Rijndri Load of rubbish!!

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Jackson Booth-Millard I had seen Escape to Witch Mountain from 1975, and the sequel Return from Witch Mountain, and even the dreadful 1995 TV remake of Escape to..., but it was interesting to see Disney making another more modern version, from director Andy Fickman (She's the Man, The Game Plan). Basically an alien spaceship crashes near Searchlight, Nevada, over one hundred miles from Las Vegas, Henry Burke (Ciarán Hinds) leads a secret Defense Department unit to seize the ship and take the passengers, but none are found. Former criminal Jack Bruno (Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson) has turned his life around and works as a cab driver, one of his passengers on this night is failed scientist Dr. Alex Friedman (Spy Kids' Carla Gugino) who is attending a UFO convention at Planet Hollywood, and Jack no longer wants to accept jobs with the mob. Two teenagers, Sara (Bridge to Terabithia's AnnaSophia Robb) and Seth (Alexander Ludwig), get in the cab are paying him a high fare of $15,000 to head in a particular direction, no given destination, Bruno assumes the government agents following the cab are more mob, he avoids them with his driving skills, and Seth uses his ability to vary his molecular density to allow their escape. The teenagers explain that they are are aliens that look human and have advanced abilities that people on Earth have not discovered yet, including telekinesis, telepathy and varying molecular density, and finding an abandoned house he sees them retrieve a device they will need for their ship, and they are again pursued Burke's agents, as well as powerful armoured alien assassin Siphon (Tom Woodruff, Jr.), but they manage to avoid them and carry on. Bruno takes Sara and Seth to Dr. Alex Friedman, she realises she is what she has been theorising on for some time, she joins the group, the teenagers explain their world is three thousand light years from Earth, despite the idea being unpopular their government plan to invade the planet so that their race can survive, their parents were experimenting to find a way to survive without invading Earth but were arrested before completing, so the teenagers went to Earth to find the successful findings, to save both Earth and their race they must return to their world in their spaceship. Fellow UFOlogist and conspiracy theorist Dr. Donald Harlan (Garry Marshall, director of Pretty Woman) helps telling the group that the spaceship was taken to Witch Mountain, a secret government base in California, they arrive there but are captured and the teenagers are knocked out to be surgically experimented on, and meanwhile the Siphon attacks the soldiers, while Bruno and Friedman get back into the base and save the teenagers. Sara and Seth launch their ship and escape Witch Mountain through the tunnels, the Siphon is finally killed by the high voltage energy from the ship core, once landed the teenagers give Brun and Friedman a tracking device son they always know where to find them, they wish them a tearful farewell and return home with hope they rebuild it somehow, in the end Bruno and Frideman become successful authors with their book about their experience, and as they leave the device activates, this suggests the humanoid alien teenagers may be returning. Also starring Tom Everett Scott as Matheson, Chris George Marquette as Pope, Kim Richards as Tina, Ike Eisenmann as Sheriff Antony and Richard 'Cheech' Marin as Eddie. Johnson isn't the best at acting but proves a good enough being surprised and a hero, Robb and Ludwig putting on British accents and speaking perfect English sentences are likable, the story is simple enough for all the family, and assisted by terrific special effects, a few explosions and cool chase sequences it is moderately exciting, an enjoyable science- fiction adventure fantasy. Good!

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.

willythebetzel I saw Race to Witch Mountain recently when I saw it show up on TV. I read a brief synopsis for it, and saw the cast, and I decided to give it a shot as it sounded like a good movie. Like most of the other Disney live-action movies, I found Race to Witch Mountain to be rather entertaining and fun. Not having seen the original 1975 film, I went into the movie with an open mind. When I was done watching it, my first thought that this movie established a new re-imagining of Witch Mountain and I felt that this movie should have a sequel. However, it is more than four years later and a sequel does not appear to be coming, which is a huge disappointment. I really was looking forward to watching more movies surrounding the principal cast and I could easily picture where Disney could have taken the franchise. The soundtrack was pretty good, the cast really seemed to be trying to play their roles well, and while the story is nothing ground-breaking, it was still entertaining enough to fill its 98 minute running time. I appreciate the combined efforts of the cast into making this production an enjoyable experience. Overall, I recommend the film for anyone looking to have fun for 98 minutes.

TheLittleSongbird I have nothing against remakes, and I had wanted to see Race to Witch Mountain for some time now. I think it is a decent movie, I do remember the original movie with fondness and feel it is a superior movie, however compared to other remakes I've seen like Psycho, Stepford Wives and Wicker Man Race to Witch Mountain is not a bad movie. It looks great visually, whether it is in the effects, the scenery, the cinematography or lighting. The soundtrack has some pleasing and memorable themes, direction is solid and the script while not award-worthy is good. The cast are fine, Dwayne Johnson carries the movie and he has so much charisma that it is a joy to watch him. AnnaSophia Robb once again proves herself a promising actress, and Ciaron Hinds is a fun villain. Only Carla Gugino disappoints, she's beautiful but her performance and character are dull and she and Johnson have no chemistry. The characters are on the stereotypical side particularly those of Gugino and Hinds, the pace is rather jerky in places and the story while having an appreciative nostalgia as well as a darkness the original didn't have I feel has a number of predictable spots. All in all, a decent if unexceptional family film. 6/10 Bethany Cox