History Film / RaceToWitchMountain

* HotScientist: Dr. Friedman.

* RealityEnsues:
** Seth and Sara have some pretty impressive powers - but not only do they ''never'' directly engage the Siphon, but ''run like Hell from him at every opportunity''. This is because - as a military-created weapons system from their world, which has ''people with super-powers'' - he's probably equipped with countermeasures against their powers.
** Also in Stony Creek, when Burke and his men realize that walking up into a small desert town with lots of weapons and trying to intimidate people will ensure that you end up in a MexicanStandoff.
** Being a world-class astrophysicist who has theories on extraterrestrial life visiting life in wormhole-capable spaceships that she's willing to speak on publicly will find herself losing positions at prestigious universities, mocked and ignored by people even at UFO conventions, and generally considered a crackpot by the world in general.
--> '''Alex''': You can't keep this quiet. The world has the right to know that they exist.
--> '''Burke''': And ''you're'' going to be the one to blow the whistle, Doctor? A failed astrophysicist fired by three universities for obsessing over UFO's teams up with an ex-con in declaring that the government has captured two normal-looking kids and is holding them hostage inside a mountain that doesn't exist? It would be so much easier to let you ''speak'' than to deal with all the paperwork involved with killing you.
*** This ends up being turned around when Alex and Bruno publish a popular book about their adventures banking on the fact that [[RevealingCoverUp any attempts at censorship by the government will validate their claims]].

* RemakeCameo: Kim Richards ('''Ti'''n'''a''' the waitress) and Ike Eisenmann (Sheriff An'''tony'''), who played the kids (Tia and Tony) in the original ''Escape to Witch Mountain''.

** A TV news reporter is named [[Film/TheJourneyOfNattyGann Natalie Gann]], played by the film's star, Meredith Salenger.

''Race to Witch Mountain'' is a 2009 Disney action film starring Wrestling/DwayneJohnson. It is a remake/reboot of the ''[[Film/EscapeToWitchMountain Witch Mountain]]'' movies from TheSeventies (''Escape to'', ''Return to'', and ''Beyond'') and their own 1995 remake. The story consists of two aliens ([[HumanAliens who look just like human teenagers]]) crash landing on Earth. The Government takes their ship to a top-secret research facility, Witch Mountain. From there the two aliens, Seth and Sara, hail a cab, brandish a large wad of money, and tell the driver, Jack Bruno (Johnson), to go "that way". The three quickly find themselves in a [[TitleDrop race]] to reach Witch Mountain to recover the spaceship and escape, all while evading the forces of government agent Burke (Creator/CiaranHinds) and the Siphon (Tom Woodruff Jr.), a dangerous alien assassin assigned to eliminate the twins.

*** This ends up being turned around when Alex and Bruno publish a popular book about their adventures banking on the fact that [[ReavealingCoverUp any attempts at censorship by the government will validate their claims]].

''Race to Witch Mountain'' is a 2009 Disney action film starring Wrestling/DwayneJohnson. It is a remake/reboot of the ''[[Film/EscapeToWitchMountain Witch Mountain]]'' movies from TheSeventies (''Escape to'', ''Return to'', and ''Beyond'') and their own 1995 remake. The story consists of two aliens ([[HumanAliens who look just like human children]]) crash landing on Earth. The Government takes their ship to a top-secret research facility, Witch Mountain. From there the two aliens, Seth and Sara, hail a cab, brandish a large wad of money, and tell the driver, Jack Bruno (Johnson), to go "that way". The three quickly find themselves in a [[TitleDrop race]] to reach Witch Mountain to recover the spaceship and escape, all while evading the forces of government agent Burke (Creator/CiaranHinds) and the Siphon (Tom Woodruff Jr.), a dangerous alien assassin assigned to eliminate the twins.

''Race to Witch Mountain'' is a 2009 Disney action film starring Wrestling/DwayneJohnson. It is a remake/reboot of the ''[[Film/EscapeToWitchMountain Witch Mountain]]'' movies from TheSeventies (''Escape To'', ''Return To'', and ''Beyond'') and their own 1995 remake. The story consists of two aliens ([[HumanAliens who look just like humans]]) crash landing on Earth. The Government takes their ship to a top-secret research facility, Witch Mountain. From there the two aliens, Seth and Sara, hail a cab, brandish a large wad of money, and tell the driver, Jack Bruno (Johnson), to go "that way". The three quickly find themselves in a [[TitleDrop race]] to reach Witch Mountain to recover the spaceship and escape, all while evading the forces of government agent Burke (Creator/CiaranHinds) and the Siphon (Tom Woodruff Jr.), a dangerous alien assassin assigned to eliminate the twins.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Jack Bruno. [[TroubledButCute At least he's attractive.]]

-> '''Sara:''' "''My brother and I... We are not from your planet.''"
-> '''Jack:''' "''Well you don't look like aliens.''"
-> '''Sara:''' "''What does an alien look like?''"
-> '''Jack:''' "''You know what aliens look like! They're little green people with antennas and "Take me to your leader, Earthlings!"''

''Race to Witch Mountain'' is a 2009 Disney action film starring Wrestling/DwayneJohnson. It is a remake/reboot of the ''[[Film/EscapeToWitchMountain Witch Mountain]]'' movies from TheSeventies (''Escape To'', ''Return To'', and ''Beyond'') and their own 1995 remake. The story consists of two aliens ([[HumanAliens who look just like humans]]) crash landing on Earth. The Government takes their ship to a top-secret research facility, Witch Mountain. From there the two aliens, Seth and Sara, hail a cab, brandish a large wad of money, and tell the driver, Jack Bruno, to go "that way". The three quickly find themselves in a [[TitleDrop race]] to reach Witch Mountain to recover the spaceship and escape, all while evading the forces of government agent Burke and the Siphon, a dangerous alien assassin assigned to eliminate the twins.

* AlternateContinuity: The planet in [[Literature/EscapeToWitchMountain the original book]] was destroyed due their binary star system.

* [[DefrostingIceQueen Defrosting Ice Prince]]: Seth is far more distrusting and dismissive of Jack and all humans in general, but changes his attitude and is actually gracious in thanking Jack at the film's end.

* DragonInChief: The Siphon was sent by parts of the kids' home world's government that don't want them succeed and isn't operating of its own accord. Despite this, we see next to nothing of whoever sent the thing, making the Siphon the main villain of the film.

* {{Expy}}: The Siphon is basically a Franchise/{{Predator}}. Their masks and even their faces beneath the masks look alike. It also bears an uncanny resemblance to a [[Series/StargateSG1 Kull Warrior.]]

* HotScientist: Dr. Friedman
* ImplacableMan: The Siphon. Nothing does anything more than slow it down and it tracks the cast down no matter where they are. It takes being thrown into the exhaust port of the kid's saucer to take it out.

* IntangibleMan: Seth
* InventionalWisdom: The Flame Throwing Air Vent

* NinetyPercentOfYourBrain: the kids explain that Earthlings are capable of telekinesis too and don't because "you don't use your full brain capacity".

* PapaWolf: Jack Bruno

* PlotInducedStupidity: No limit is really set as to how often the children can use their powers. Because of this, it isn't made particularly clear why the bounty hunter is a threat to them when Seth can become an IntangibleMan and actually apply this power to people he's in contact with. On the other hand, the Siphon was created by their home world, so they probably know more about it than we do.

** How about the way the entire main cast hugged the IdiotBall. The children and Bruno and especially Dr. Friedman. They have multiple chances face to face with Brurke exactly why it would be an excellent idea to let them return to their own planet and stop the alien invasion. For that matter, if one were government agent who has found aliens with interstellar capability have landed in my balliwick, one should do everything in your power to try and initiate a friendly non-threatening contact. Drugging them and threatening them with guns, not so much.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Burke's people go after the cab. They don't use their godlike government powers to have the dispatch call the cab and ask Jack to stop for the government people.

* [[DefiedTrope Defied]] on several fronts.

* RealityEnsues: Seth and Sara have some pretty impressive powers - but not only do they ''never'' directly engage the Siphon, but ''run like Hell from it at every opportunity''. This is because - as a military-created weapons system from their world, which has ''people with super-powers'' - it's probably equipped with countermeasures against their powers.

* RemakeCameo: Kim Richards ('''Ti'''n'''a''' the waitress) and Ike Eisenmann (Sheriff An'''tony'''), who played the kids (Tia and Tony) in the original ''Escape To Witch Mountain''
* SaveTheVillain: During the final fight sequence, Jack looks like he's about to do this to the Siphon. He then winks at it and punches it in the face, causing the Siphon to fall into the exhaust port and die.

* SequelHook

* SpockSpeak: Seth and Sara
* SwissCheeseSecurity: Burke says to his team as they walk up to the restaurant that he wants all the exits covered. Everyone on his team files into the restaurant behind him, thus getting held up. When Jack and the kids escape the top of the building, there's no one at the back entrance.

* TheyWouldCutYouUp

* UnspokenPlanGuarantee
* VivaLasVegas
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Treating the NinetyPercentOfYourBrain line as a ChekhovsLecture, Sara gives Jack a 'parting gift' by apparently touching a hand to his head... we never see what effect this had.

''Race to Witch Mountain'' is a 2009 Disney action film starring Wrestling/DwayneJohnson. It is a remake/reboot of the ''[[Film/EscapeToWitchMountain Witch Mountain]]'' movies from TheSeventies (''Escape To'', ''Return To'', and ''Beyond'') and their own 1995 remake. The story consists of two aliens (who look just like humans) crash landing on Earth. The Government takes their ship to a top-secret research facility, Witch Mountain. From there the two aliens, Seth and Sara, hail a cab, brandish a large wad of money, and tell the driver, Jack Bruno, to go "that way". The three quickly find themselves in a [[TitleDrop race]] to reach Witch Mountain to recover the spaceship and escape, all while evading the forces of government agent Burke and the Siphon, a dangerous alien assassin assigned to eliminate the twins.

** A TV news reporter, played by Meredith Salenger, named "[[Film/TheJourneyOfNattyGann Natalie Gann]]."

* DecompositeCharacter: Jason O'Day is split into Jack Bruno (father figure who drives the kids around for much of the movie) and Dr. Donald Harlan (old man with a camper).

''Race to Witch Mountain'' is a 2009 Disney action film starring Wrestling/DwayneJohnson. It is a remake/reboot of the ''[[EscapeToWitchMountain Witch Mountain]]'' movies from TheSeventies (''Escape To'', ''Return To'', and ''Beyond'') and their own 1995 remake. The story consists of two aliens (who look just like humans) crash landing on Earth. The Government takes their ship to a top-secret research facility, Witch Mountain. From there the two aliens, Seth and Sara, hail a cab, brandish a large wad of money, and tell the driver, Jack Bruno, to go "that way". The three quickly find themselves in a [[TitleDrop race]] to reach Witch Mountain to recover the spaceship and escape, all while evading the forces of government agent Burke and the Siphon, a dangerous alien assassin assigned to eliminate the twins.

** While Burke may have failed in containing Seth and Sara or getting their ship - ''they still have the wreckage of the Siphon's ship''. That's more than enough for the government to do some reverse-engineering, as well as just study of the tech involved. [[Terminator2JudgmentDay It wouldn't be the first time that scientists get tech they can't use because of damage]] [[IndependenceDayResurgence or power issues]] - but just ''studying'' it gives them different directions for R&D that lets them build new things.

* MagicATM: Due to Sara's use of her PsychicPowers.

* MySensorsIndicateYouWantToTapThat: Sara reads Jack's thoughts concerning Dr. Friedman

* PunyEarthlings: Seth and Sara have PsychicPowers
* RemakeCameo: Kim Richards ('''Ti'''n'''a''' the waitress) and Ike Eisenmann (Sherriff An'''tony'''), who played the kids (Tia and Tony) in the original ''Escape To Witch Mountain''