Trailer Time: Spy Kids: All the Time in the World, starring Jessica Alba and Joel McHale

I had a begrudging respect for the first couple Spy Kids movies. Even if they weren't my cup of tea, I liked that Robert Rodriguez was showing he could make quality films not just for adults but for kids as well. And clearly he was having fun making them.  Now I just kinda wish they'd go away so Rodriguez can get to work on Sin City 2.

A new trailer is out for the fourth film in the kiddie espionage franchise, Spy Kids: All the Time in the World, which is being presented not just in 3D but in 4D. That fourth dimension is Aroma-Scope, allowing the audience to smell Jessica Alba's fear that movies like this are the future of her career. It's really just a newer version of the 1960s Smell-O-Vision, or the Odorama John Waters used in the 1980s.  She'll be starring with Joel McHale, Antonio Banderas, Danny "Machete" Trejo, original Spy Kids Alex Vega and Daryl Sabara, along with a buttload of cameos.

PLOT
On the surface, Marissa Cortez Wilson has it all…married to a famous spy hunting television reporter, a new baby and intelligent twin step kids. But in reality, trying to mother Rebecca and Cecil, who clearly don’t want her around, is her toughest challenge yet. Also, her husband, Wilbur, wouldn’t know a spy if he lived with one which is exactly the case — Marissa’s a retired secret agent.

Marissa’s world is turned upside down when the maniacal Timekeeper threatens to take over the planet and she’s called back into action by the head of OSS, home of the greatest spies and where the now-defunct Spy Kids division was created. With Armageddon quickly approaching, Rebecca and Cecil are thrust into action when they learn their boring stepmom was once a top agent and now the world’s most competitive ten year olds are forced to put their bickering aside and rely on their wits. With a little help from a couple of very familiar Spy Kids, Carmen and Juni Cortez, and some mind-blowing gadgets, they just may be able to save the world and possibly bring their family together while they’re at it.

Spy Kids: All the Time in the World opens on August 19th!