Men In Black is an excellent film in it's own right and I'm looking forward to the sequel. But as a DVD it has helped push back the boundaries as far as extras go.

First the film. Will Smith is turning out to be a superb actor. While his films might not be particularly high brow they are usually big blockbusters, which are my favourite type of film. You only have to look at his credits now, Independence Day, Bad Boys, Men In Black, Wild Wild West (which I've not seen yet but heard it wasn't that good) and Enemy of the State. He makes films look good and adds his own type of humour to them. Tommy Lee Jones is an excellent foil for him as Agent K. The film combines action, sci-fi and comedy along with some superb special effects which add to the film rather than detract from it.

Back to the DVD. Firstly, it's a 2 disc set, one of the first region 2 films to come out as a 2 disc set. You get both an anamorphic widescreen version and a 4:3 version which is something I wish more of the film studios would do. Sound's in Dolby Digital 5.1 and is very effective. I'm not going to list all the extras here but suffice it to say that they are plentiful. A few of the extras which stand out though are the scene editing workshop which allow you to piece together various shots to make your own version of a scene, the character animation studies which uses the angle feature of DVD's and the visual commentary with Barry Sonnenfield and Tommy Lee Jones. You really feel with the extras that a lot of effort has been put into making this DVD. It's not just a load of interviews, behind the scenes footage and trailers stuck on a disc but a lot of original stuff created specially for the DVD.

The menus also deserve special mention. They're animated and are based around the Men In Black HQ and look superb. If you have a DVD player this is one DVD which should be in your collection if for no other reason than to show what the
format is really capable of.