Disney's Race to Witch Mountain..

Movie I watched while in KL.. I'd watched the trailer earlier and it look quite promising, so I was quite anticipating the movie.. Turned out alright for me, cos in the end you'll still get a feeling that its just a Disney movie, and Disney=Kiddy~ Well, kind of..

The story is mainly about 2 alien kids with special powers who crash land on earth in their spacecraft. Said spacecraft is taken away and kept by the government and the aliens become hunted fugitives.The main reason they came to earth in the first place was to collect the results of an experiment to prove that people on their planet do not have to attack and invade earth in order to survive, as pollution on their planet has caused it to be uninhabitable.. The Rock (oh, he prefers to be called Dwayne Johnson now..) is a kind crook turned cab driver, who does his best to help the aliens find their spaceship and go back home..

The movie is watchable, especially the beginning part, where there are clips about alien conspiracies known to us, like crop circles, Roswell and UFOs.. It also makes us wonder whether the US government really does keep secrets from its citizens.. Its quite exciting throughout, with some 'hold on to your breath' moments.. except that there are some illogical parts like the alien attacker 'Siphon', who seems so invincible in the beginning but in the end goes missing.. and Witch Mountain that supposedly doesn't exist and is like a fortress, but can be broken into so easily by a cab driver and a blur scientist, hah...

If you ignore the fact that its a movie with an illogical plot and that its ending is a little predictable, and throw in the fact that the kid who acts as the alien boy is eye candy or if you like muscles, there is a former WWE pro-wrestler, than you'll find this movie quite appealing.. :) parents with children would enjoy this cos eventho its predictable with a family-friendly ending, its still exciting and a little more grown up compared to some movies like spykids or the adventures of shark boy and lava girl for example... :D

Title: Race to Witch Mountain (2009)
Genre: Adventure, comedy, sci-fi..
Director: Andy Fickman
Main cast: Dwayne Johnson (Jack Bruno), AnnaSophia Robb (Sara-alien girl), Alexander Ludwig (Seth-alien boy), Carla Gugino (UFO-crazy scientist), Ciaran Hinds (Government agent Harold Burke)
Rating: 3 stars, quite watchable for a kiddy movie
More info: Wikipedia