The Rock is in yet another hit movie. "Don't go in the pimped out fridge Jack" he says was he enters a fridge that leads to the aliens lair. Pimped out fridge? Interesting idea. The movie breaths new life into the old Witch Mountain franchise. There was that movie way back in 1975 called "Escape to Witch Mountain" with 2 orphaned kids with extraordinary powers being chased by a rotten millionaire. Doesn't that sound suspiciously like a plotline straight out of Heroes? The kids were played by Ike Eisenmann and Kim Richards (whatever happened to her? I remember a reaaally cheesy movie called "Tuff Turf", but then I think she gave up the acting spotlight.) But wait! There they are in the movie! Richards and Eisenmann are given cameo roles as a sheriff and a waitress in the remake. Anyway, old Eddie Albert (of Green Acres fame) helped little Tia and Tony "escape" from evil Aristotle Bolt (played by Ray Milland).
"Return From Witch Mountain" was the followup in 1978 with Kim Richards, Ike Eisenmann and Eddie Albert reprising their respective roles as Tony gets taken prisoner by an always delightfully sinister Christopher Lee as the evil Dr. Gannon and his partner in crime, Bette Davis! I'm not making this stuff up.
Anyway, back to Race To Witch Mountain. It looks like a good romp, with good special effects and the Rock (sorry, I mean Dwayne Johnson, as he's a serious Actor now) playing the role of cabbie Jack Bruno, helping the two kids, Sara (played by AnnaSophia Robb) and Seth (Alexander Ludwig) avoid a terminator of sorts and various shady government agent guys.
Well, the Disney (yes it's a Disney flick...) film opened to the tune of $25 million, knocking The Watchmen out of top spot.
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