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Now nine years after they gave up the spook business, they've received news that various OSS agents have been disappearing, with Gregorio suspicious that they've been converted into cartoon like characters on a popular TV kids show hosted by Fegan Floop (ALAN CUMMING). Accordingly, they set out to uncover the truth and so call in "Uncle" Felix (CHEECH MARIN) to watch over the kids.
It's not long after that, however, that Felix receives a distress call and informs the kids of the truth, all while battling some villains and sending the kids off in an escape pod headed for a "safe house." Armed with the message that "the third brain lives," and suddenly thrust into the roles of being their parents' rescuers, Carmen and Juni try to figure out what's going on, and begin piecing together the story when Ms. Gradenko (TERRY HATCHER) shows up with a collection of henchmen, claiming to be an OSS agent and longtime friend of their parents.
They soon realize that Gradenko is a villain who's after the miniaturized brain for Floop and his right-hand man, Minion (TONY SHALHOUB), who need the brain to complete the army of child robots they're building for head villain, Mr. Lisp (ROBERT PATRICK). After a chase and several close calls, the kids learn more information from their estranged Uncle Machete (DANNY TREJO) and then set out to battle the robot kids - two of which are exact copies of them - stop the villains, and rescue their parents.
While nearly all of it's played far more for action rather than realistic or explicit violence, younger kids could possibly find some of the material as a bit unsettling, tense, or even scary, all depending on the child's age, level of maturity and tolerance for such material. Possibly objectionable language consists of a few colorful phrases, although one character gets away - to a degree - with saying the "s" word by pausing her vocal delivery of the word "shitake" midstream.
The villains all have varying degrees of bad attitudes (of the cartoon variety), a few instances of scatological humor are present, and the kids briefly worry about their kidnapped parents (in what turns out to be a very pro-family flick). Should you still be concerned about the film and its appropriateness for anyone in your home who may want to see it, we suggest that you take a closer look at our detailed content listings for more specific examples of what's present and occurs in the film.
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(2001) (Antonio Banderas, Alexa Vega) (PG)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
Minor
Minor
Heavy
*Moderate
Minor
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Mild
None
Heavy
None
*Minor
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
None
None
Mild
Moderate
*Heavy
CAST, CREW, & TECHNICAL INFO
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(Note: The "Our Take" review of this title examines the film's artistic merits and does not take into account any of the possibly objectionable material listed below).
Reviewed March 21, 2001 / Posted March 30, 2001
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