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The race is on.
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.
Race to Witch Mountain
2009 Directed by Andy Fickman
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Dwayne Johnson AnnaSophia Robb Alexander Ludwig Carla Gugino Ciarán Hinds John Kassir Chris Marquette Tom Everett Scott Kim Richards Meredith Salenger Billy Brown Tom Woodruff Jr. Bob Clendenin Robert Torti Garry Marshall Ike Eisenmann Cheech Marin Harry S. Murphy John Duff Bob Koherr Kevin Christy Sam Wolfson Bryan Fogel Beth Kennedy Jonathan Slavin Ted Hartley Thomas Conroy Andrew Shaifer Suzanne Krull Show All…
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Witch Mountain, Witch Mountain 4 - Race to Witch Mountain, La course vers la montagne ensorcelée, A Montanha Enfeitiçada, La montaña embrujada, 巫山历险记
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The government also provided assistance on Disney’s 2009 live action family film Race to Witch Mountain, despite the film’s plot drawing extensively from UFO mythology (with references both to Area 51 and Roswell) and despite its presentation of a sinister government cover-up. Working within the narrative constraints of the film’s previous incarnation, Escape to Witch Mountain (1975), director Andy Fickman – a self-confessed UFO enthusiast – took pride in infusing his remake with as many elements as possible drawn directly from UFO literature.
When Fickman received the script from Disney it had been “more of a comedy,” but the director felt the material should be treated seriously and wanted to make use of events, debates…
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I watched it just because of AnnaSophia Robb, but unfortunately the whole movie was so disappointing
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If anyone is actually searching for a nostalgic, family throwback to the seventies' Disney flick of the same name, then they'll find this film sorely unhelpful and lacking in anything worthwhile, considering this remake is completely different from the many that came before it. However, Race to Witch Mountain features the ever reliable faces of Dwayne Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb and Carla Gugino (Cato also makes an appearance) who perform their one-dimensional roles as well as they could with the limited material on offer, some fun moments, and as little realism as possible. For a family looking for genial family fun, this is completely serviceable (a decidedly average affair, sure, and lacking in characterization, depth and intelligence). Just sit back and enjoy the ride, ya loser. Also, it went by, like, super fast.
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So I pretty much only watched this because of the meme. I first saw a variation of it years ago and recently one of my friends sent me a quarantine related one.
Anyway, this movie has no witches in it, so the title is a bit of a mislead. They do go to a place called Witch Mountain, but the name isn't relevant to the movie's theme, so I guess it just sounded cool?
Back when he still had hair, the Rock drove a cab in Las Vegas. One morning a couple of kids appear in his back seat and ask to be taken to the middle of nowhere for a huge wad of cash. Of course they turn out…
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Two teenage alien siblings crash-land in the middle of the Nevada desert. With government agents hot on their heels, they hire a Las Vegas cab driver to take them to a secret installation and retrieve what they came for.
You know what's worse than a boring movie? A boring family-friendly movie. And that's exactly what this insipid remake of a little-known old Disney feature is: boring. And lazy. I find it hard to believe that even kids, which are obviously the primary target group of this film, will find much to enjoy. The action is lame and the humor is lamer. The heroes are likable but forgettable. The story is dumb. The shoehorned romance is telegraphed from the beginning and…
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No one can convince me that this ISNT part of the Taxi Driver/Transformers/Predator multiverse
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Rebooting a stale Disney never-quite-classic for a new millennium, "Race to Witch Mountain" only need add energy or personality to out-do its progenitor. Thanks to a charismatic Dwayne Johnson, the 2009 science-fiction adventure does just that. Essentially a 90-minute chase sequence featuring government agents on the trail of alien youths who boast extraterrestrial powers, the film moves quickly with a lot of zeal and not much story. Still, thanks to its cast and zippy pace, the work makes for a pleasant, lightweight experience.
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WE DON'T THINK IT IS OUR SPACESHIP. WE KNOW IT IS OUR SPACESHIP.
-Annie loves allllllllll kids
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The Rock stars as an ex-con taxi driver, trying to go straight, who gets mixed up with runaway kids, intergalactic assassins and the government's own Men in Black. It jumps right into the action and never really lets up, resulting in an entertaining Sci-Fi/Action Chase movie for kids.
Race to Witch Mountain is described as a continuation of the 1975 original 'Escape to Witch Mountain'. I watched Escape a few months back and although I got a bit more out of Race because of that, it works fine as a stand alone watch. I would suggest a double-bill of Escape and Race. However, if you really want to go for it, there is the 1978 sequel 'Return from Witch Mountain', 1982's 60-minute television sequel 'Beyond Witch Mountain', and even a 1995 remake of 'Escape to Witch Mountain'.
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Started it to fall asleep to and it worked.
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This is a family film so clearly it’s not going to be mad good, but for what it is I really enjoyed it. AnnaSophia Robb and Alexander Ludwig are great and the Rock is the Rock.
The film is a lot of fun but that’s about it (also it has a weak first act).
Who knew Ludwig would be playing the beast Bjorn Ironside just years later...
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Race to Witch Mountain rallies up a charismatic cast and sets a route through the Mojave desert, generically adding forgettable action set pieces along the way, in an adventurous reboot jam-packed with uneven spectacle that, while watchable, is uninventive, repetitive and absent of urgency.