Recess is based on a TV show.
To its credit, Recess tries to function on two levels. Those who watch the TV show already know that Recess stars a bunch of kids who get themselves into various scrapes at Third Street School. Specifically, by changing the moon's orbit so that summer itself will no longer exist. I don't get it, either. There are some funny flashbacks to the power-hungry villain's younger days in the '60s, and his scheme to have students spend their summers boning up for standardized tests.