Race
To Witch Mountain
Dwayne “Call Me The Rock At Your Own Peril” Johnson
stars as Jack Bruno – a Vegas cab driver with an interesting
past. After some sort of object crash lands in the desert, two strange
children show up in his cab carrying more cash than an NFL player on
his way to the strip club and asking to be taken to the middle of
nowhere. Of course, they end up being chased by a top secret, heavily
armed government organization, and some sort of other worldly power,
who might be the only being who could beat up The Rock.
Who are these kids?
Why does the government want them?
What is out the middle of nowhere?
Will The Rock get really angry and beat me up for calling him The Rock?
Race to Witch Mountain is a movie
with plenty of action, and not much story. Writers Matt Lopez and Mark
Bomback (based on the book Escape to Witch Mountain),
along with
director Andy Fickman, don’t spend much time developing the
plot, even going so far as having one of the main characters let us
know that it’s so complicated we could never understand!
Then, when they finally do jump into the story, it’s all
explained in one quick scene that is about as bare bones as you can
get, so we can get right back to watching The Rock beat people up, and
he’s good at that, so it’s not the end of the
world.
Without that dedication to plot development, Race to Witch
Mountain is not much more than a series of action scenes,
fight scenes and chase scenes that keeps going and going without many
moments to stop to catch your breath. Not surprisingly, half-hearted
attempts to include other elements to the story are simple and
predictable. The audience knows the love interest for Jack as soon as
she steps into his cab. We know the two kids will not be sure if they
can trust this dude, until some amazing act of sacrifice and heroism
proves it, and most of the government agents are pure evil incarnate.
Again, it’s not dreadful, but nothing exciting either.
Race to Witch Mountain is
interesting enough, and The Rock does what he can to keep the audience
engaged.
Race to Witch Mountain is rated PG
for sequences of action and violence, frightening and dangerous
situations, and some thematic elements.
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