Alan Cumming, Alexa Vega, Antonio Banderas

The sequel to "Spy Kids," exploring the further adventures of Carmen and Juni Cortez.

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45% liked it

106,891 ratings

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75% liked it

127 critics

PG, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Robert Rodriguez

Release Date: August 7, 2002

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DVD Release Date: February 18, 2003

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  • July 13, 2008
    This movie just...sucked
  • July 11, 2008
    Only rating it because Alan Cumming was in.
  • February 3, 2008
    Pending Review...

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  • December 6, 2006
    Just as inventive as the original with a great performance from Buscemi.
  • November 19, 2006
    Why did I even watch this?
  • November 12, 2009
    If you saw the original and thought it was fresh and exciting, this is going to disappoint. It's a bit same old, same old, and the effects, which have a lot more emphasis this time round, leave you feeling a shrug of the shoulders coming on.
    Daryl Sabara and Alexa Vega do well a...( read more)s kids growing up and feeling the first stirrings of romance. Emily Osment (yes, Osment, as in the sister of Haley Joel "I see dead people" Osment) and Matt O'Leary are good, too, but Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino have become caricaturish somewhere along the line, which is a shame.
  • November 5, 2009
    Saw it in theaters... It sucked.
  • October 29, 2009
    !Comercial or Stupid! :|
  • October 14, 2009
    Carmen Cortez and Juni Cortez have become agents of the OSS, which now has a new 'Spy Kids' division for children, and face particularly hard competition with Gary and Gerti Giggles (Emily Osment and Matt O'Leary), the children of double-dealing agent Donnagon Giggles (Mike Judge...( read more)), whom Carmen and Juni helped to rescue in the previous film.
    Following an incident at an amusement park, ( Filmed at Six Flags Magic Mountain, where the President's daughter (Taylor Momsen) deliberately sabotaged a thrill ride that juggles its passengers, in which the Giggles and the Cortez kids were competing in the rescue, Donnagon was named the director of the OSS, and Juni was fired. In this act, Donnagon can carry forth his plan of wanting to steal the "Transmooker", a highly coveted device that can shut off all electronic devices, so he can take control of the world.
    After Carmen manages to hack into the database and reinstates Juni's level as an agent, Carmen and Juni follow the trail to a mysterious island near Madagascar, which is home to Romero (Steve Buscemi), a lunatic scientist. Romero has been attempting to create genetically-miniaturized animals( and mutated animals )so he can make a profit by selling the animials to kids, but has instead ended up with mutated "monsters" populating the island. After a number of action sequences, such as fighting skeletons and being captured by sporks, literal flying pigs, the spy kids (with the help of their family, Romero and Gary and Gerti Giggles) destroy the transmooker and defeat Donnagon, who is then fired by the president. Juni quits afterward due to the impersonal treatment of agents by the OSS.
  • October 12, 2009
    I loved this movie and my kids do too.

Critic Reviews


August 9, 2002
Claudia Puig, USA Today

Given the appeal of his first movie, Rodriguez had a big act to follow. Spy Kids ' progeny, though slightly lacking in the warmth of the first, should no doubt please audiences. full review

August 9, 2002
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

With Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, the Spy Kids franchise establishes itself as a durable part of the movie landscape: a James Bond series for kids. full review

August 7, 2002
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

Lacks the inspiration of the original and has a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child's interest and an adult's patience. But it also has many of the things that m... full review

August 7, 2002
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

Robert Rodriguez follows up his 2001 smash with another comic fantasy that'll please adults as much as kids. full review

August 6, 2002
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

The movie is a gaudy, noisy thrill ride -- hyperactive, slightly out of control and full of kinetic, mischievous charm. full review

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