Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Spy Kids: All The Time In The World

I have a hard time understanding how Robert Rodriguez can transition from Machete to Spy Kids 4. I guess that means he’s well rounded? Titled Spy Kids: All The Time In The World, the director has brought in some very famous names to tell the story of an ex-spy and her stepchildren, who must come together to stop a villain with the power to speed up time to the point that it would end the world.

Jessica Alba joins the Rodriguez 180 degree turn starring in the film after leading the Machete bloodbath. She plays the ex-spy, but in a number of scenes she gives off the air of someone performing in a sketch comedy scene rather than a big budget movie. She’s joined by two of the most sought after television actors, Joel McHale and Jeremy Piven. While McHale’s character isn’t very complex, Piven plays multiple characters with cheesy accents that fit the over-the-top movie surprisingly well. The script is awkward and repetitive; full of time and clock puns, but Piven makes it work by not taking the characters too seriously.

Children should find the young actors entertaining enough, who when combined with Ricky Gervais’ talking dog character, are funny in an immature way, which isn’t a bad thing. Though I can’t imagine the young ones have any clue what happens in the quantum physics lesson of a climax. It’s a good thing the ten year old kid in the movie knows the truths of time travel. Maybe he can help the world’s most renowned scientists figure it out. Yes, I know it’s fiction but at least make it so the audience can understand. It must be said that the “Aroma-Scope” 4D aspect of the movie is a complete joke. On my card everything smelled exactly the same and the combination of 3D glasses and the lights being off makes it quite difficult to find a number on the card without losing track of the events on screen. In this case, the villain makes the movie. (6.3 out of 10)

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