Below is a Mini Review from Cineman Syndicate for one film opening on March 13, 2009.

RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN

We're not talking about defacing a masterpiece, but nearly everything's amiss with this falsely frenetic revamp of Disney's 1975 live-action movie Escape to Witch Mountain. Asking the handsome, genial slab formerly known as The Rock to keep the cheapo production aloft is too tall an order. Johnson portrays a Las Vegas taxi driver who helps a pair of alien siblings (AnnaSophia Robb & Alexander Ludwig) elude an extraterrestrial assassin, Department of Defense baddies, and a convention of UFO enthusiasts. Patrons of all ages, their intelligence and imaginations insulted, will count the minutes until the space teens are launched back into the stratosphere. (PG) BORING ADVENTURE.

Director: Andy Fickman

Lead: Dwayne Johnson

Running Time: 99 minutes

Capsule Review by John P. McCarthy

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