Race to Witch Mountain (Blu-ray)

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Format:  Blu-ray
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  • Encoding: Region A
  • Released: December 15, 2015
  • Originally Released: 2009
  • Label: Walt Disney Video

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 348,184
Rating: 2/5 -- Cue a not very dazzling chase movie. Full Review
Independent (UK)
Apr 17, 2009
Rating: C -- Johnson does all he can to carry the film, but ultimately "Race" is stuck in neutral -- spinning its wheels with one mind-numbing sequence after another. Full Review
Bowling Green Daily News
May 15, 2019
Rating: 2.5/4 -- The Rock is always fun to watch, and Robb and Ludwig are quite good as the two alien teens. Full Review
The Dispatch (Lexington, NC)
Jun 6, 2019
Robb is exceptional as Sara, delivering the stilted alien-speak lines as if she's been talking that way her entire life. And the chemistry between Robb and Johnson is just short of terrific -- you know Jack would protect Sara with his life and not because he has to.
Los Angeles Times
Mar 13, 2009
It plays, in fact, like a sci-fi action adventure that genre fans of all ages will recognize as such....More importantly, it's entertaining with a crafty mixture of action, humor and drama.
Hollywood Reporter
Mar 11, 2009
What Johnson does here is provide a credible tough guy action hero in a non-threatening mode. He rules over chases, fights, explosions and an Ooze monster, yet never seems nasty, so the kids can feel safe around him.
Chicago Sun-Times
Mar 11, 2009
Rating: 3/5 -- Race to Witch Mountain is the first kids' film in ages to have action beats that measure up to Hollywood's grownup action fare. Full Review
Orlando Sentinel
May 13, 2009

Product Description:

Former professional wrestler Dwayne Johnson (aka "The Rock") makes family-friendly fare with director Andy Fickman’s (THE GAME PLAN) sci-fi adventure, RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN. Johnson plays Jack Bruno, a surly former felon who is trying to stay out of trouble by driving a cab in Las Vegas and who embarks upon the adventure of a lifetime when two teens appear in his taxi and need a ride to (seemingly) the middle of nowhere. He quickly realizes that the mysterious siblings, Sara (AnnaSophia Robb) and Seth (Alexander Ludwig), are far from average--especially when they are pursued by a villain wearing a high-tech suit of armor. With the help of Dr. Alex Friedman (Carla Gugino), the trio travels to Witch Mountain, a secret government outpost in the Nevada desert, with the hopes of evading their pursuers and sending Sara and Seth home--and saving Earth in the process.

This latest installment in the Witch Mountain series comes more than 30 years after the release of the first two films, ESCAPE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN and RETURN FROM WITCH MOUNTAIN. Kim Richards and Ike Eisenmann, who played siblings Tia and Tony in the original films, appear in small but pivotal roles as a waitress and a sheriff. Johnson makes Bruno likable, even though the character barely likes himself. Robb and Ludwig are well cast as the earnest siblings who hold the fate of the world in their hands. Chase scenes abound and special effects that highlight the teens’ special powers are prevalent, but the film remains kid-friendly. Cheech Marin and Garry Marshall make brief cameo appearances.

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