![]() Fernando Velazquez’s rousing score makes an unoriginal but appropriate contribution. Visually, it’s all pretty impressive in a lovingly detailed, retro kind of way, with digital effects and canny lighting making a satisfyingly creepy location of both Miss Pam’s roving country house and the island’s shadowy forest. It’s the other child characters who largely do so, with all of them, especially Flequi, more engaging than the titular heroes. Neither are they particularly instrumental in saving the day, which is what heroes are supposed to do. Zip and Zap are supposed to be naughty boy heroes, but the scriptwriters have succeeded in making them merely obnoxious, with much of their dialogue merely unfunny abuse of their elders. But all the potential complications finally resolve into cliche. Find local TV listings for your local broadcast, cable and satellite providers and watch full episodes of your favorite TV shows online. While fascinating from an Oedipal point of view, Zap has a crush on Flequi, his own mother, which luckily remains unconsummated. TV Listings- Find Local TV Listings and Watch Full Episodes - Find local TV listings for your local broadcast, cable and satellite providers and watch full episodes of your favorite TV shows online. There are brief hit-the-spot moments, as when the kids happen upon a load of abandoned cars with no license plates which formerly belonged to the now-transformed parents who inhabit the island. The filmmakers, instead of seeking to intrigue their young viewers, have decided that their idea is actually pretty boring and must be rushed through. What could be better than a quest to find your parents when your parents are themselves in your gang? And why do these supposedly free children behave in such a shiny, happy and robotic manner? But the second half is standard chase fare, not very suspenseful, with the script seemingly unable to explore the fabulous world it has set up. So far, so intriguing: There’s plenty of fascinating stuff going on through the first half. They also befriend the mysterious Pipi (Ana Blanco de Cordova) and a gorilla, and realizing that something is afoot, they decide to flee the island and find their parents. But actually, Miss Pam has a big machine with lots of explosions and smoke which turns “troubled parents” (a nice touch) into the children they once were, in this case Flequi ( Iria Castellano) and Maqui ( Maximo Pastor). ![]() When Zip and Zap awaken the next morning, it is to find their parents gone - they’ve been abandoned, as MIss Pam tells them. Otherwise inhabited only by children, the island is run by Miss Pam on a no-rules, happiness-only basis, touching but not exploring themes about how to raise your child, which will briefly make the viewers’ parents sit up and take notice. Lost, they end up in a house run by Miss Pam (Elena Anaya), the butler Jaime ( Fermi Reixach) and a deranged nun, Sister Enriqueta ( Goizalde Nunez). ![]() After burning down a store while trying to steal from a Christmas tree, Zip ( Teo Planell) and Zap (Toni Gomez) accompany their parents (Jorge Bosch and Carolina Lapausa) to a remote island, where the father has a meeting.
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