Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

"3rd mission. 3rd dimension."

2003 1h 24m EN

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FamilyActionComedyAdventureScience Fiction

Synopsis

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Carmen's caught in a virtual reality game designed by the Kids' new nemesis, the Toymaker. It's up to Juni to save his sister, and ultimately the world.

“3rd mission. 3rd dimension.”

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Cast

Daryl Sabara
Juni Cortez
Ricardo Montalban
Grandfather
Alexa PenaVega
Carmen Cortez
Sylvester Stallone
Toymaker
Courtney Jines
Demetra
Ryan Pinkston
Arnold
Robert Vito
Rez
Bobby Edner
Francis

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Robert Rodriguez
Writers: Robert Rodriguez, Marc Baird
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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84 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 5.2× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 23 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Spy Kids Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Robert Rodriguez, shot by Robert Rodriguez. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Robert Rodriguez. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Robert Rodriguez shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Daryl Sabara and Ricardo Montalban and Alexa PenaVega carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Robert Rodriguez directs. Robert Rodriguez behind the camera. Robert Rodriguez scores. Robert Rodriguez cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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184 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Made its money back 5.2× over at the box office.
3Released 23 years ago.
4Part of the "Spy Kids Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Robert Rodriguez, shot by Robert Rodriguez. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Robert Rodriguez. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Robert Rodriguez shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Daryl Sabara and Ricardo Montalban and Alexa PenaVega carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "3rd mission. 3rd dimension.".
10IMDB entry: tt0338459 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 9 themes, including "mission", "artificial intelligence (a.i.)", "video game", "liberation".
12Released under 18 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Robert Rodriguez
Original score: Robert Rodriguez
Editing: Robert Rodriguez
Costume design: Nina Proctor
Makeup / hair: Ermahn Ospina
VFX supervisor: Robert Rodriguez
Sound: Dean Beville
Stunt coordinator: Jeff Dashnaw
Runtime: 84 min · 1h 24m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $38,000,000
Box office: $197,101,678
Return: 519% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)

Part of

Spy Kids Collection

The Spy Kids series is a series of family action-adventure films created by Robert Rodriguez. The main plot follows the adventures of two Cortez children who become involved in their parents' espionage. The rest of their family are spies as well, including their estranged uncle Machete and maternal grandparents. All films tend to have a strong Hispanic heritage theme, as Rodriguez is of Mexican descent, though the dialogue is predominately in English. McDonald's released Spy Kids toys in Happy Meals by the time all four films were released.

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Kamurai2020-10-08
★ 5/10
Decent watch at best, probably won't watch again, but can recommend for younger audiences. This franchise just keeps getting weirder as it goes on. Almost like someone is making bets behind the curtain about whether or not they can get away with things. I'm the first person to get onboard with a "stuck in a video game" trope, but they made some really weird choices that offset it. The inclusion of big celebrities that kids won't recognize is a little odd, but the in your face 3-d stuff is irritating, and there were several forced scenes, and a conflicting message of competition vs cooperation. There are really high points of the movie: the story line itself is actually pretty good, the robot battle detour was actually a fun way to set up a call back, and there is a really good, if short, twist that I wouldn't expect in a kid's movie. The last act was a little too insane for me, but I'm thinks kids might like it.

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