Synopsis
Exploring the further adventures of Carmen and Juni Cortez, who have now joined the family spy business as Level 2 OSS agents. Their new mission is to save the world from a mad scientist living on a volcanic island populated by an imaginative menagerie of creatures. On this bizarre island, none of the Cortez's gadgets work and they must rely on their wits--and each other--to survive and save the day.
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Cast
- Alexa PenaVegaCarmen Cortez
- Daryl SabaraJuni Cortez
- Antonio BanderasGregorio Cortez
- Carla GuginoIngrid Cortez
- Steve BuscemiRomero
- Mike JudgeDonnagon
- Danny TrejoMachete
- Cheech MarinFelix Gumm
- Matt O'LearyGary Giggles
- Emily OsmentGerti Giggles
Recommendations
- 80
Washington Post
The Cortez family flies into action with the same testy family dynamics, silly humor and cool gadgetry that animated the first Spy Kids. - 80
Los Angeles Times
Though it's longer and more elaborate than it needs to be, it shares its predecessor's smart but relaxed sense of humor, a sophisticated imagination and the ability to be sharp and playful without being malicious. - 80
The A.V. Club
The rare sequel that magnifies the scope of the original without diminishing the fun. - 80
The New York Times
The movie is a gaudy, noisy thrill ride -- hyperactive, slightly out of control and full of kinetic, mischievous charm. - 75
USA Today
Though slightly lacking in the warmth of the first, should no doubt please audiences. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
The whole film has a lively Mexican-American tilt, from the Hispanic backgrounds of the young actors to the surprise appearance of none other than Ricardo Montalban, as Grandpa, in a wheelchair with helicopter capabilities. - 70
Chicago Reader
The action is so relentless that after a while things start to feel hollow, but Rodriguez still seems to believe the moral articulated at the end of the first film -- that keeping a family together is the real adventure. - 70
Variety
The moments of inspired originality are all too infrequent. There's enough eye candy and marvels on screen, however.
