Race to Witch Mountain is a 2009 science fictionthriller film and a remake of the 1975 Disney film Escape to Witch Mountain, which is based on the 1968 novel of the same name by Alexander Key. The film is directed by Andy Fickman and stars Dwayne Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, Alexander Ludwig, Ciarn Hinds, and Carla Gugino.
An alien spaceship crashes near Searchlight, Nevada, outside Las Vegas. Project Moon Dust, a secret Defense Department unit led by Henry Burke Ciarn Hinds, arrives in black helicopters. Men in Black seize the ship and search for its passengers.Jack Bruno Dwayne Johnson is a former mob getaway driver who drives a cab to avoid returning to jail. One of his passengers is Dr. Alex Friedman Carla Gugino, a failed scientist who is in Las Vegas to speak at a UFO convention at the Planet Hollywood hotel. ........
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