Race to Witch Mountain

Name: Race to Witch Mountain
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Fantasy, Family
Released: March 13, 2009
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 52
Cast: AnnaSophia Robb, Carla Gugino, Dwayne Johnson

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Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Release Date: March 13, 2009 | PG

Starring: AnnaSophia Robb, Carla Gugino, Dwayne Johnson

Summary: For years, stories have circulated about a secret place in the middle of the Nevada desert, known for unexplained phenomena and strange sightings. It is called Witch Mountain, and when a Las Vegas cab driver finds two teens with supernatural powers in his cab, he suddenly finds himself in the middle of an adventure he can't explain. WhenFor years, stories have circulated about a secret place in the middle of the Nevada desert, known for unexplained phenomena and strange sightings. It is called Witch Mountain, and when a Las Vegas cab driver finds two teens with supernatural powers in his cab, he suddenly finds himself in the middle of an adventure he can't explain. When they discover that the only chance to save the world lies in unraveling the secrets of Witch Mountain, the race begins. (Disney)… Expand

Director: Andy Fickman

Genre(s): Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Fantasy, Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 98 min

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Kirk Honeycutt

It's entertaining with a crafty mixture of action, humor and drama. Read full review

Clark Collis

The planet-hopping children have special talents -- telekinesis, telepathy etc. -- although it is the high-wattage lovability of Mr Rock that's the real superpower on display here. Read full review

Betsy Sharkey

A fast and furious (yes "fast and furious" in that way) wild ride of a movie in which the good guys are good (some of them really, really good), the bad guys are good (very scary good) and the car chases (around a thousand of them by my count, though it was hard to keep track with all the screeching tires and twisted metal) are pretty spectacular. Read full review

James Berardinelli

This is not a story that cries out to be remade every 15-20 years. And, while the special effects and acting are getting better, the story isn't. Read full review

David Hiltbrand

Curiously, despite Johnson's imposing physique, it's the kids who do most of the smashing and grabbing, right up until the climax, when it's all-hands-on-neck. Read full review

Staff [Not Credited]

Mediocre family fare that's simply not that much fun. Read full review

Justin Berton

Wow, when Disney misses the "reimagining" mark, it really misses. Read full review

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mishael

Sep 16, 2019

dope movie best ever get nother one ther bra please mobester we ready bra ha

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Fantasy

Mar 20, 2009

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has that appeal like Will Smith. This is a family movie that everyone will enjoy. Just enough scary things to make it PG. A nice way for a family to spend some quality time together.

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May 30, 2009

Story was involving enough. Attractive, likable cast. Plenty of action, in fact, the most intense action and violence I've seen in any Disney film. The only flaw for me was the hand-held-camera style in some of the scenes, although some people seem to like that, On the whole, entertaining.

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JayH

Jul 26, 2009

In spite of many "Disneyisms", it's an entertaining movie. Great pace, good special effects and score. Dwayne Johnson is good. Fun, it always held my interest.

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Zerpnos

Mar 17, 2017

Şimdi ki aklımda oturup izlemeyeceğim, ilgimi çekmeyen bir film olarak görüyorum. Konu bakımından heyecan uyandırıcı hiçbir kısmı yok fakat çocukluğumda yine televizyonda denk geldiğim film, o zamanlar hoşuma gitmişti. Şimdi karşılaşınca ortalama bir film olduğunu düşünerek, 6 puanı uygunŞimdi ki aklımda oturup izlemeyeceğim, ilgimi çekmeyen bir film olarak görüyorum. Konu bakımından heyecan uyandırıcı hiçbir kısmı yok fakat çocukluğumda yine televizyonda denk geldiğim film, o zamanlar hoşuma gitmişti. Şimdi karşılaşınca ortalama bir film olduğunu düşünerek, 6 puanı uygun görüyorum.… Expand

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CineAutoctono

Dec 19, 2015

A regular movie , the plot good , the bad, so boring it is, and the funny Sera that Dwayne Johnson will play babysit some kids from another planet? Who do crazy so he had to do that to Dwayne Johnson ?, That Funny.

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ChadS.

Mar 14, 2009

Two stormtroopers get into a cab; two grown men all decked out for a space expo. Apart from setting off my internal Triumph the Comic Insult Dog alarm, this throwaway visual is loaded in semiotic connotations. A certain breed of moviegoer will recognize the historicism inherent in the Two stormtroopers get into a cab; two grown men all decked out for a space expo. Apart from setting off my internal Triumph the Comic Insult Dog alarm, this throwaway visual is loaded in semiotic connotations. A certain breed of moviegoer will recognize the historicism inherent in the allocation of the costumed men and cabbie. Armed with prop guns, the underlying subtext of the scene can be construed as "Star Wars" coming to snuff out "Taxi Driver". In other words, this unremarkable scene is enhanced by a filmic metaphor that explicates on how special-effects driven films consigned the sort of personal filmmaking practiced by directors of Martin Scorsese's ilk to a post-Skywalker grave. When Travis Bickle was tormented with insomnia, he put himself on the night shift; whereas Jack Bruno(Dwayne Johnson), while working the heavy bag("Rocky" thrown into sharp relief from the Scorsese classic), declares that he can't sleep, agrees to the long fare(albeit the next day) proposed by two juvenille humanoids as a means of burning off restless energy. A joyless affair such as "Race to Witch Mountain" is just one more progeny from the teat of a certain shark, that heralded the birth of the summer blockbuster, in which an emphasis on spectacle leaves storytelling and character development in the dust. For starters, at some point, shouldn't the taxi driver tell the kids that its "just Jack"(not the too formal Jack Bruno), like the Sean Hayes character on "Will and Grace". "Race to Witch Mountain" spends nary a moment on developing a bond between Jack and the "kids"(following "Starman" as an example, the human should humanize the alien) that would justify the "E.T."-like tears during their overblown parting. To its credit, however, the film has a self-awareness of its own disposability, a la "Mystery Men", when Janeane Garafolo said, "I would like to dedicate my victory to support...those who seek out independent films," has a mainstream film gazed at its own navel and critiqued itself. After Sara(AnnaSophia Robb) tells Jack that humans have the potential to levitate small objects, too; she says, "You humans haven't learned to use your brains to full capacity." True to its word, a film such as "Race to Witch Mountain" won't teach humans to use their brains to full capacity, and maybe Sara's observation was a subversive act of honest authorial commentary.… Expand

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