Juni Cortez (Daryl Sabara) is an agent without a mission. Juni has left the spy agency OSS in search of a better purpose. Juni has become a pint-sized private eye. Juni is quite content with his new role even if has brought him away from his sister, Carmen (Alexa Vega). It is that subject that brings Juni back to the OSS.

It seems that a new virtual reality sensation called GAME OVER is poised to take over the imaginations of children across the country. The game isn't as innocent as it seems and Juni's sister Carmen has been lost in the game. It is now up to Juni to swing in and save his sister from the game's sinister creator The Toymaker (Sylvester Stallone).

Spy Kids 3 has your typical sequel plot. It isn't as clever as the previous entries in the series even if it does have a lot of cameos from previous Spy Kid characters.

The 3-D effects used in this incarnation are extremely dated. It is so very hard to see the colors and visual effects clearly when watching this film with cardboard 3-D glasses. I had a hard time remembering this film was in color.

The costumes inside the virtual reality reminded me of a hybrid between the costumes in "Tron" and "Rollerball". The promo items and photos from the film show unbelievable backgrounds and intense effects but the actual payoff is pale in comparison. I hope that when the DVD arrives that the 3-D is abandoned and the impressive images are used.

"Ghosts of Abyss" used a very impressive plastic pair of 3-D goggles that made the film overly impressive as both a documentary as well as an I-MAX experience. Why didn't they use any of that with this film? The rudimentary plot would have been missed if the 3-D effects were first rate.