The fourth film in the Men In Black franchise is a bit of a letdown. There are no real surprises in the story or reveals, which is too bad, because it opens the world up a touch by introducing us to different branches around the globe, and it’s got a solid cast including Tessa Thompson, Chris Hemsworth, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson and Rebecca Ferguson.

Agent M (Thompson) finds her way into the MiB after she spends the better part of her life trying to track them down after an encounter with an alien lifeform when she was a child. And unlike other encounters, she wasn’t neuralyzed after it occurred, allowing her to keep her memories and the knowledge of not only alien life but of the Men in Black.

Agent O (Emma Thompson) is the head of the New York branch and after recruiting M, sends her to London on a probationary assignment which finds her paired with the charming, but egotistical H (Hemsworth), who works under T (Neeson).

The pair find themselves assigned to protect a foreign dignitary who likes to party, but when the alien ends up dead, M and H begin to realize that there may be a mole in their ultra-secret organization and that there may be a dangerous weapon being sought by a race known as The Hive.

It’s fun, and Hemsworth and Thompson are a delight, but there’s nothing new to the story. You can tell who the villain is from the beginning of the film, and while there’s a fun reveal, there are no big surprises, no risks, nothing that makes it anything exceptional.

This as much as I like Thompson and Hemsworth is a popcorn movie, you’ve almost forgotten you’ve seen it by the time it’s over. Most of the effects are really solid but solid effects and charming actors aren’t really enough to elevate this entry into something special.

And that is way too bad because I’d love to see Thompson and Hemsworth in the black suits again. If they do come back, nothing against Kumail Nanjiani but any sequel should please keep Pawny to a minimum. The ‘cute’ alien characters are fun for brief moments, but you really don’t need to give them supporting roles in the film, brief interactions are fine.

I do love that the film had such a great cast, Rebecca Ferguson is one of my favorite working actors right now, she’s fantastic in everything she does, and she looks like she’s having a good time here, just like Neeson, both Thompsons and Hemsworth, so why couldn’t they have been given something really fun to do?

And I won’t need to use a neuralyzer on myself because I’ll forget I’ve seen it in a day or two on my own. Fun and forgetful.