The first thing to know about Spy High is that it should probably be called Hacker High, because these kids are totally radical hackers to the extreme. They know their way around an iMac and a Zip Disk, that’s for sure! The second thing to know about Spy High is that it’s the kind of movie that seems to have recently suffered a concussion. The story doesn’t quite track, the characters get smarter or dumber depending on what’s needed for any given moment, and the best actor in the movie, hands down, is a dog. Seriously, the dog’s name is Rocky, and he can do no wrong. Rocky makes Air Bud look like a… well, like a dog who can’t play basketball.
Rocky and the irritating teenagers he’s saddled with are inexplicably recruited by a government agent who can’t keep his hands out of his armpits. The agent wants them to take down a video game company that’s secretly making a mind control weapon to unleash on the internet… so, basically, TikTok.
