Spy Kids (franchise)
| Spy Kids | |
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DVD box set of the four films
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| Directed by | Robert Rodriguez |
| Produced by | Robert Rodriguez Elizabeth Avellan Bob Weinstein Harvey Weinstein |
| Written by | Robert Rodriguez |
| Starring |
Alexa Vega Daryl Sabara Rowan Blanchard Mason Cook Antonio Banderas Carla Gugino Jessica Alba Joel McHale Marie Fagundo Sly Johnson |
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Production
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| Distributed by |
Miramax Films (1-3) The Weinstein Company (4) |
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Release date
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2001–2011 |
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Running time
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358 minutes |
| Country | United States Mexico |
| Language | English Spanish |
| Budget | $154 million |
| Box office | $550.2 million |
The Spy Kids series consists of four American/Spanish spy adventure comedy films in franchise comedy series produced by Troublemaker Studios and Dimension Films written and directed by Robert Rodriguez. The main plot initially follows the adventures of two Cortez children (portrayed by Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara) who become involved in their parents' espionage. The rest of their family are also spies as well, including their estranged uncle Machete and maternal grandparents. The films tend to have a strong Hispanic heritage theme, as Rodriguez is of Mexican descent.
Ten years before the first film, there was a period of enormous political turmoil. Fearless agents were recruited for espionage missions against enemy spies. Gregorio Cortez and Ingrid Avellan (Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino) were enemy spies assigned to kill each other, but instead they fell in love and married. After a typical wedding, Gregorio and Ingrid took a break from espionage and started a family.
After retiring from espionage for ten years, Gregorio and Ingrid are pulled back into duty for their important assignment despite the fact they were out of practice, and were captured. Their two children, Carmen and Juni (Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara), discover the truth of their parents' past, which they had neglected to tell them because they were afraid that if they knew, they would picture danger at every corner; and decide to rescue them. On their first mission, Carmen and Juni manage to bring around their estranged uncle, Isador "Machete" Cortez (Danny Trejo), a genius gadget inventor and Juni helps to redeem Fegan Floop (Alan Cumming). Together, Carmen and Juni thwart the plan of Alexander Minion (Tony Shalhoub) to develop an army of androids resembling young children for a mastermind named Mr. Lisp (Robert Patrick) and his partner Ms. Gradenko (Teri Hatcher). The robots based on Carmen and Juni became part of Floop's show.
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