Race To Witch Mountain

Back in the 70's, Disney made a couple of movies based on a book, Escape To Witch Mountain.  Now, over thirty years later, Disney has 'reimagined' the story for a new generation of kids, Race To Witch Mountain.
Dwayne Johnson, AKA The Rock, is the main star, playing a Las Vegas cabbie that the two alien children decide to hitch a ride in to get to where they need to be.  He is a reformed criminal who is fighting the crime bosses as he has turned his back on crime.  Among his other customers, he delivers Carla Gugino's gorgeous scientist (Sorry, but I just love Carla!) to a UFO convention that is happening in town.
The story of the aliens is that their parents had come to earth to find a way of helping their planet without having to invade, which is what their leaders want to do.  They had crashed their ship which is now being held by the US Government in Witch Mountain.  They need to retrieve a handheld device from a building in the middle of nowhere and that's where The Rock comes in!  The kids are also being pursued by an alien assassin sent by their world's leaders to stop them from thwarting their plans.
Dwayne needs Carla's help to get the kids to Witch Mountain and their ship.
This is a typical Disney film, light family-friendly fair but with some special effects and action thrown in.  This is a good thing and I am sure the kids love this film but for adults, it's probably a little too light.
Some fun trivia has the original child aliens cameo in the film as a sheriff and a waitress, and our heroes use the UFO expertise of the half-crazy Garry Marshall (Happy Days, Pretty Woman) who drives a Winnebago which is the same make, model and colour as the one used by Eddie Albert's character in the original movie! (Thanks for that one IMDB!) These are nice touches as a nod to the original movie.
I am sure that due to the financial success of this film, there will be a remake of the sequel, Return To Witch Mountain.  I have to say, I like this story better than the original, though it had the cool reveal that the kids were aliens late in the film.  The acting was OK and some of the effects were pretty cool, like when the boy stops a vehicle with his body. (A similar effect was done in The X-Files back in the day!)  This is not a bad film but not great.  6/10