Spy Kids Page #5

Synopsis: Gregorio and Ingrid are the two greatest secret agents the world has ever known: masters of disguise, mavens of invention, able to stop wars before they even start. Working for separate countries, they are sent to eliminate their most dangerous enemy...each other. But in an exotic corner of the world when they finally come face to face, they fall in love instead and embark on the most dangerous mission they have ever faced: raising a family. Now nine years later, after their retirement, having exchanged the adventure of espionage for parenthood, Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez are called back in to action. When their former colleagues, the world's most formidable spies, start disappearing one by one, the Cortez's are forced to take on techno-wizard Fegan Floop and his evil, egg-headed sidekick, Minion. But when the unthinkable happens and they too disappear, unfortunately there are only two people in the world who can rescue them...their kids.
Director(s): Robert Rodriguez
Production: Dimension Films
  2 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.5
Metacritic:
71
Rotten Tomatoes:
93%
PG
Year:
2001
88 min
Website
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"Watch out for Gregorio.

Take care of Gregorio.

"Make sure Gregorio

knows right from wrong."

Not anymore.

Machete's not responsible

for nobody but Machete.

But that's not what family is.

We're just brothers.

Cain and Abel were brothers.

Look how they ended up.

Now, the only thing

that will get you...

to Floop's castle fast enough...

is this.

It's tiny.

It's built for one passenger,

but it's fast.

Will you go?

No.

- For your brother?

- No!

Then how about for us...

your niece and nephew?

No.

- How about if--

- No! No! A million times no!

Pass the pig intestines.

I'm not eating that now. Nope.

- Can I have a--

- No!

Glass of water?

Thank you for letting us

stay here...

while we ponder

our parents' terrible fate.

If you weren't a Cortez,

I wouldn't be doing this much.

So family does mean more to you

than money.

No.

Dad misses you, too.

Ready?

Let's go.

CARMEN:
Now we're talkin'.

[Snoring]

[Whispering]

What are you doing?

Getting the map

to Floop's castle.

Shh. It's just a reflex.

Look. He's still asleep.

[Snores loudly]

[Snoring]

Never send an adult

to do a kid's job.

CARMEN:
Oh, yeah.

What can I do to help?

Remember that spy plane

up on the roof?

Yeah.

Start reading.

Oh. Homework.

[Rooster crows]

[Groans]

[Engines warming up]

No!

CARMEN:
Hurry up!

He's coming! He's coming!

JUNI:
Good-bye, Uncle Machete!

CARMEN:
Thanks for the plane!

CARMEN:

OK, so here's the new plan.

We get to the castle,

rescue Mom and Dad...

then somehow stop Floop...

from using the brain

on the robots...

before they're sent out

to dominate the world.

- Think we can do that?

- How hard could it be?

[Alarms sounding]

I didn't do anything.

OK. Airspeed--fine.

Altitude--fine.

CARMEN:
Autopilot...failing?

Oh, great.

Another fine Machete product.

Take control.

We have to go to manual.

Now!

CARMEN:
You were supposed

to read all the instructions!

You skipped a chapter, meathead.

Better stop calling me names.

Pull up, booger breath!

Stop it or I'll call you names.

CARMEN:
Go ahead.

You got nothin' on me, warthog.

Try me...diaper lady.

Aha.

Hope you're wearing one now.

- How long have you known?

- Since forever.

Mom made me swear

not to mention it.

So now we're even!

CARMEN:
Oh, now you've done it!

I knew this was gonna happen!

We're gonna crash

if you don't do something!

CARMEN:
You did that

on purpose, you kamikaze!

JUNI:
But now it's balanced!

Landing gear.

No landing gear.

We're gonna crash!

CARMEN:

Nope. We're gonna drop.

Get your regulator ready.

Com systems check.

Can you hear me?

Yeah.

Let's try that cave over there.

CARMEN:

The water's warmer in here.

JUNI:
Oh, I just peed.

- Ecch.

- Sorry.

A Thumb-thumb.

A real live--

What did you do to him?

Machete's electroshock gumballs.

It says long lasting.

But I don't trust wrappers.

Come on.

CARMEN:

Over here. Juni, come on.

What are you doing?

World's smallest cameras.

I just placed them

all over the main hallways.

- Sweet.

- Thanks.

Thumb-thumbs and Fooglies

coming up the south hall.

Got an idea?

Yeah.

JUNI:
Agent Donnagon?

[Speaking backwards]

Where's my mom and dad?

[Speaking backwards]

Thanks.

- I got it.

- What'd he say?

I'll play it backwards.

DONNAGON:

They're in the dungeon. Hurry.

See if they know

where the Brain room is.

Uh-oh.

Thumb-thumbs--everywhere.

Let's see if they like bubbles.

We'll be back for you,

fellow agents.

Sknaht!

[Jabbering excitedly]

MINION ON P.A.:

All robots please report...

to docking bays four, five,

and six for immediate loading.

This is the ventilator shaft

here.

CARMEN:
But the dungeon's on

the other side of the castle.

How do we get there undetected?

[Whispering] I think

they've gotten smarter...

since the last time we met.

Intruder.

ALL:
Intruder, intruder,

intruder, intruder...

intruder, intruder,

intruder, intruder...

- Can you make it?

- I think so.

Come on. Come on!

- Carmen!

- Find Mom and Dad!

I hope this leads

to the dungeon.

FLOOP:
You there.

What's that on your hands?

FLOOP:
Warts, aren't they?

Oh, great.

From sweaty hands sprout warts.

FLOOP:
Do you know why

you have sweaty hands?

From being scared all the time.

You don't look

very scared to me.

That's because I'm mad.

You kidnapped my parents...

made psycho robot children,

and swallowed up my sister.

But I didn't want any of that.

- I thought Floop was a genius.

- You did?

You watch my show?

More than you know.

Alexander Minion.

Agent Cortez.

Wonderful to see you again.

- You know him?

- Yeah.

He was on

the Third Brain Project...

until I noticed

he was trying to inject...

his own ideas into the system.

I turned him in.

He was thrown out of the OSS.

MINION:
I'm afraid I'm not

nearly the artist Floop is.

But not to worry.

I have something else in mind.

What do you think you're going

to accomplish by doing this?

Well, you see, Mrs. Cortez...

I've always been methodical,

goal oriented.

Psychotically so.

I'm not afraid of you, Alex.

So I think it's refreshing...

to every once in a while...

have some fun.

MINION:
Oh, and don't worry

about your little brats.

They'll still be able

to see you.

Every weekday morning

between 7:
30 and 8:00.

CARMEN:
Aah!

Uhh!

[Clanking and whirring]

I trust this time Floop

will have a success to show us.

The Fabulous Floop is away

on other business, sir.

Your army is complete.

The ultimate destructive force

is now within your grasp.

I'll believe that when I see it.

Welcome back, Ms. Gradenko.

It's good to be back, Alex.

Let's never have children.

- So Minion is the evil one.

- Yes.

FLOOP:
But I will be blamed.

You have every reason

to be disappointed in me.

So what would you do if you

could shut this thing off...

and get out of here?

It's impossible. It can only be

turned off from the outside.

Just suppose.

I'd stop Minion.

FLOOP:
I'd stop

the robot army and hope...

that the world would forgive me.

[Gagging]

You're my hero, Floop...

so I'm gonna help you,

then you're gonna help me.

- Minion must be stopped.

- Just one thing.

My show--what does it need?

I know it needs

something desperately...

but I can't figure it out.

Maybe you can?

It needs children.

Hold still.

Now let's stop Minion.

Must be stopped.

Must be stopped!

This one's for my sister!

Oh, Juni.

Hola.

Carmen? Juni?

- Mom!

- Mom! Aah!

That's my Fooglie!

The one I drew.

It's dad.

You're here!

- What's he doing here?

- He's OK. He's OK.

INGRID:
How did you get here?

Mom, I've been skipping school,

going places...

taking ferry rides...

in the city...

INGRID:

It's OK. It's OK. I know.

We'll talk about it

when we get home.

- Running off to Belize.

- What? You went where?

You're right. Let's just talk

about this when we get home.

No, no, no, no.

You can tell me

everything now, OK?

Is that where you want to be,

free from your family?

Hey!

I used to. Not anymore.

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Robert Rodriguez

Robert Anthony Rodriguez is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and musician. He shoots and produces many of his films in Mexico and his home state, Texas. more…

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