In 2001, Robert Rodriguez was able to surprise his army of fans, accustomed to the "Racers", "From Dusk Till Dawn" and "Desperate", a new masterpiece. He made a completely different movie - full of exciting adventures, chases, passions, uniquely spy, but at the same time family. The film "Spy Kids" instantly became a world hit. Therefore, a year later, the director presented the audience with a sequel to the picture, and a year later, “Spy Kids 3: Game Over” was released in 3D. The director decided to celebrate the transformation of the children's espionage trilogy into tetralogy in a special way, offering in the fourth part an innovative 4D format technology to the viewer. The picture “Spy Kids 4D” received mostly negative reviews, and IMDb rating: 3.60.
Synopsis
Ignoring the message of the third episode of the saga, saying "The game is over," in 2011, Robert Rodriguez, acting as a director and scriptwriter, released the fourth part. According to the storyline of the new project, the large Cortez family sends their best representatives, the heroes A. Banderos and K. Gugino, on a well-deserved rest. The story revolves around the character of Jessica Alba, who is able to not interrupt her professional activity even during labor pains. Loved by the viewer, the children of spies, the constantly quarreling sister and brother of Corteza, finally came out of childhood, therefore, although they are present in the tape, they are exclusively engaged in instructor activities. They were replaced in the film "Spy Kids 4D" (2011) younger actors.
Short storyline
The plot of “4D Spy Kids” does not sparkle with innovative delights, developing in a uniform manner.
Marissa Wilson (Jessica Alba), as befits a secret agent, is trying to catch and neutralize the Time Guardian, nicknamed Tik-tak (Jeremy Piven). Performing the task, the girl is forced to lie about the nature of her occupation to her husband - television producer Wilbur Wilson (Joel McHale) and her adoptive children Rebecca (R. Blanchard) and Cecil (M. Cook). Family members think that Marissa is a simple designer. When the situation is heating up, the stepmother has to reveal the truth to her stepsons and jointly try to solve the urgent problem of saving the world.
Younger sister
The character of Jessica Alba Marissa is a secret agent, the younger sister of the real head of the Cortez family, played in the previous three series by Antonio Banderas. In the fourth film, he does not take part, like his on-screen wife Carl Gugino. But Alba turned out to be a worthy replacement, the narrative of the picture swirls around her heroine. By the time the filming process began, the performer already had experience working with Rodriguez in Sin City and Machete. In addition to Jessica Alba, the actors Joel McHale and Jeremy Piven showed themselves brightly in the film “4D Spy Kids” (2011), but they could not outshine it.
New spy kids
Due to the fact that the well-known spy children Daryl Sabar and Alex Vega grew up long ago, Robert Rodriguez, modifying the story, decided to use new heroes. They were young Blanchard and Cook, who are practically in no way inferior to their "prototypes". Rowan Blanchard, before participating in the Rodriguez project, managed to gain experience during the filming of the film "Plan B". The girl began her creative career at the age of 5, for a long time she played Caitlin in the show "Robot Dance". After participating in the creation of the fourth part of the espionage saga, the actress played the main role of Riley Matthews in the series “Riley Stories”. In 2016, Rowan Blanchard was invited to the casting "Break in Time", the actress really liked the producers, they immediately approved her for the role. The girl is rightfully considered one of the most promising young talents.
Young Mason Cook fit perfectly into the image of Cecil Wilson. Before the Rodriguez project, the boy had invaluable experience in participating in the creation of series. In his filmography, before The Children of Spies, such cult TV series as Desperate Housewives, Thinking Like a Criminal, and Beauties in Cleveland. However, the debut of the artist in the big movie is considered the film "Spy Kids 4D" (2011). Actors D. Sabara and A. Vega called the new young tandem their worthy replacement. According to critics, the new children of spies play no worse than the previous ones, but still inferior in skill to their adult colleagues on the set. Especially Mason Cook, who did not have enough banal cheerfulness and the ability to sincerely be surprised.
Cinema for children
According to filmmakers, the problems of the picture lie on the surface. Robert Rodriguez made a film for children without introducing adults to it. Therefore, in the film there is no powerful directing, impeccable logic of the narrative, exceptionally bright characters. In the film “Spy Kids 4D” (2011), the actors, according to the verdict of critics, did not deserve special praise. The exception was Jeremy Piven, who played the main antagonist - the whole tape became his benefit. The American film actor and producer, winner of the Golden Globe Award and three Emmys, is familiar to a wide audience by the role of Ari Gold from Handsome.
Among the advantages of the tape are called the abundance of all kinds of gadgets, a riot of bright colors and childish humor.
Main attraction
The most attractive and innovative in the film was the attraction called 4D Aroma-Scope. Its whole essence was to issue cinema visitors before viewing a postcard with eight squares treated with aromatic oils. At that moment, when a conditional figure appeared on the screen, the viewer should also rub the designated square and hear a certain smell. Thus, the creators invited the watchers to become full-fledged participants in what is happening on the screen.