Steineded How sad is this?

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

GazerRise Fantastic!

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

byson5186 I've seen this movie a few times. I have to say, we get to know a very popular actor who we call The Rock, as Dwayne Johnson has a role in this Disney sci-fi adventure. I guess he was already a big actor by the time this movie was made, but this is a Disney movie he gets an exciting role in. We also have a couple other actors like Alexander Ludwig who seems like a well known actor now. This is one of the movies we probably remember him from the most. We also have Anna Sophie Robb in this movie, and this is the only action movie I can think of her in.This movie is a fast pace exciting sci-fi adventure movie with action throughout the movie and Disney appropriate PG action. It seems to show fictional action, as in a lot of action movies a lot of the action we see probably could not take place in real life and never happens. But, they do it for fast paced movie entertainment. This movie also has like a common plot. I mean there seem to be a lot of movies about aliens coming to Earth. Sometimes they come to earth for violence, and other times they seem to be friendly extra terrestrials which people make friends with. I have to say, of all those movies my favorite one would have to be Earth To Echo. Interestingly, I showed it to two girls in my apartment yesterday who hadn't seen it. They both loved it and want to own a copy of that movie. I feel like that movie is the best one and would strongly recommend it to all of you feeling like that movie is way too underrated.In this movie, we get a different view of aliens. We have our different ideas of what aliens would look like, but in this movie the aliens are clearly human aliens. The aliens are early adolescents played by Alexander Ludwig and Anna Sophie Robb. Not only that, but these alien bodies are basically the same as human bodies minus having certain super powers. These aliens have typical English names, Seth and Sarah. They are Caucasian with blonde hair looking like they are from a European background, which if they're aliens they obviously couldn't be from a European background. The planet they come from doesn't even seem to be that much of an earth like planet. The kids in this movie act like typical kids and even speak English using complicated vocabulary. What is nice about this movie, I always feel like it's nice to see a brother and sister getting along, as Seth and Sarah clearly are working together in this movie, and get along. They don't fight. You know those two really care for each other and think somewhat alike. It's nice to see how they work together and how Jack Bruno and Dr. Alex Friedman help them.If you're up for a sci-fi adventure. Or, a Disney live action movie then you ought to see this. It's an OK movie, and it doesn't seem like it's anything too out of the ordinary for a movie. A lot of Disney movies are worth seeing, and I like hearing about Disney live action movies when this movie is really well action packed. I give it an 8/10.

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!

canadian58 Despite what people say, Race to Witch Mountain is a very good movie. Both child actors have a lot of talent, as does Dwayne Johnson. There is lots of action. And the aliens are more human- like in their behavior than any movie I have seen.What surprised me is the amount of violence in a Disney film. Pretty sure this easily could've earned a PG-13 rating at the MPAA, but was allowed a PG, given it was indeed a Disney movie. There is no blood seen, but lots of shootouts, explosions, and physical violence in this movie, so parents, be aware. Also there are many scenes that may frighten younger children.The storyline is a bit weak, but it is made up for in action, good acting, great special effects, and likable characters. My rating is 8/10.

Michael_Elliott Race to Witch Mountain (2009) ** (out of 4) Disney's reboot/remake/sequel (or, once again, whatever) of ESCAPE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN has a couple alien children (Anna Sophia Robb, Alexander Ludwig) landing on Earth and being chased by a group of men wanting to use their powers. Thankfully, for them at least, they ended up with a cab driver (Dwayne Johnson) who will protect them to the end. Perhaps it wasn't best for me to view ESCAPE and RETURN before viewing this third film in the series because when you watch the films so close together it's hard not to compare them. I found the 1975 and 1978 movies to be mildly entertaining even though they were nothing overly special but the biggest difference with this film is how much its been dumbed down. Instead of some sort of story we just get one loud, obnoxious explosion after another and in the end you can't help but feel that you've wasted your time. I think the screenplay is pretty poor but I guess this sort of thing passes for a kids movie today. None of the characters are written very and in fact I'd say there isn't a single one of them that has an ounce of a personality. It's hard to care for the alien children here because they're simply so cold and unlikeable. Part of the problem is without a doubt the screenplay but another problem is that the performances themselves are rather lame. Neither Robb or Ludwig have any energy and they come across very weak in the film. Perhaps this was what the director wanted and if so he deserves the blame but either way when your leads aren't entertaining then your movie is in trouble. I'm really not familiar with the work of Johnson in these kids movie but I found him to be pleasant here. He's certainly game for anything they throw at him including some of the silly humor. Tom Everett Scott, Ciaran Hinde and Garry Marshall wound out the supporting cast. In a nice move, Disney brought back Kim Richards and Ike Eisenmann who played the children in the original movies. I had expected just a quick cameo but the writers went the extra mile and gave both of them nice parts. I'm really not sure how children will see this movie but for me it doesn't come close to the original two. I think the first two contain enough good moments to where most kids of today should still be able to enjoy them. As for adults, seeing the older movies will show how much better kids entertainment use to be.