I know it’s yet another movie review. But what so different about this movie , it wasted my favourite hero . After seeing Rock(Dwayne Johnson) razing the WWE arena as a fearless pit bull and then to see him in a movie that’s completely a typical yet insipid alien movie was too much to take.
Much to my dismay the movie ‘Race to Witch Mountain’ was more of alien and highly predictable story.Everyone knows US government agencies can track you down in just seconds using technologies which we never heard of, if they wanted to it . We have seen it all in movies like Eagle Eye, Enemy of the state and every Bourne Identity , Mission Impossible class of movies. But in this movie you are made to believe that they can’t crack down on Rock who been cruising the city in a yellow cab. I really suspect if they ever wanted to crack a joke on these Agencies like the Scary MOvie series.
Plot is as happens to be like , there are two aliens who happen to come to earth for a very good reason , which you have to believe. The reason being the alien army is planning an invasion on earth and they have come here to take back the reports of their experiment to prove that life can be restored at their planet. Then you have some other alien creep who follows them in a not so fancy metal suite, like in the old Frankenstein movie. Instead of making me feel scared , he made me laugh. The director could have had a little more of imagination.
There are things which really gets on your nerves, a UFO which chases the yellow cab that Rock’s been driving and then a chase which is so un believable , which finally ends in a train crash. So much for the creativity. Then Rock takes up the two aliens to vegas meet up a astrophysicist from a UFO fair who happens to research on some advanced topics. She introduces them to an ex-specialist who knows of a secret facility that holds a long undisclosed spaceship , with which the aliens could escape back. The only typical alien movie part of the story which was acceptable by me.
Then again the usual story , the aliens being captured and held in captivity in the highly fortified facility where resides their old ship. It is so highly fortified that Rock and Carla Gugino can enter in , disguise themselves as Scientist carrying out experiments and save the aliens.Most hilarious part where they have to steal the ship, Carla Gugino dressed as a scientist , she tells the fellow scientist that orders were given by the Higher off to evacuate the place and every one leaves without a word. Felt like hitting my head against a wall. They call this the most secret facility , highly fortified and all that but end up showing such crazy things going on around.
Finally the aliens find the ship , enter and fly away carrying with them the report of the experiment to prove that life is still possible at their planet. I would really say , if you were planning to see ROCK in action , don’t anything except for the first few minutes of the movie and except for a quick fight at the Vegas. If you want to see Rock in action , this is not the movie. This is most of a Comic genre than a serious one , i would add it to my Comedy list . And i won’t suggest anyone to wathc this movie ever.
