Spy Kids (2001) 8/10

Starring : Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Alan Cumming, Tony Shalhoub
Director : Robert Rodriguez
Running Time : 86 mins

Two children discover that their parents used to be spies when they go missing, and they soon find out that the culprit is a children’s television presenter who has been turning secret agents into mutants for his children’s show. Realising that they might be their parents last hope, the two kids become spies themselves and travel in search of their missing folks.

This is a fun family movie, with plenty of action and suspense for both kids and adults alike. Cumming is a rather weak villain, but Shalhoub is nicely creepy in a subservient way and his character soon comes into his own as the movie progresses.

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