Taglines: Little Spies. Big Attitudes.
Young agents Carmen and Juni Cortez are now full fledged spies at the OSS agency but only as Level 2 agents. When a top secret, all powerful device is stolen, the brother sister duo set out to retrieve it. Their mission takes them to an uncharted island where they must take on a duo of rival Spy Kids and a horde of strange monsters. Only then the Cortezes realize that their mission is all a set up to lure them into a trap. And little do they know is that their parents are also on their tail.
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (known in-film as Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams) is a 2002 American spy adventure comedy film written, edited, and directed by Robert Rodriguez, produced by Troublemaker Studios, Elizabeth Avellan, and Rodriguez, and starring Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Mike Judge, Ricardo Montalbán, Holland Taylor, Christopher McDonald, Danny Trejo, Cheech Marin, Steve Buscemi, Taylor Momsen, Matt O’Leary, and introducing Emily Osment.
The second installment in the Spy Kids film series, which began with 2001’s Spy Kids, the film was theatrically released on August 7, 2002 by Dimension Films. Upon release, the film received mostly positive reviews from critics.
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams opened theatrically on August 7, 2002 in 3,307 venues and earned $16,711,716 in its first weekend, ranking third in the North American box office behind XXX and the second weekend of Signs. The film ended its run on January 12, 2003, having grossed $85,846,429 in the United States and Canada, and $33,876,929 overseas for a worldwide total of $119,723,358.
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
Directed by: Robert Rodriguez
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Mike Judge, Holland Taylor, Danny Trejo, Cheech Marin, Steve Buscemi, Taylor Momsen
Screenplay by: Robert Rodriguez
Production Design by: Robert Rodriguez
Cinematography by: Guillermo Navarro, Robert Rodriguez
Film Editing by: Robert Rodriguez
Costume Design by: Graciela Mazón
Set Decoration by: Jeanette Scott
Art Direction by: John Frick, Ed Vega
Music by: Robert Rodriguez, John Debney
MPAA Rating: PG for action sequences and brief rude humor.
Distributed by: Dimension Films
Release Date: August 7, 2002
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