You know it’s a bad start when “This was originally going to
be a Robert Rodriguez kids film” seems like a best-case scenario. The fabled
one-man film crew may not have the best track record when it comes to family
films, but when put next to director Kelly Asbury, whose work varies from
‘decent compared to what came before’ with Smurfs: The Lost Village, and
outright atrocious with Gnomeo & Juliet, at least he had the first two Spy
Kids films under his belt. But then again, I doubt that anyone would be able to
salvage this thing, because the list of problems here is hefty.
