An average movie

I remember very well when I watched this flick. I saw it back in the days when there was a DVD rental shops around the corner (I’m not sure abroad but,  in the Netherlands, all these shops are disappearing) so I rented it but I honestly had no idea what it was about but since it was directed by Robert Rodriguez, I was quite eager to check it out. Apparently, according to Imdb, it is so far the worst movie directed by Rodriguez (followed really closely by ‘Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D’)  but, like I said before, I wasn’t aware of this fact before watching it and, as a matter of fact, I thought it was actually better than the Spy Kids franchise. Indeed, I thought the sequels were rather abysmal (I still need to see the last installment but I’m not optimistic) and even though the first installment was not bad, I still slightly preferred this flick. Indeed, I thought the concept was not bad, it was visually pretty cool and I thought it was quite entertaining. At the time, Taylor Lautner was still just a small kid but I thought he was quite charismatic. To conclude, obviously it is nothing really amazing, and  a re-watch might change my opinion entirely, but I thought it was a decent kids flick and it is actually worth a look, especially if you need to entertain your children.

6/10