Taglines: Saving the world is their idea of family time.
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (often referred to as Spy Kids 4D, also known as Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World and Spy Kids 4D: All the Time in the World) is a 2011 American 4D family-oriented, comedy adventure film directed by Robert Rodriguez and the fourth installment in the Spy Kids series.
It was released on August 19, 2011. Filming began on October 27, 2010. It is the first of the series that uses “Aroma-scope” that allows people to smell odors and aromas from the film via scratch & sniff cards (reminiscent of the infamous 1960s Smell-O-Vision) last used theatrically in the 2003 animated film Rugrats Go Wild. This is the first film without the participation of Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino and the first film without the distribution of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and Miramax Films.
Organization of Super Spies (OSS) agent Marissa Wilson (Jessica Alba), is leading a team of agents attempting to capture a criminal named Tick Tock (Jeremy Piven), who purchases a mini-disk stolen from OSS. Despite being nine months pregnant, and despite going into labor, she continues her pursuit, against the admonitions of her boss, Danger D’amo (also played by Jeremy Piven). Tick Tock is captured, and the mini-disk, which contains information on a weapon of mass destruction called Project: Armageddon, is retrieved.
At the hospital, Marissa meets her spy-hunting TV host husband, Wilbur (Joel McHale), who thinks she is an interior decorator, and her two stepchildren by him, twins Rebecca and Cecil (Rowan Blanchard and Mason Cook). And after giving birth to a daughter, Maria, she decides to retire, in order to keep her family out of danger and prevent them from learning about her former career. However, the twins observe that Wilbur’s work leaves him little time to spend with them, and Rebecca in particular does not accept Marissa as a replacement for her deceased mother, and delights in playing pranks on her. Attempting to strengthen her rapport with Rebecca, Marissa gives her a red-sapphire necklace that she says her own parents gave her when she was Rebecca’s age, and which she says will protect her in her darkest hour.
The media reports that time is speeding up at an increasing rate. A masked mastermind calling himself the Time Keeper (also played by Jeremy Piven), who is allied with an escaped Tick Tock, claims responsibility for the phenomena, saying that he will unleash Project: Armageddon, as punishment upon a society he believes wastes time with meaningless pursuits instead of treasuring time with one’s loved ones.
The Time Keeper demands that Tick Tock bring him the Chronos Sapphire, the only thing that can stop it, which is revealed to be the jewel in the necklace Marissa gave Rebecca. The OSS calls Marissa back out of retirement, and instructs her to bring the Chronos Sapphire with her. When Marissa requests it from Rebecca, it further strains their relationship, and when Marissa arrives at OSS headquarters with Maria, she discovers that the box Rebecca gave her did not contain the jewel.
Before Marissa can return home, Tick Tock’s henchmen break into their house, and Rebecca and Cecil are directed to take refuge in a secret Panic Room built into their home, where they view a video of Marissa informing the children of her secret career. The incredulous twins are further shocked when their dog, Argonaut, begins to speak, revealing himself to be an intelligent robot. The twins escape the henchman and go to OSS headquarters, where Marissa’s niece and their step-cousin, Carmen Cortez (Alexa Vega), gives the twins a tour of the now defunct Spy Kids Division, and the weapons its juvenile agents once used. Carmen lets the twins each pick out one deactivated gadget as a souvenir.
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World 4D
Directed by: Robert Rodriguez
Starring: Jessica Alba, Joel McHale, Rowan Blanchard, Mason Cook, Jeremy Piven, Alexa PenaVega, Belle Solorzano
Screenplay by: Robert Rodriguez
Production Design by: Caylah Eddleblute, Steve Joyner
Cinematography by: Jimmy Lindsey, Robert Rodriguez
Film Editing by: Dan Zimmerman
Set Decoration by: David Hack
Costume Design by: Nina Proctor
Music by: Robert Rodriguez, Carl Thiel
MPAA Rating: PG for mild action and rude humor.
Studio: Dimension Films
Release Date: August 19, 2011
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