The
film updates the popular 1950s series with a hip city setting and tremendous
appeal for the entire family. Combining the concept of the original series
with the tales of the popular Paul Zindel novel "The Undertaker's Gone
Bananas", the plot of the book about a devious undertaker becomes the
story line for Spin and Marty's adventure together.
Jeremy
Foley plays 14-year-old Spin Evans, a James Bond wannabe who is out to
save the world. . . whether it needs it or not! Innocent people are sometimes
the target of his overactive imagination, and he has finally gone too far
when the wealthy and influential Markhams (tenants in the palatial building
Spin's parents manage) become Spin's latest conquests. Believing that they
are traveling to Paris under the guise of a vacation but are actually planning
to blow up the Eiffel Tower as a protest against French Imperialism, it
is Spin's job to save the free world from their evil. Caught in his latest
caper, Spin is grounded for the entire summer ... without parole.
Meanwhile
Marty Markham (Gallagher) is suffering his own kind of hell at the hands
of his parents. Pretty much a loner with only his butler Jordan (Shaughnessy)
to call a friend, Marty is expected either to spend the summer at the dude
ranch or travel to Paris with his parents, neither of which interests him.
His concerned mother gives him an ultimatum: find a friend in three days
or off to the dude ranch it is. The dutiful Jordan is left to enforce the
new rule.
Just
as Spin is looking for his next caper and Marty grows desperate for a friend,
some very intriguing new neighbors move into their building. Jack Hulka
(Nelson) and Veronica Hulka (Yancy Butler) arrive looking eerily like the
Grim Reaper and his wife. The fun is about to begin as Spin and his new
friend Marty uncover some unearthly deeds.
