Absolutely the worst movie.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

I have very fond memories of the original "Spy Kids" movie that came out in 2001. Ever since then, a sequel was made once a year probably so the lead kids wouldn't get older. They ended up making a sequel eight years later and it's even more pointless than you would imagine. This movie features a new stepmother who's a spy trying to stop a villain named Tick Tock (really dumb supervillain name) along with the Timekeeper. We get this tired cliché that actually happens to both parents in different jobs, not having enough time for their kids. The worst thing about this movie is the crude humor.There's a robot dog that literally pees oil and poops bombs. Oh, and he can fart for no reason other than that it entertains him. Farting dogs didn't work in "Space Buddies", why did they think they would work here? There's even one scene where the boy character has to throw up in barf bags so he can throw his barf at the bad guys. This was released in something called 4-D, which apparently added smells or something when it was in theaters. The 3D looks horribly out of place and if 3-D is dead, 4-D was the nail in the coffin.The special effects are really bad and I read that this movie was mostly made because of something Robert Rodriguez had in his contract with Harvey Weinstein. We should have been to tell he was a huge scumbag for being responsible for this atrocity. These movies started out great, but declined in quality with every sequel all leading up to the worst one of them all. Seriously, the original only has a rating of 5.5 here? It's got a 93% on RottenTomatoes! Any film with a baby throwing food in her mother's cleavage can't be good. *

The first film is the only one to bother with, the second was okay and the third was awful, I did not have high hopes for this fourth instalment, which in 4D meant for cinema goers meant 3D effect and smelling or feeling things, not for me watching on TV, directed by Robert Rodriguez (From Dusk Till Dawn, Sin City). Basically Marissa Wilson (Jessica Alba) on the surface appears to be just an ordinary mother with a new baby and married to famous spy hunting television reporter Wilbur Wilson (Joel McHale). Her intelligent twin stepchildren Rebecca (Rowan Blanchard) and Cecil (The Lone Ranger's Mason Cook) don't want her around, thinking she is uncool, in fact, with her husband unaware, she is a retired secret agent. Her true identity is only revealed to Rebecca and Cecil when they enter the underground layer of the house, full of spy gadgets and gizmos, and they become entangled in a world domination plot, the maniacal Timekeeper (Jeremy Piven) threatens to take over the planet by slowing time. Marissa is wanted back in action by the Organization of Super Spies (OSS), home of the greatest spies and where the now defunct Spy Kids division was created. Rebecca and Cecil are surprised by the revelation of their "boring" stepmother, and with their bickering ways they must put their differences aside and work together to save the world, and they get help from former Spy Kids, now teenagers, brother and sister Juni Cortez (Daryl Sabara) and Carmen Cortez (Alexa PenaVega), and robotic talking dog Argonaut (voiced by Ricky Gervais). In the end, after defeating the Time Keeper and his identical henchmen, Danger D'Amo and Tick Tick (both also Piven), time is intact and restored, and the Spy Kids program is revived, with Rebecca and Cecil going on to become recruiters of new agents. Also starring Danny Trejo as Uncle Machete, Chuck Cureau as News Anchor and Jeepers Creepers' Jonathan Breck as Wilbur's Boss. The previous instalment was a complete mess, it crossed the line between expensive trash and cheap rubbish with its use of special effects, unfortunately things have not improved with this fourth instalment, the special effects are pointless when you combine with a predictable and stupid story, I perhaps tittered at the voice of Gervais and some spoof references, but the charm has disappeared and it feels like the kids themselves are responsible for putting it together, this is one the kids and the family should not even bother with, a crap fantasy action adventure. Pretty poor!

I must say after taking my brother to see this in cinema, I was annoyed.First off I have been a fan of Spy kids since I was a child, always said I was going to be a spy like them. The first two was good... The third, was okay but this? It was a waste of my money and in my opinion ruined everything else.Even the 4th dimension was rubbish. I couldn't smell a thing, not matter how hard I would scratch it. Another pointless thing.All in all, I wouldn't recommend this movie for anyone, not even the young. My brother even hated and he usually loves these types of movies. It was a waste of time.

I have to say, it really deserves a negative 99. Now, I absolutely loved the trilogy of the Spy Kids movies. I was sad it was done, and wanted a 4th and 5th and so on. But when I saw this, I was outraged about how stupid this was. Now, since Robert Rodriguez is done directing good movies, I wish this movie never happened. This just absolutely downgraded the whole Spy Kids franchise. I hated this movie. Oh, and the 4D was just annoying. One time, a kid farts and it tells you to smell it. What kind of a movie does that. Well, I don't see any new movies using it, and that was a smart move. If this movie was called anything else, I would of still thought it stunk, but putting the Spy Kids title on it just made it worse. Jessica Alba did the best she could, for her role was stupid and meaningless. Carmen and Juni were a big success. The other 2 know it all brats, one a child who is hearing impaired, and 2, a prank pulling, bad acting, brat daughter who defines the word selfish. Snow White and the Huntsman has better jokes than this (And Snow White has no jokes). The plot to this story was the typical plot. A step mother with two step kids, one who hates her and a Spy Hunter T.V. show star husband. But the step mother is actually a spy. When the two kids are attacked, they have to get in to action and fight against the time keeper. For some reason, Carmen and Juni are in this, but they are a lot older. This a stupid movie, and the only thing good about this movie was the talking dog voiced by comedian Ricky Gervais. I don't know how they got him for this $2,000 picture. At one part, where the bad actress who does the prank star step daughter is attacked by some giant claw, she tries to avoid it and turns her head to the side, avoiding the claw. If you look closely, you can see her smiling. This was a huge disappointment, and awful film. Absolutely terrible. D-.