Bruno brings Seth and Sara to Dr. Friedman at the UFO convention. Despite initially dismissing Bruno's story, she believes him after Seth and Sara show off their powers and narrate their current situation: they are aliens from a dying planet located 3,000 light years from Earth and are able to travel by using wormholes on their spaceships. Its government intends to invade Earth, despite the majority of their race being fully opposed to the plan, so that their kind may survive. Seth and Sara's parents are scientists who sought a way to save their planet without invasion, but were arrested before completing their experiment. The teenagers came to retrieve the successful results, but the alien government (who still have their sights on invading Earth rather than trying to save their home planet) sent the Siphon to stop them. To save both worlds, they must retrieve their spaceship and return home with the results in order to prevent the invasion from happening.
The Siphon attacks Witch Mountain and engages the soldiers, allowing Bruno and Friedman to infiltrate the base and free Seth and Sara. They launch the ship, escape through the mountain's tunnels, and finally kill the Siphon, who has stowed away on the spaceship. The teenagers give Bruno and Friedman a tracking device that will allow the aliens to always find them. They tearfully wish them farewell, but not before Sara gives her telepathic powers to Bruno.
Young audiences will like the kids in the movie, played by AnnaSophia Robb and Alexander Ludwig. And in using kids as the co-stars, the movie has its cake and eats, too, because Sara and Seth may look like they're 15 or 16, but actually, you see, they're aliens whose flying saucer crash-landed and is being held at a secret government UFO facility inside Witch Mountain -- so secret, the mountain is not shown on Google Maps. I suspected right away it was a mountain made for this movie, because it is shaped like a sawed-off version of the mashed potato sculpture that Richard Dreyfuss kept sculpting in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" -- the one that resembled, you remember, the outcrop where the flying saucer landed.
When the children escape with the bear, the sheriff (Walt Barnes) decides to round up the townsfolk to form a search party. He explains that the children are dangerous witchers who need to be caught. The team carries guns with them and starts looking for Tia and Tim.
6191 Highway 9 in Felton, California is a unique piece of property situated between the San Lorenzo River and Santa Cruz Mountains. A courthouse previously stood on the lot that has been an important part of the local community for generations, offering unbeatable views of the mountains and providing access to beautiful hiking trails.
The aliens steal clothes and cash from an ATM to survive on earth; an alien has quite a gruesome face which is seen after he removes his mask; a quote from Buddha that you are what you think you are which is also a biblical quote; although the name "Witch Mountain" is used there is no witch in the story; the aliens have the power to move objects telepathically.
The plot also veers from the John Hough classic, based on the Alexander Key children's book. It's most definitely a race -- not an escape, or a return, or a hike -- to Witch Mountain, the top secret subterranean UFO warehouse and alien autopsy lab of a covert government agency deep in the desert bordering California and Nevada.
Ride along with it all at race-track speed, and it's a fast and fun family film ride. But don't expect to ooh and aah too much over special effects. They vary from pretty good (an intergalactic Terminator dressed like Darth Vader meets Predator, Seth's Matrix-ish molecule-bending abilities), to pretty cheesy, circa Disney 1970. Think hovering colored lights that look like magic marker on an overhead projector. Were the filmmakers going for retro?
Jack Bruno, a Las Vegas taxi driver struggling to stay on the right path, gets an out-of-this-world incentive when two aliens disguised as teenagers suddenly appear in his taxi. In a race against government agents, an alien hunter and time itself, Jack must help the children recover their lost spaceship so they can return home to save their planet, and ours.
Sara and Seth (AnnaSophia Robb and Alexander Ludwig) are siblings that possess supernatural powers. Needing to locate a place called Witch Mountain, while at the same time avoiding various villains that constantly trail them, the pair heads into the Nevada desert. Fortunately, the driver of the cab they hire (played by Dwayne Johnson) is a helpful soul who soon finds himself caught up in their desperate race.
Race to Witch Mountain is a 2009 Disney action film starring Dwayne Johnson. It is a remake/reboot of the Witch Mountain movies from The '70s (Escape to, Return from, and Beyond) and their own 1995 remake. The story consists of two aliens (who look just like human teenagers) crash landing on Earth. The Government takes their ship to a top-secret research facility, Witch Mountain. From there the two aliens, Seth and Sara, hail a cab, brandish a large wad of money, and tell the driver, Jack Bruno (Johnson), to go "that way". The three quickly find themselves in a race to reach Witch Mountain to recover the spaceship and escape, all while evading the forces of government agent Burke (Ciarán Hinds) and the Siphon (Tom Woodruff Jr.), a dangerous alien assassin assigned to eliminate the twins.This film includes examples of:
Overall, I'm pretty disappointed. Chris told us he had a blooper reel back home that he's in a lot. Looks like none of that made it onto the DVD. The DVD also isn't playing in my DVD software except for Windows MediaPlayer. I might not even be able to make screen- or vidcaps, but I'm gonna try to find a way. I don't know if WMP can do screencaps, I've never used it for that, adding to the fact that it can't switch off the French subtitles for some reason.
Race to Witch Mountain (film) For years, stories have circulated about Witch Mountain, a secret place in the middle of the Nevada desert, known for unexplained phenomena and strange sightings. When a Las Vegas cab driver, Jack Bruno, finds two teens with supernatural powers in his cab, he suddenly finds himself in the middle of an adventure he cannot explain. When they discover that the only chance to save the world lies in unraveling the secrets of Witch Mountain, the race begins, as the government, mobsters, and even extraterrestrials try to stop them. Directed by Andy Fickman. Released on March 13, 2009, after a March 11 release in Egypt. Stars Dwayne Johnson (Jack Bruno), Carla Gugino (Dr. Alex Friedman), AnnaSophia Robb (Sara), Ciaran Hinds (Burke), Alexander Ludwig (Seth), Tom Everett Scott (Matheson), Chris Marquette (Pope), Cheech Marin (Eddie), and Garry Marshall (Dr. Donald Harlan). Kim Richards and Iake Eissinmann, who starred in the original 1975 classic Escape to Witch Mountain have cameo roles as Tina and Sheriff Antony. 99 min. Based on characters created by Alexander Key. Filmed in Super 35, on location in Las Vegas, and in Pomona and Saugus, California.
There could be quite a race for top spot on top of the weekend box office with all three wide releases with a shot at coming out on top. Knowing, I Love You, Man, and Duplicity all have their strengths, and weaknesses, and this has led to analysts being divided on which movie will win. They are less divided on the chances they will keep up with last year's number one film, and it appears it will be another losing weekend for 2009. However, that should change next weekend. More...Contest - Running Strong - Winning AnnouncementMarch 18th, 2009
There are some who think there will be a close race for first place on the box office chart this weekend with Watchmen having a shot at repeating on top ahead of Race to Witch Mountain. I am not one of those people. After bowing to the majority two weeks in a row, I think Watchmen will see a bigger than expected drop-off, while Race to Witch Mountain will open with a larger than expected box office. On a related note, 2009's winning streak over 2008 could come to an end, as this weekend last year saw the debut of Horton Hears a Who, which opened with $45 million. That's more than the consensus prediction for the top film over this weekend. In fact, it could be more than the three new releases will earn combined. More...Contest - Running StrongMarch 6th, 2009
Are you ready for a great adventure? Then you should get up and prepare for one of the craziest race you will ever participate in today. In Race to Witch Mountain: Ram Road game, you have to be very courageous and drive a taxicab as fast as you can.
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