Having seen and enjoyed both Escape to Witch Mountain and Return from Witch Mountain as a double feature during the late '70s at the Broadmoor twin Theatre back then, I decided to give this new one starring Dwayne Johnson a shot especially when I read that the original kids-Kim Richards and Ike Eisenmann-would make cameos. This version takes place in Las Vegas during a sci-fi convention where cab driver Johnson takes passenger Dr. Alex Frideman (Carla Gugino) to. As he goes further down the desert, two kids-Seth (Alexander Ludwig) and sister Sara (AnnaSophia Robb) stow in his car and ask to be taken far away. From here is where you get some plot points of the original Witch Mountain. Not bad and there are some amusing touches like Meredith Salenger playing a reporter with a very familiar name not to mention that those original Witch Mountain kids-now grown up-provide some speculation with the roles they play here of their, and this, movie's connection. And then there's Garry Marshall as...well, watch the movie. So in summation, while no great shakes, Race to Witch Mountain is fast paced in a pretty entertaining way.