Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

"Little spies. Big attitudes."

2002 1h 40m EN

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★5.7TMDB · 2,408

FamilyActionAdventureComedyScience Fiction

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Exploring the further adventures of Carmen and Juni Cortez, who have now joined the family spy business as Level 2 OSS agents. Their new mission is to save the world from a mad scientist living on a volcanic island populated by an imaginative menagerie of creatures. On this bizarre island, none of the Cortez's gadgets work and they must rely on their wits--and each other--to survive and save the day.

“Little spies. Big attitudes.”

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Cast

Alexa PenaVega
Carmen Cortez
Daryl Sabara
Juni Cortez
Antonio Banderas
Gregorio Cortez
Carla Gugino
Ingrid Cortez
Steve Buscemi
Romero
Mike Judge
Donnagon
Danny Trejo
Machete
Cheech Marin
Felix Gumm

Credits

Behind the camera

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

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.2× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 24 years ago.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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

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4 / 8

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 John Debney. 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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7 / 8

ERA

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Alexa PenaVega and Daryl Sabara and Antonio Banderas carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Little spies. Big attitudes.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Robert Rodriguez directs. Robert Rodriguez behind the camera. John Debney scores. Robert Rodriguez cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Made its money back 3.2× over at the box office.
2Released 24 years ago.
3Part of the "Spy Kids Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Robert Rodriguez, shot by Robert Rodriguez. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by John Debney. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Robert Rodriguez shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Alexa PenaVega and Daryl Sabara and Antonio Banderas carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Little spies. Big attitudes.".
9IMDB entry: tt0287717 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 10 themes, including "island", "experiment", "spy", "wretch".
11Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Robert Rodriguez
Original score: John Debney
Editing: Robert Rodriguez
Production design: Robert Rodriguez
Costume design: Graciela Mazón
Sound: Sergio Reyes
Stunt coordinator: Jeff Dashnaw
Runtime: 100 min · 1h 40m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $38,000,000
Box office: $119,723,358
Return: 315% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)

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 a younger audience. In traditional sequel fashion, this was worse than the original. It feels like it actually has a richer, more complex story to it with a better message of cooperation and right over wrong, but it relies too heavily on weird effects combined with a lack of technology working in the story. What really sets it apart is cross competitiveness with a secondary kid team, which was really cool to suddenly see a young Emily Osment ("Young and Hungry"). And Steve Buscemi shows up as a mad scientist which is interesting all to itself. The movie has its high points, but I feel like you spend far more time in the valleys.

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