This was a startling choice for director Robert Rodriguez (Desperado, From Dusk till Dawn) - a junior-league "James Bond" adventure - but the result is rollicking good fun for youngsters and adults alike. Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino play married spies who get captured by a megalomaniac children's TV presenter (Alan Cumming) who's seeking world domination by replacing the children of people in high places with lookalike robots. To the rescue come the couple's pleasingly non-precocious offspring (Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara), aided and abetted by a cool array of gizmos that range from rocket-packs to electromagnetic chewing gum. There are some nifty special effects, fine performances from the likes of Robert Patrick and a cameoing George Clooney, and it's smartly and sassily directed by Rodriguez (who quite rightly pitches the film at youngsters, not down to them). SPYkids is family entertainment as it should be.

Carmen and Juni think their parents are boring. Little do they know that in their day, Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez were the top secret agents from their respective countries. They gave up that life to raise their children. Now, the disappearances of several of their old colleagues forces the Cortez' return from retirement. What they didn't count on was Carmen and Juni joining the "family business."