Spy Kids (2001)

SPY KIDS  (2001)  ¢ ¢ 1/2
    D: Robert Rodriguez
    Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega,
    Daryl Sabara, Alan Cumming, Tony Shalhoub,
    Danny Trejo, Cheech Marin, George Clooney
This is like a James Bond movie for eight-year-olds, about a retired spy couple (Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino) who go after a villain who's creating an army of child robots. When the villain takes the adults prisoner, it's up to their young son and daughter to rescue them. Alan Cumming's well-cast as a kids' show host named Floop, Pee-wee Herman being no longer an appropriate choice, I guess. Danny Trejo's "Machete" character, who would later bust heads (and sever them) in marginally more grownup movies, appears for the first time here as Antonio's inventive, tough-guy brother.