Upon release, Spy Kids 2 received positive reviews from
critics[2] and became a commercial success by grossing over $119 million
worldwide.
Story:
The OSS now has a full child spy section, of which Carmen
Cortez and Juni Cortez have become agents. They face particularly difficult
competition with Gary and Gerti Giggles (Matt O'Leary and Emily Osment), the
children of double-dealing agent Donnagon Giggles (Mike Judge), whom Carmen and
Juni helped to rescue in the previous film. It is shown that Carmen defends
Gary and has a crush on him.
After an incident at a local amusement park, where the
President's daughter, Alexandra (Taylor Momsen) deliberately sabotages a thrill
ride which juggles its passengers, forcing the Giggles and the Cortez kids to
compete in the rescue. Donnagon, who has somehow hacked into the teleprompter
which the President was reading from, is named the director of the OSS. Juni is
fired after being framed by Gary, who was actually to blame, into losing the
"Transmooker", a highly coveted device which can shut off all
electronic devices. In his new position as director, Donnagon can carry on with
his plan to steal the Transmooker, so he can rule the world.
After Carmen manages to hack into the database and
reinstates Juni's level as an agent, she and Juni follow the trail to a
mysterious island near Madagascar, which is home to Romero (Steve Buscemi), a
lunatic scientist. Romero has been attempting to create
genetically-miniaturized animals, so he can make a profit by selling the
animals to kids in "miniature zoos". He had an experiment go wrong
after accidentally pouring growth concoction onto the mutated set of animals.
When Carmen is captured by a Spork, a breed of flying pigs, she meets Gerti,
who reveals to her that Gary is actually evil. Carmen changes her feelings for
Gary and sides with Juni, who Gary is plotting against. After a number of
action sequences, such as fighting skeletons and being captured by Sporks, the
spy kids, along with the help of their family, Romero and Gerti Giggles,
destroy the Transmooker and defeat Donnagon and Gary. Afterwards, Gregorio and
Donnagon pathetically fight each other.
Donnagon is relieved by the President and Gary is fired,
while Juni quits due to the impersonal treatment of agents by the OSS. During
the credits, Machete has Carmen sing as an undercover pop star in a concert.
Carmen says she can't sing so Machete gives her a mic which auto-tunes her voice
and a belt that helps her dance. He also gives Juni a guitar that plays itself.
After the performance, Machete informs Carmen that he did not put the batteries
in.