Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)

User Rating:

4.1/10   

Director:

Robert Rodriguez

Writer:

Robert Rodriguez (script)

Release Date:

25 July 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The Game is over

Plot:

Carmen's caught in a virtual reality game designed by the Kids' new nemesis, the Toymaker (Stallone). It's up to Juni to save his sister, and ultimately the world.

Plot Keywords:

Spy | Virtual Reality | Humor | Villain | Trapped

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Antonio Banderas	...	Gregorio Cortez
Carla Gugino	...	Ingrid Cortez
Alexa Vega	...	Carmen Cortez
Daryl Sabara	...	Juni Cortez
Ricardo Montalban	...	Grandfather
Holland Taylor	...	Grandmother
Sylvester Stallone	...	Toymaker
Mike Judge	...	Donnagon Giggles
Salma Hayek	...	Cesca Giggles
Matt O'Leary	...	Gary Giggles
Emily Osment	...	Gerti Giggles
Ryan Pinkston	...	Arnold (as Ryan James Pinkston)
Robert Vito	...	Rez
Bobby Edner	...	Francis
Courtney Jines	...	Demetra

Also Known As:

Spy Kids 3: Game Over (USA) (video title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for action sequences and peril.

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Ireland:G | USA:TV-G (Disney Channel) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Brazil:Livre | Canada:G (Canadian Home Video rating) | Germany:6 | Netherlands:MG6 | New Zealand:G | Norway:7 | Peru:PT | Philippines:G | Singapore:PG | Sweden:7 | UK:U | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas, USA

Company:

Dimension Films

Trivia:

Ricardo Montalban's last movie (on-screen) performance.

Goofs:

Continuity: After Junie wins the Mega Race he stands up on his "hubcap", BUT in the next shot, you see Junie flip the hubcap up like a skateboard. Junie never moved, but all of a sudden he's off the hubcap.

Quotes:

Carmen: You'll have to go through me first... Game-Boy!

Movie Connections:

References Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

Soundtrack:

Game Over

irredeemably stupid

What a mess. There are clever ideas here and there, a few laughs, the occasional decent special effect (I saw this on TV so didn't see it in 3D, which perhaps would have made the generally disappointing effects more impressive), but the lame, tossed-together script and the lack of any cohesion to the final product make this only barely watchable. This movie seems to just be going through the motions; you can't even call it formulaic because it barely attempts to even stick with any formula, it's more like random stuff thrown in here and there. As for the ending, well, it's main purpose was to create an excuse (and not a very good one) to have cameos by everyone who was in the first two movies (allowing them to list Bandaras first in the credits even though he's on screen for only a couple of minutes), and the final showdown is so utterly moronic that words fail me.

At the same time, I didn't actually hate it. I wasn't in pain watching it. It was a mindless Saturday afternoon movie and I watched it as mindlessly as I could and occasionally enjoyed it. But after the very fun second movie (which I thought superior to the first), this was a great disappointment. I'd advise skipping it.