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With
all of the movies
that Rich Rodriguez
has directed or been
involved with, the
Spy
Kids
series often gets
overlooked. After a
break of a few years
between movies in
the series,
Rodriguez brought it
back with
Spy
Kids: All the Time
in the World.
It’s a lot like the
first
Spy
Kids.
There’s a star
actress in the role
of the mom, and
there a few great
actors in different
roles in the movie,
and there are
several twists and
turns in a great
story that kids will
love
Spy
Kids: All the Time
in the World
focuses on two new
kids- Cecil and
Rebecca. They live
with their baby
sister, their
father, and their
step mom. Their step
mom Marissa (Jessica
Alba) was a spy but
she gave up her work
when she gave birth
to her baby so she
could be a full-time
mom. But a few years
later an old foe is
up to new tricks, a
criminal she took
down back in her spy
days known as the
Timekeeper is
plotting an evil
plan. He’s speeding
up time so days are
flying by in a few
hours and hours are
passing by in a few
hours. You get the
idea, time is
speeding up. The
timekeeper is
speeding up time
with an end plot
that’s evil as can
be. In an odd way,
the two kids Cecil
and Rebecca get
thrown in to the
fight and become spy
kids responsible for
stopping the Time
Keeper and saving
the world.
I
was a teenager with
the original wave of
Spy Kids so it was a
little after my time
as a kid. But
judging from my
kids’ reaction to
the films now, I
would have loved
them. There’s a good
amount of humor that
the whole family
will laugh and
enjoy. Then there
are some fantastic
ideas by Rodriguez
in his script with
gadgets and gizmos
that are inventive
and appealing to
kids. Rodriquez’s
script is fantastic
but his direction
for the film and the
incorporation of a
lot of green screen
elements are even
better than his
script. The acting
is great, don’t get
me wrong. But
Rodriguez’s story
and the way he tells
it is the real
reason why this
movie works.
With
Spy
Kids: All the Time
in the World
there are a few
flaws. One of them
is the lack of big
names in the movie.
Jeremy Piven and
Jessica Alba are the
two biggest names on
the movie roster.
After that it’s Joel
McHale from Talk
Soup and the two
kids from the
original Spy Kids.
That’s about it with
the star power in
acting. That’s why
it’s necessary for
Rodriguez to have a
good story and great
direction. The other
big flaw with Spy
Kids, it’s that it’s
set up the same way
as the very first
movie. Parents are
spies so the kids
need to be a spies
too. That doesn’t
keep it from being a
fun family movie but
it does keep it from
being as good as the
original Spy Kids.
As for DVD extras
there’s are several
making-of
featurettes that are
fun to watch. That’s
about the extent of
the extras but
they’re still
serviceable.
Spy
Kids: All the Time
in the World
is a fun family
movie that
recaptures some of
the magic of the
original movie.
Maybe it borrows
from that movie a
bit too much, but
it’s still a
fantastic story that
looks amazing. Like
all the Spy Kids
movies, this one’s a
great hour and a
half joyride for the
family that can be
watched over and
over.
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