Essentially a reboot of the series of the massively successful, kiddie-friendly adventures Robert Rodriguez kicked off a decade ago, Spy Kids 4D is based around a new family, a new crop of high-tech gadgets, and a new supervillain to fight. Jessica Alba plays Marissa, the step mother to a bratty pair of kids and wife of Wilbur, a dolt of a husband who hosts a reality TV show about spy hunting.
Ad — content continues below. To compensate for the Fisher Price plot, Rodriguez has employed a couple of gimmicks to keep audiences occupied. There are two problems with this aspect of the film. I asked someone else about this after I left the screening room, and they confirmed that, yes, all eight squares smelled vaguely like different types of air freshener from a Vauxhall Senator, or maybe a fake perfume from a street vendor in Madrid.
Weinstein Co. Chocolate cream pie. Boeuf Bourguignon. Enough said. But did watching it offer enough of a visceral kick? A strategically deployed scratch-and-sniff card would certainly turn the trick. But it could take Aroma-scope to truly elevate the moviegoing experience. Without it, can you really sense the cut grass, the seashore, the DDT or, for that matter, the dinosaur? Some would say this fourquel already ran the risk of giving us sensory overload.
But there are so many great pirate smells that could help plunge us into that world. From the Spaghetti Alla Carbonara and Naples pizza in Italy to the patchouli and jasmine incense of India to the beach, sandalwood and tropical flowers of Bali.
Say no to banning immorality and oui, oui to the confections of a French chocolaterie whose magical desserts awaken the passions and prime the townspeople into feasting on various Lent-banned delicacies.
Miramax Films. We took advantage of the full 4D experience, from the 3D visual effects to the Aroma-Scope olefactory effects.
Being that my kids weren't even around yet when the first Spy Kids film in the franchise was released in , this was a fresh experience for all of us. Some prior research showed me that they had appropriately aged the members of the original cast who were in the current release -- Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara both return as the original Cortez siblings, this time as adult agents helping out the Wilson family.
Robert Rodriguez , who directed the three original franchise Spy Kids films as well as adult cult films Sin City - which also starred Jessica Alba - and the " Planet Terror " side of the Grindhouse double feature, returned to direct this film. You could tell he had a good time with the special effects and the tween-appealing dialogue. Among some drama of trying to establish a relationship with Rebecca, the evil villain Timekeeper played by Jeremy Piven has been speeding up time in his attempts to travel back in time to spend more time with his father.
In the middle of all this, a special piece of jewelry that Marissa has is critical to stopping the Timekeeper The chaos read: bad guys violently invading the home and destroying everything in sight of attempting to retrieve the jewel makes it abundantly clear to the kids that their stepmother is NOT an interior decorator her poorly-hidden cover story.
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