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Overview

User Rating:
6.0/10   9,520 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Matt Lopez (screenplay) and
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Release Date:
13 March 2009 (USA) more
Tagline:
The Race Is On
Plot:
A Las Vegas cabbie enlists the help of a UFO expert to protect two siblings with paranormal powers from the clutches of an organization that wants to use the kids for their nefarious plans. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
2 nominations more
User Comments:
Unique story that made me race in nostalgia!! more (82 total)

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Also Known As:
Witch Mountain (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for sequences of action and violence, frightening and dangerous situations, and some thematic elements.
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98 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Jack's (Dwayne Johnson) cab number is the same as the year for the original Escape to Witch Mountain (1975). more
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Continuity: Jack's taxi is quite visibly battered with its side view mirrors broken off after he and the kids first elude the government agents. In the next (long view) shot, the mirrors are intact. A moment later (and in a close up shot), they are again broken. more
Quotes:
Sara: [Seeing all the researchers around their spaceship] We have to hurry.
Jack Bruno: Well, tell them that.
Dr. Alex Friedman: Good idea.
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Soundtrack:
Southern Nights more

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54 out of 84 people found the following comment useful.
Unique story that made me race in nostalgia!!, 14 March 2009
10/10
Author: Geoff from United States

Despite a good amount of bad reviews, people are flocking to see this film! I wonder if it's the picky old men that don't find a kids film decent enough for a proper work that disappoint me. I mean, who worse to judge a kid's movie than an adult? At least a teenager has still got the perspective of a child...

The film really brought me back to good times at the theaters. I wasn't around for the original so, I can't compare the two, and went in not knowing what to expect.

Initially, you could go in and see all the things structurally or aesthetically incorrect and unpleasing about the story film-wise. However, if you take the movie for what it is, you'll see that it's truly the beautifully crafted action-adventure every kid longs to experience and captured within the mysticism and excitement of a good space story using just enough cgi to compliment the film, without overpowering it's actors as so many movies do today. It promises a simple story with inspiring ideals and experiences woven into its heart.

So, I couldn't help but put myself in the story for this one, and became completely immersed in the race. The great plot, unique characters, and pulse-racing adventure will keep you at the edge of your seat until the end!

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