MPAA Rating: PG
Distributor: Dimension Films
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Actors: starring Daryl Sabara as Juni Cortez, Ricardo Montalban as Grandfather, Sylvester Stallone as Toymaker, Alexa Vega as Carmen Cortez; appearances by Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Mike Judge, Salma Hayek, Cheech Marin, Alan Cumming, Tony Shalhoub, Bill Paxton, George Clooney and Elijah Wood.

Juni and Carmen Cortez are back in a dizzying, red-and-blue 3-D adventure sure to thrill kids of all ages. Spy Kids 3-D offers stunning 3-D effects, such as robots reaching right out of the screen and grabbing moviegoers by their shirt collars.

Juni has left the OSS, disgruntled by the agency’s lack of integrity and disregard for its agents’ personal wellbeing. But his sister, Carmen, is still doing missions, so sooner or later she’s going to need his help. And sooner it is. It turns out she’s trapped inside a virtual reality video game (called Game Over), and he’s the only one who can save her. And the only one who can help him is his wheelchair-bound grandfather. Will Juni and Grandfather find Carmen in time? Will they disable the evil Toymaker? Will they win the mega-race? Or will it be "game over" in 3-D land?

The Cortez clan is famous for looking after each other, and in this adventure, that doesn’t change. Once Juni learns of his sister’s plight, he never once hesitates in his quest to save her. Juni also has a wonderful relationship with his grandfather. After leaving the OSS, Juni devotes his time to helping people. In a selfless gesture, Juni gives his life-pack to a girl in the game.

Some high action and vivid robots may be too intense for younger children. Various game monsters (including a huge "lava monster" who hurls molten rocks) attack players and are fended off with brute force. And a skyscraper-tall robot picks up Carmen and prepares to eat her whole. Watching this movie is like being inside a video game. It’s great that this movie has no bad words, no grown-up themes or gory violence. Instead, it teaches the benefit of playing by the rules and forgiving your enemies.

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