Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams

I have only just seen this movie, having borrowed the DVD from the library. The first thing I noticed when watching the movie was the excellent picture quality - it was 'filmed' in High Definition. Apart from really enjoying the plot... Full review

This did not measure up the first film because the writers went berserk in the cliché and politically-correct camp. No surprise there. I am referring to (1) kid are smarter than adults; (2) girls can beat up boys. When it... Full review

The first "Spy Kids" is an incredibly over the top but entertaining film for younger audiences and even though I still recommend this sequel I think that its just a little too over the top. Story is of course about... Full review

SPY KIDS 2:THE ISLAND OF LOST DREAMS(2002) Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Antonio Bandares, and Carla Gugino. In this sequel, those two tykes are at it again! In this film, the two kids go to a lost island to retreive The transmooker... Full review

While I maintain the original film wasn't that good, it was still better than this film. Not that 'Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams' is god-awful or anything, it just didn't manage to eliminate the same problems the first... Full review

The movie is great. I think it is wonderful how the SpyKids acted, they looked as if the situation was real! When I saw the first and second movie I got hooked. My family love it as well but I... Full review

To its credit, "Spy Kids 2" does indeed display a lot of creativity and imagination, and that makes it a lot better than most family movies Hollywood makes. However, while the first "Spy Kids" was a fun romp that kids... Full review

Carmen and Juni Cortez are official Spy Kids, working for an organization called OSS (which probably stands for something, but I'm not sure what). In the opening scenes we see the President's daughter, Alexandra (Taylor Momsen from "How the Grinch... Full review

"Spy Kids 2" is creative,energetic and and lots of fun...while at the same time being quite weird and not making a whole lot of sense.This really can't be considered a spy movie,because it goes pretty far off from the idea that... Full review

Wildly imaginative! a wonderful family movie, great action, great fun, lots of wit & humour. Every parent should be thankful for a movie their kids will love and they will love too. Excellent messages cloaked in fun. Really a great... Full review

$11.00 You don't need to be a film fanatic to see that director Robert Rodriguez loves making movies..... ... Full Review

Don't waste your $$. OK for kids my age: Y Reviewer: Shinjo (15 years old), Date: June 13, 2003 I say: This adventure is a good one, really tense and exciting...... This fun kids movie pulls you to the edge of you seat and grasps you into the plot. ... Full Review

The fun of the original movie the surprise hit of last summer, which grossed more than $110 million was that it was small and sweet; Rodriguez made the effects look good, and he did it for cheap. Kids could ooh and ahh at the visual tricks, while adults could laugh at jokes that weren't dumbed-down for them. ... Full Review

Also new are endearingly meddlesome "spy grandparents" played by Ricardo Montalban and Holland Taylor. Rodriguez keeps heaping entertainment on the screen until the credits' last crawl, from amusing outtakes to a rousing rock number staged at Austin's Paramount Theater. ... Full Review

The best part of the picture for me was the opening sequence in an amusement park.....I continue to like the film's emphasis on the family coming first, a sweet thought in today's disintegrating world.....None of the imagery is particularly realistic, mind you.... ... Full Review

We are throwing in one copy of " Hannah Montana: Life's What You Make It " and one copy of Disney's original movie, " Johnny Kapahala Back on Board ." ... Full Article

Review by Ross Anthony "Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams" launches onto the screen with all the energy, invention and gadgetry of the " Spy Kids " plus. ... Full Article

Send to a friend They're back.But you knew they would be.You didn't think the Disney studios, Dimension Films, and Buena Vista Home Entertainment would let a bonanza like the original "Spy Kids" go long without a sequel. ... Full Article

Reviewed by Colin Jacobson (February 11, 2003) The little movie that could, 2001's Spy Kids hit screens without too much fanfare and emerged as a decent-sized hit with families. ... Full Article

Springboarding his super-sprogs into another imaginative adventure, Robert Rodriguez has dreamed up an extraordinary celluloid playpen. Okay, so the Island Of Dr Moreau-style plot quickly veers into giddy doodles, resembling Nickelodeon: The Acid Years, but theres some fun to be... ... Full Article

As box office dollars dwindle with the waning summer, the supernatural thriller won the heated battle for first place with a mere $14.3 million, while xXx failed to meet expectations that it would be the summer's first three-peat at No.... ... Full Article