The fifth installment, Spy Kids: Armageddon, serving as a reboot of the franchise, is in development, with a film involving a plot that centers around a multicultural family. 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. Eventually, Donnagon is fired and Gary is suspended, and the transmooker is destroyed. On their second mission, Carmen and Juni follow the trail to the mysterious island of Leeke Leeke which is home to Romero ( Steve Buscemi), an eccentric scientist who attempted to create genetically miniaturised animals, but instead ended up with his island inhabited by mutant monsters. Juni loses his spot for the best spy kid of the year award, while Donnagon plans to steal the transmooker to take over the world. 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. Main article: Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost DreamsĪs agents of the OSS, Carmen and Juni try to save the daughter ( Taylor Momsen) of The President Of The United States ( Christopher McDonald) while facing a particularly hard competition with Gary and Gerti Giggles ( Matt O'Leary and Emily Osment), the two children of a double-dealing agent Donnagon Giggles ( Mike Judge), whom Carmen and Juni helped to rescue them from the first film. Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002) The robots based on Carmen and Juni became part of Floop's show. Lisp ( Robert Patrick) and his partner Ms. Together, Carmen and Juni thwart the plan of Floop's notorious second in-command Alexander Minion ( Tony Shalhoub) to develop an army of androids resembling young children (including Carmen and Juni themselves) for a mastermind named Mr. On their first mission, Carmen and Juni manage to bring around their estranged uncle, Isador "Machete" Cortez ( Danny Trejo), a genius gadget inventor and Juni helps to redeem a TV show host named Fegan Floop ( Alan Cumming). Their two children, Carmen and Juni ( Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara), stay with their uncle Felix Gumm ( Cheech Marin) and 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. Robert Rodriguez, Racer Rodriguez, Elizabeth Avellán, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don GrangerĪfter retiring from espionage for ten years, Gregorio and Ingrid ( Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino) are pulled back into duty for their important assignment despite the fact they were out of practice, and were captured. The third film was used as a test for a special Texas Instruments digital projector which can project polarized 3D, which does not require the red-blue lenses, later reused for The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D (2005). Four sets of these glasses were also included in the DVD release. Audiences were given red/blue 3D glasses with their tickets in movie theatres. The other films were shot with High Definition digital video, parts of the third film using an anaglyphic process to create the 3-D effect. There is also a strong sense of Latino heritage. The first film also deals extensively with sibling rivalry and the responsibility of older children. The children have adult responsibilities, and a lesson is that keeping secrets from family members can have a negative effect on relationships. One of the main themes of Spy Kids is the unity of family. The initials in the Spy Kids universe are never specified on screen, but, in one of the books, they stand for the Organization of Super Spies. The character Donnagon Giggles was named after William Joseph Donovan, the director of the original OSS. intelligence organization during World War II which later evolved into the CIA. These initials are from the Office of Strategic Services, a former U.S. The spy organization in the films is called the OSS. The first film was "a fusion of Willy Wonka and James Bond" and the second was the " Mysterious Island and James Bond mix". Spy Kids was influenced by James Bond films. The films include Latino themes, as Rodriguez is of Mexican descent. The plot follows adventures of Carmen and Juni Cortez, two children who become involved in their parents' espionage organization. Spy Kids is an American family action- adventure spy comedy franchise created by Robert Rodriguez.
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