29 August,2009 08:46 AM IST | | Bryan Durham
Race to witch mountain
A; adventure
Dir: Andy Fickman
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, Alexander Ludwig, Carla Gugino
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What's it about: In a modern-day remake of a '70s flick, A spaceship lands on Witch Mountain on US soil. The army's shady types, mad scientists and feds go into a tizzy trying to round up the aliens that were supposed to have landed in the flying saucer.
Meanwhile, Las Vegas cabbie (and ex-con), Jack Bruno (Dwayne aka The Rock) is busy carting passengers to and fro when he gets a very unusual fare. Two siblings with an awful lotta money.
Used to being the one in control (as opposed to being controlled), he freaks when he finds that the people trying to make roadkill of him, aren't actually out to get him. He freaks even more when the kids reveal why.
They're aliens from a planet due to invade Earth if they don't return soon.
Getting back won't be so easy with a crazy army major an his army hellbent on using the kids to 'get the anwers they want' and an alien assassin on their trail.
He gets help from a UFO expert (Gugino), who is in Sin City for a convention. But will it be enough?
What's hot: Dwayne puts in a sincere performance. His unpretentious though clearly hammy performance could actually see this one through.
What's not: Most of the special effects are low-tech and unimpressive. Superpowers (in films) have evolved further than simple telekinesis, flame throwing and moving through solid objects.u00a0u00a0
What to do: For a kiddie flick, it hardly ever holds your attention much and is entertaining only in flashes. One for a lazy afternoon.
