You will have no identifying marks of any kind.

You will not stand out in any way.

Your entire image is crafted to leave no lasting memory.

You're a rumor, recognizable only as deja vu.

You don't exist; you were never born.

Anonymity is your name. Silence is your native tongue.

We are no longer part of the system.

We're above the system. Over it. Beyond it.

We are the Men in Black.

Nothing is what it seems. Ever.

James Edwards (Will Smith) is a cocky New York cop who thought he'd seen it all...until he chases a suspect with six-inch retractable talons and a peculiar habit of leaping twenty-five feet in the air.

Later that night, Edwards is cornered by Kay (Tommy Lee Jones), a shadowy man in a dark suit who asks a lot of odd questions. Following this enigmatic stranger, Edwards learns first hand that the creature he chased was just one of approximately 1500 aliens secretly living on Earth in human guise.

Kay works for a covert agency that polices, protects and monitors every single one of these visitors. The agency is called the Men in Black (MiB)...and they just happen to have a job opening.

Kay brings Edwards to the super secret, ultra-futuristic Men in Black headquarters, where travelers from all over the galaxy arrive daily, seeking everything from political sanctuary to a brief respite on their voyage. Edwards must then sacrifice all prior Earthly relationships and assume a new non-identity as his name is changed to Jay, the youngest and hippest MiB agent.

Now Kay, the deadpan insider who's seen and done it all, and Jay, the quip-qitted rookie still awed by the reality that aliens are everywhere, become the one team capable of saving Earth.