Spy Kids

Release Date: 2001-09-18, Rating PG (Parental Guidance Suggested),

The children of secret agent parents must spring into action when theirparents are taken prisoner.

Release Date: 2001-09-18, Rating PG (Parental Guidance Suggested),

Release Date: 2001-09-18, Rating PG (Parental Guidance Suggested),

Release Date: 2001-09-18, Rating PG (Parental Guidance Suggested),

When the notorious husband-and-wife spy team Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino is kidnapped by the evil Fegan Floop Alan Cumming the two Cortez children are the only ones who have the right skills and the insider know-how to help. Together Carmen and Juni Cortez Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara set out on their first spy mission to find Floop and rescue their parents. SPY KIDS is a high-wire family adventure that lets the kids save the day. Though director Robert Rodriguez was previously best known for violent action films like DESPERADO and FROM DUSK TILL DAWN here he creates family-friendly fare that still shows elements of his trademark energy. SPY KIDS was followed by SPY KIDS 2: ISLAND OF LOST DREAMS and SPY KIDS 3-D: GAME OVER.

James Bond Type Spy Film DVD - It's highly unusual for a studio to re-release one of its spring hits late in the summer, which is what Columbia chose to do with Spy Kids; ostensibly, cynics will say, to make a few more bucks while alerting fans to its imminent arrival on home video. But in truth, this unusual marketing approach only serves to underscore this surprise hit's unique and likely enduring appeal. Indie maverick Robert Rodriguez, who wowed action fans with his studio debut (Desperado) and avoided the sophomore jinx in his dazzling horror flick From Dusk 'til Dawn, brings exhilarating stylistic bravado to this wonderful fantasy. The setup sounds almost goofy: Self-confident Carmen and her insecure younger brother Juni Cortez have decidedly uncool parents -- but when a demented children's show host and his twisted minion capture Mom and Dad, the siblings spring to their rescue and discover that (whoa!) their folks are actually international superspies! In Rodriguez's imaginative hands, though, the pay

Release Date: 2001-09-18, Rating PG (Parental Guidance Suggested),