything to protect their world. The twins say the same thing, but before they can do anything, High T and some other agents shoot them from behind. H and Molly are shocked by this, but High T says that nothing is unkillable with the right voltage.

He then thanks them for their efforts, after which he collects the crystal. Much later, they return to the London office, and High T puts the crystal into an evidence box so that it can be returned to the Jababian embassy. He then commends Molly for the work she has done so far as a probationary agent. He adds that she needs to enjoy these moments because they don't last.

Molly finds this strange, but she doesn't say anything. Meanwhile, C says he doesn't know how H keeps saving the world despite his reckless ways. As they both think about this, they suddenly feel that something is off. H then goes to meet Molly to ask if the aliens wanted to use the weapon to save their world, because that's what they said.

Molly believes there's something wrong, and she agrees that the aliens might've wanted to use the weapon to kill the Hive. As H checks the forensic report again to see if the aliens really had the Hive's mutations, he realizes that the file has been deleted. He looks shocked when he sees this, and as he goes to check the evidence box, he discovers that the weapon is now missing. As he and Molly realize that High T is the mole, C shows up and also happens to have figured it out.

He adds that he's sure High T is now in Paris to meet the Hive again. Before C can alert everyone, H tells him not to do it because the agency might not recover if people learn that High T is the mole. He adds that if he and Molly can stop High T, no one has to know. C asks what would happen if they don't stop him, and H says that his colleague can announce to everyone that he's the mole.

Men In Black International (2019) Ending Explained

Following this, H and Molly head to the Eiffel Tower. On the way, Molly asks how H defeated the Hive again, and he says that he did it with his wits and a series-7 de-atomizer. Molly asks how he did it exactly, but as he repeats his answer, he realizes that something is wrong. Molly then says that she thinks he was neuralyzed on the night he thought he defeated the Hive.

After a while, they break into the sector with the portal, and High T says he can see that they came to say goodbye. H then mentions that he now knows he was neuralyzed during their battle with the Hive a few years ago. He adds that the Hive wanted the weapon, and they made High T bring it to them. High T confirms this, and he opens the portal while saying that, with the powerful weapon out of the way, many planets will fall.

H and Molly then point their guns at him, but High T transforms into a creature from the Hive and attacks them. After he grabs H, Molly tries to help him, but the creature throws her into the portal. Molly looks scared, but Pawny quickly saves her and draws her back. H then tries to connect with a part of High T that is still left inside the creature.

He says that High T is like a father to her, and this makes the creature vulnerable. H then steals the weapon and passes it to Molly, who uses it to shoot the creature and destroy the Hive. After this, H and Molly head down to meet O, who has already arrived to commend their efforts. O then says that she knew there was a problem in the London Branch, and that's why she sent Molly there.

She says that High T lived for their organization, and he'll be missed. After this, she gives Molly a neuralyzer and says that she's no longer on probation. She adds that H is now the probationary head of the London branch. H is shocked by this, but O mentions that High T recommended him a while ago.

She also mentions that he has the full support of all the agents, including C. H and Molly congratulate each other on their new positions, and O tells Molly to return to the New York branch to begin her work. As they both head separate ways, H and Molly seem sad because they won't work in the same place. Much later, as H gets ready to leave Paris for London, he sees Molly and Pawny inside his car, and he looks shocked.

Molly says she just wants to drive his car to London to take care of some things before she returns to New York. H then tells her to give him a lift back to London, and she agrees. As he enters the car, H tries to teach Molly how to drive it, but she says she'll just trust her gut. After seeing two MIB agents neuralyze her parents over a strange alien encounter, Molly becomes obsessed with finding the agency because she believes it’s the only way she’ll learn the truth of the universe.

She eventually finds them and is assigned her first mission with a top agent who once saved the world from the Hive. As they embark on the mission, they realize that H didn’t defeat the hive, and his boss, High T, actually made it all up. With this, Molly and H work together to destroy High T and put an end to the Hive. Sometimes, refusing to give up on what you believe can take you exactly where you’re meant to be.