A sequel that improves upon the original! This time Carmen and Juni find themselves with rival same generation spies and need to find a chance to prove themselves as the best of the best. A top secret mission to destroy a device capable of shutting down all other devices on earth is plucked by them on a strange island in which a mad scientist (Steve Buscemi) has created and unleashed creatures that may overpower them. It has all the cheese and cool gadgets from the first chapter while also improving on visual effects which Rodriguez himself has a big part to play in as the 'One-Man Film Crew'! He even set up a symphonic orchestra in his garage to record the soundtrack which is pretty sweet! Banderas is hilarious in the film and reprises the role of Gregorio fantastically! Buscemi is brilliant as always and a joy to watch for all ages. The introduction of the Cortez grandparents is pretty awesome and Ricardo Montalban (The Naked Gun, Star Trek) and Holland Taylor (Legally Blonde, The Truman Show) are excellent! As the Cortez siblings grow in confidence during the series, the series itself seems to get bigger in scope and play with different genres. For example, this one definately tributes the classic creature features in the style of Ray Harryhausen! It does still have some cringey moments for older generations (the presidents daughter is quite an annoying side character; intentionally so) but they are not the target audience so therefore it doesn't fail on its goal and is a fun slice of entertainment
