Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Antonio Banderas
The new Spy Kids isn't much different from the first: a child's empowerment fantasy tweaked with enough bright pop humor to give adults a lift too. This time young espionage agents Carmen and Juni Cortez (Vega and Sabara) venture to a remote island to prevent some electro-whammo-thingamabob from falling into enemy hands. The island, apparently plopped down in the sea of Spielberg, is inhabited by giant mutant animals (including a catfish that's half cat, half fish). A rival pair of sibling spies, Gary and Gerti Giggles, pose the greater threat. They're smug, sneaky and frostily blond. Well played by Emily Osment (Haley Joel's sister, 10), Gerti looks like the Olsen twins' lost evil triplet. (PG)
Bottom Line: Aye, Spy Kids
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