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Race to Witch Mountain (2009)

Race to Witch Mountain poster
Directed by
Andy Fickman
Genre
adventure film, science fiction film, family film, children's film, mystery film, thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
PG
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 1,835 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Las Vegas taxi driver named Jack Bruno picks up two teenagers who are actually aliens. He helps them get to their spaceship on Witch Mountain while avoiding a government agent and an assassin.

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What happens

Race to Witch Mountain is a 2009 American science fiction action adventure film directed by Andy Fickman. The film stars Dwayne Johnson alongside AnnaSophia Robb, Carla Gugino, Ciarán Hinds, Alexander Ludwig, Tom Everett Scott, and Christopher Marquette. A reboot of the Witch Mountain franchise, the plot revolves around Jack Bruno, a Las Vegas taxi driver, who must get extraterrestrials Seth and Sara to their spaceship on Witch Mountain before an assassin and several government agents can catch up to them. Race to Witch Mountain was theatrically released on March 13, 2009, in the United States, through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film was a box-office success, grossing $106.4 million worldwide against a production budget of $50 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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