Monday, December 5, 2011

73. Spy Kids

Title: Spy Kids
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Year: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2011

Summary: Ten years before the first film, there was a period of enormous political turmoil. Fearless agents were recruited for espionage missions against enemy spies. Gregorio Cortez and Ingrid Avellan were enemy spies assigned to kill each other, but instead they fell in love and married. After a typical wedding, they took a break from espionage and started a family.

Spy Kids (2001): After retiring from espionage for ten years, Gregorio and Ingrid are pulled back into duty for their important assignment, despite the fact they were out of practice, and were captured. Their two children, Carmen and Juni, discover the truth of their parents' past, which they had neglected to tell them because they were afraid that if they knew, they would picture danger at every corner; and decide to rescue them. On their first mission, Carmen and Juni manage to bring around their estranged uncle Machete, a genius gadget inventor and Juni helps to redeem Fegan Floop. Together, Carmen and Juni thwart the ambitious Alexander Minion's plans to develop an army of androids resembling young children for a mastermind named Mr. Lisp. The robots based on Carmen and Juni became part of Floop's show.

Spy Kids 2 : The Island of Lost Dreams (2002): As agents of the OSS, Carmen and Juni face particularly hard competition with Gary and Gerti Giggles, the two children of a double-dealing agent Donnagon Giggles, whom Carmen and Juni helped to rescue from the first film. Juni gets fired from the OSS after fighting with Gary over a smaller version of the transmooker, a device that can shut off all electronic devices even though it was Gary who started the fight. Juni loses his spot for the best kid spy of the year award. Donnagon wants to steal the transmooker to take over the world. On their second mission, Carmen and Juni follow the trail to the mysterious island of Liki-Liki which is home to Romero, an eccentric scientist who tried to create genetically-minaturised animals, but instead ended up with his island inhabited by mutant monsters. Eventually, Donnagon is fired and Gary suspended, and the transmooker is destroyed. Juni is offered his job back, but in order to take a break from the OSS, he retires to start his own private eye agency.

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003): After retiring from the OSS, Juni is thrust back into service when Sebastian the Toymaker, an evil mastermind, creates a video game called Game Over, which hypnotizes its users. Carmen was sent on a mission to disable the game, but disappeared on Level 4. With the help of his maternal grandfather, Valentin Avellan, who uses a wheelchair, Juni is sent after Carmen and helps her to disable the game in order to save the world. It is revealed Sebastian was the one who disabled Valentin in first place. Instead of avenging his former partner, Valentin forgives Sebastian who is redeemed.

Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World (2011): The OSS has become the world's top spy agency, while the Spy Kids department has become defunct. A retired spy Marissa is thrown back into the action along with her hateful two stepchildren, Rebecca and Cecil (Rowan Blanchard and Mason Cook), when a maniacal Timekeeper attempts to take over the world. In order to save the world, Rebecca and Cecil must team up with Marissa. Carmen and Juni have all grown up and will provide gadgets to Rebecca and Cecil. Juni comes out of retirement to help.

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