Race to Witch Mountain

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Race to Witch Mountain

PG

2009

1h 39m

Kids & Family

Adventure

Action

Sci-Fi

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Jack Bruno (Dwayne Johnson), a Las Vegas taxi driver, is swept up in the adventure of a lifetime when he meets Sara (AnnaSophia Robb) and Seth (Alexander Ludwig), a pair of extraterrestrial youths who possess paranormal powers. In order to prevent an invasion of Earth, Jack must help the youths reach their spaceship, which is buried within Witch Mountain. But the task will not be easy, for government operatives and an alien bounty hunter are fast on their trail.

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Critics Consensus

Despite the best efforts of a talented cast, Race to Witch Mountain is a tepid reboot that lacks the magic of the original.

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Anthony Quinn

Independent (UK)

Cue a not very dazzling chase movie.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 17, 2009

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London Evening Standard

This surely has to be the last of the series.

Rated: 1/5

Apr 17, 2009

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Chris Hewitt (UK)

Empire Magazine

An unexpectedly entertaining mixture of good, clean Disney fun with some rather more modern action scenes, lent charm by Johnson's natural swagger. One of the better family films in a while.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 9, 2009

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Shouldn’t a family film be about entertaining the family, and not just the youngest common denominator?

Rated: 2/4

Dec 2, 2023

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

It is better than the last action comedy involving a taxi.

Rated: 4/10

Nov 29, 2020

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Dwayne Johnson simply misses the mark.

Rated: 1.5/4.0

Sep 20, 2020

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Blu B

The original isn't anything special to ride home about but my god compared to this it's a certified classic. The best thing is the music which is just boring and forgettable stuff. Everything literally everything else is just flat out bad. The kids just appear here in his cab with no buildup and it's just bizarre. Than it's completely oversaturated with too much over the top yet generic action scenes. Literally all the action in this just blends in with shaky cam like were watching a Bourne movie. The CGI is just terrible as well. It feels like stuff just happens when they are on the road. The action scenes just get so repetitive, don't add anything, and all look the same. The dialouge is super clunky, has lots of plot expose, and the performances in general are uneven at best. Everyone just says dialouge expose in a boring wooden or uninterested way. The rare downtime in this is spent rushing in plot expose really quickly before we get back to the action. Rinse and repeat. Skip this. It's kind of amazing they managed to not improve on a single thing in the first one.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

11/11/25

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Maria O

Ts is not tuff anymore

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

11/05/25

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Stephen C

Success in 1 hour and 39 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $67,100,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/08/25

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Daniel B

Lacks 100% of the charm of the original films.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/13/24

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thiago s

Filme bacaninha, para mim quando o the rock começou a falar com a mulher no evento, o filme começou a ficar chato, parece que a ação do filme ficou fraca depois disso, de resto ficou bacaninha

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

08/30/24

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Jerod S

The reboot is better than the original to me, even though the CG could've been a lot better for 2009. The Rock is the alien friendly cab driver.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/05/24

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Synopsis

Jack Bruno (Dwayne Johnson), a Las Vegas taxi driver, is swept up in the adventure of a lifetime when he meets Sara (AnnaSophia Robb) and Seth (Alexander Ludwig), a pair of extraterrestrial youths who possess paranormal powers. In order to prevent an invasion of Earth, Jack must help the youths reach their spaceship, which is buried within Witch Mountain. But the task will not be easy, for government operatives and an alien bounty hunter are fast on their trail.

Director: Andy Fickman
Producer: Andrew Gunn
Screenwriter: Matt Lopez, Mark Bomback
Distributor: Disney
Production Co: Gunn Films
Rating: PG (Frightening Situations|Dangerous Situations|Sequences of Action|Thematic Elements|Violence)
Genre: Kids & Family, Adventure, Action, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 13, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 23, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $67.1M
Runtime: 1h 39m

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