Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
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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If you liked the first spy kids film, then you will most likely enjoy this one. It maintains the humour and the adventure from the first film and adds in new characters.
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams is a sequel to Spy Kids and a family fantasy adventure movie by Robert Rodriguez that tells more adventures of Carmen and Juni Cortez.It stars Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara as Carmen and Juni respectively together with Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino,Ricardo Montalbán and Steve Buscemi. The second installment of Spy Kids was definitely another joyous family adventure.Despite the fact that it has a limited production money,it looked like a big production movie with its visual effects.Also,it has also become more creative and charismatic making it more entertaining as compared to the original despite the fact that it is no longer a fresh concept to the viewers.Overall,it manages not to fall into the trap of what most sequels become - a mediocre film - as it can be comparable to the first film.
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!!
I have only just seen this movie, having borrowed the DVD from the library. The first thing I noticed when watching the movie was the excellent picture quality - it was 'filmed' in High Definition. Apart from really enjoying the plot of the movie, which I won't re-iterate here, (I haven't seen Spy Kids 1 or 3), I found the audio commentary on the DVD by Robert Rodriguez, fantastic. What a talented and imaginative man Robert Rodriguez is. RR went into a lot of detail about the making of the film but I also found that a lot of his comments are also appropriate in many other areas of ones life, and they don't only relate to the movie industry.The DVD contains a lot of extra special features and I found them most interesting. The movie was excellently cast and it was great to see Ricardo Montalban. Both he and Antonio Banderas were perfect for their roles.In summary it was a really enjoyable movie and I loved the subtle humor that occurred throughout. The DVD's special features are superb.