SPY KIDS

SPY KIDS. Robert Rodriguez, dir., script, one of eight producers. USA: Dimension Films, Troublemaker Studios (prod.) / Dimension Films, Miramax (US dist.), 2001. Robert Patrick, Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Alan Cumming, Tony Shalhoub, Teri Hatcher, Cheech Marin, featured players.

As indicated by the title, an action-adventure super-spy movie, featuring and directed at kids. Interesting generally for being ethnized Latino rather than James-Bondian WASP and of interest here for its handling of technology, esp. robots. Programmed for evil, the robots do evil, with android children looking and somewhat acting like the alien children from VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED (1960, 1995). Programmed for good, robots will do good. See also for po-mo mixture of elements Modern and postmodern.