Race to Witch Mountain
Race to Witch Mountain
PG | 12 March 2009 (USA)
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A taxi driver gets more than he bargained for when he picks up two teen runaways. Not only does the pair possess supernatural powers, but they're also trying desperately to escape people who have made them their targets.

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A Las Vegas cabbie enlists the help of a UFO expert to protect two siblings with paranormal powers from the clutches of an organization that wants to use the kids for their nefarious plans. Race to Witch Mountain is so underrated and to be honest as good as i remember from back in 2009, The Rock is amazing as he always is, Alexander Ludwig and AnnaSophia Robb have great chemistry together and i can buy them as brother and sister from space. The villains were also excellent both Ciaran Hinds and Siphon who is a mix of a Star Wars Stormtrooper meets a Power Ranger villain but without getting cheesy or anything and even tho it's not the best film that Disney has made it's far from being the worst. The actors have great chemistry together (i loved the scene where the kids protec Carla and The Rock from getting shot), the action is great and there's alot of good adventure in there that i loved at least. (A+)

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jasonpachar

Race To Witch Mountain meets boxing. With several movies baring the title Witch Mountain and Return to Witch Mountain, this movie completes the Witch Mountain Trilogy. I have not seen the first two in a long time, but this one, I liked. I don't know if it was the special effects or The Rock, it was energetic and jumping off the edge of my seat kind of movie. I loved the special effects. And I also liked how the director incorporated the storyline to the effects. Congratulations to Disney – with the other two movies, this one outranks. With The Rock leading the cast to Annasophia Robb, they both are great. Are they really going to make another one? What will be the storyline? As far as the movie goes, I would give it a standing ovation with 9 ½ stars.

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SnoopyStyle

Jack Bruno (Dwayne Johnson) is a Las Vegas cabbie who finds two strange siblings (AnnaSophia Robb, Alexander Ludwig) one morning in his car out of nowhere. They are hounded by evil government agents almost immediately. After many alien and government attacks, the trio escapes and enlists the help of UFO expert Dr. Alex Friedman (Carla Gugino).It's a Michael Bay wannabe. It's too dark for a kids movie. There's too much violence. It's edited like 'Armageddon'. The action comes one after another. I'm surprised they don't have blood splattering everywhere. They certainly blow enough stuff up. I'm not sure how many bribes it took to get the PG rating. The problem is that it occupies an area where the adults can't take it seriously, and the kids really shouldn't be watching.

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moonspinner55

Two teenagers from outer space enlist the aid of a Las Vegas cab driver to help them escape from an intergalactic assassin as well as a secret organization hoping to harness the kids' extraordinary powers for their own gain. 1975's modest fantasy "Escape to Witch Mountain" wasn't a blockbuster, however it made a good deal of money for the Disney Studios and has held up over the years simply by virtue of its charm. This rethinking of the story is full of slam-bang action and wise-ass exclamations (practically directed straight at the camera for that instant audience rapport), yet it is completely disposable. All the money has been sunk into the special effects and car smash-ups, leaving the characters and the script wanting. This is a committee picture by design, and every decision--from the casting down to the bulldozing laugh-lines in the script--has been made with both eyes on the box-office. Dwayne Johnson does about as well as can be expected with this lackluster material, yet his inefficiency at comic exasperation is matched only by the illogical nature of his impatient cabbie (whose vested interest in the goings-on isn't even questioned). The film is so clumsy, so inept, it fails even to introduce the two children (ostensibly the focal point of the story) with any care or foresight. Since the people on-screen do not emerge as anything other than running targets, the only thing holding the viewers' attention is the over-amplified noise. This isn't a movie, it's a distraction. NO STARS from ****

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