Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)

Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

I gave this movie a 9/10 because not all movies are meant to be top quality in everything. This movie was made to be a sequel to a cheesy family friendly movie and it did not disappoint. If you saw the original and liked it at all, this movie followed up tremendously in a very short amount of time. It was funnier, cheesier, and had a surprisingly good actors/actresses. Sure there were plenty of things that didn't make sense (cinemasins would have a field day with this), but to me that's just part of what makes it so fun to watch.I've recently gone back to watch old movies I watched as a kid, and this is one of the ones I think held up the most.

I liked this film as much as I did the first one. In fact I saw this movie in theatres before I saw the first one. I believe thats why I saw the first one. Anyway, this is another cool movie with great special effects and good acting.The junior spies return and this time they head to an mysterious island that is home to a wacky scientist and some strange creatures. But there is also trouble on the island. Also they have to deal with rival spies of their own.The acting is pretty good. Sabara and Vega matured more in this film. I was happy to see Steve Buscemi. He always make his part work.Overall, this is a great spy film. I also have to say this is the last film thats actually good in the trilogy. I rate this film 8/10.

To be honest, I didn't pay as much attention to this sequel as I did to the first film, which is why I give it a slightly lower rating, but what I did see had some okay moments, directed by Robert Rodriguez (From Dusk Till Dawn, Sin City). This time siblings Juni (Daryl Sabara) and Carmen Cortez (Alexa Vega) are now accomplished spies along with many other kids in the world, and the mission is to go to a mysterious island where a scientist accidentally created the curious creatures with mixed features of normal animals, well, it mainly concerns destroying a powerful object. To be honest, I have just copied that plot, I didn't watch it properly, so I had no idea what was going on. Also starring Antonio Banderas as Gregorio Cortez, Carla Gugino as Ingrid Cortez, Steve Buscemi as Romero, King of the Hill creator Mike Judge as Donnagon Giggles, Danny Trejo as Machete Cortez, Richard 'Cheech' Marin as Felix Gumm, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan's Ricardo Montalban as Grandfather, Alan Cumming as Fegan Floop, The Grinch's Taylor Momsen as Alexandra, Christopher McDonald as President of the USA, Bill Paxton as Dinky Winks and Tony Shalhoub as Alexander Minion. From the fact that I didn't see enough of it, this is mainly for the kids, I will probably have to see it again to give it a better review and rating, although that's unlikely. Adequate!

I have seen some bad movies, but this has to be in the top 5. The Special effects were the worst I have ever seen (recently), and the acting is even worse. I think a 10 year old could have wrote a better script. Like 80% of the movie looked like it was a green screen. The only movie worse than this is Jaws: The Revenge. I think you should avoid this movie. I would rather watch jaws 3 than have to watch this movie again. The original was a okay movie, but this movie is not worth your time. the fight scenes are the worst I have ever scene. The jokes fell flat every time. I can not think of one good thing about this movie. Avoid this movie.