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Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Taha Avalos The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

SnoopyStyle Sibling secret agents Carmen (Alexa PenaVega) and Juni Cortez (Daryl Sabara) rescue the President's bratty daughter Alexandra. Siblings Gary (Matt O'Leary) and Gerti Giggles (Emily Osment) are competing fellow OSS agents. Donnagon Giggles (Mike Judge) is promoted to director of OSS over Gregorio Cortez (Antonio Banderas). Juni is blamed for losing the Transmooker device and fired. The device is tracked to a mysterious island off of Madagascar. Gary and Gerti are assigned by their father to go to the island. Carmen and Juni arrive on the island on their own. They discover their gadgets don't work and the island is filled with weird creatures. Their parents Gregorio and Ingrid (Carla Gugino) set off to rescue their kids with Ingrid's parents (Ricardo Montalbán, Holland Taylor) as stowaways.Robert Rodriguez continues his kiddie franchise with everybody returning for the sequel. I continue to like the arguing Cortez siblings. I also like the Giggles as their foil. Rodriguez stays with his wild CGI style. There are some Ray Harryhausen-like touches such as the creatures and the warrior skeletons. I think some Rodriguez fans judge this franchise too harshly for being kids movies. This franchise exists as its own thing and should be enjoyed as such.

BA_Harrison The second adventure for mini-spies Carmen and Juni Cortez (Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara), Island of Lost Dreams displays plenty of energy and creativity, plus a few nods towards classic fantasy films of yesteryear, and yet it doesn't work quite as well as its predecessor by attempting to cram far too much into proceedings.In addition to the characters returning from the original film (the Cortez kids, Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez, Uncle Machete, Felix, Fegan Floop and Alexander Minion), we also get a pair of rival spy kids, Gary and Gertie Giggles (Matt O'Leary and Emily Osment), a crazy scientist, Romero (Steve Buscemi), who creates bizarre freaks of nature by splicing together different animal genes, Gregorio Cortez's disapproving in-laws (played by Holland Taylor and Ricardo Montalban), Gary and Gertie's evil father Donnagan (Mike Judge), the President of the USA (Christopher McDonald) and his neglected (Taylor Momsen) daughter (Taylor Momsen), and theme park owner, Dinky Winks (Bill Paxton). With so many characters fighting for valuable screen time, there's scant time dedicated to telling a decent story, particularly with director Robert Rodriguez also keen to stuff in as many poorly rendered CGI set-pieces as humanly possible. In fact, there's so much going on, that poor old Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino, back again as Carmen and Juni's parents, are relegated to an unnecessary subplot about Gregorio failing to live up to the in-laws expectations.Still, if you're a fan of old-style monster movies, then the Harryhausen-inspired creatures that inhabit the titular island might go some way to make up for the incoherent plot, and some of the film's wackier visual moments (the crazy theme park; Carmen and Juni's endless drop down a volcano shaft) are inventive enough to be entertaining despite their inherent silliness.If you're a fan of the first film, there's probably enough good stuff to warrant a watch; just don't expect this sequel to be as consistently amusing as the first film.

harryb333 This is a scandalously bad film. None of the child actors should ever be allowed to act again, and neither should they be allowed to pass on their genetic material. On a serious note, the acting is appalling, the script is trash, the plot is horrible. This film will make you cringe with embarrassment. Some of the lines were so bad that I physically recolied from the screen. please don't watch this film, it isn't even bad in a way that makes it funny, it will just make you sad. When this film was made who was it supposed to appeal to? It's an insult to the intellignece of every child who has ever watched a film. To think that the director could ever have believed that anyone( including his own family) could like this film. I have written many better scripts than this one (although my scripts are actually quite good). Worst film ever!!

hollywood actress The Spy Kids are back packed with lots more action than the first! Robert's best film yet!! In this mission Carmen(Alexa Vega) and Juni(Daryl Sabara) Cortez are on a mission to find the transmooker device hidden on an island before their two evil enemys Gary(Matt O' Leary) and Gerti(Emily Osment) Giggles find it and give it to their dad(Mike Judge) who wants to take over the world! Can Carmen and Juni save their family and the whole entire world? Packed with adventure and way more action then the original! Kids will be glued to the screen watching this movie! A family film for everyone! Packed with a better, BIGGER cast then before! Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Steve Buscemi, Mike Judge, Danny Trejo, Cheech Marin, Matt O'Leary, Emily Osment, Ricardo Montalban, Holland Taylor, Alan Cumming, Taylor Momsen, and Christopher McDonald.