Spy Kids
Year: | 2001 |
Director: | Robert Rodriguez |
Writer: | Robert Rodriguez |
Cast: | Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Alan Cumming, Teri Hatcher, Richard 'Cheech' Marin, Robert Patrick, Danny Trejo, George Clooney |
The kids (the cute Vega and the ineffectual Sabara) of two spies (Banderas and Gugino) have to rescue them from being held hostage in the castle home of a Bond-esque madman (Cumming, who inexplicably turns good halfway through) intent on producing super weapons and... broadcasting a kids TV show (?). The link between the two is an incomprehensible as most other things in the story as a coherent plot and a tangible identity are thrown out the window for unreserved silliness - which is fine, Rodriguez was obviously making a movie directed at children who would only respond to the colour and texture. But don't expect anything like his earlier efforts in any genre.
As entertaining as reading a baby book explaining the alphabet one page at a time. The Rodriguez/Tarantino casting portfolio of Marin, Clooney and Trejo are all here and must have been faintly embarrassed after playing hard nosed, gutter-mouthed killers for so long.