An UFO crashes and the government races to get there, but whoever was inside appears to have escaped. Meanwhile mob driver turned legit taxi driver Jack Bruno (Dwayne Johnson) finds himself stuck with a couple of mysterious kids with a wad of bills in the back of his cab. Turns out the kids are the aliens and the Rock is in a world of shit.
Got bored synopsising
Right, so this is a remake of an older Disney movie that I have never seen. Not sure why, never really got around to it. And for years I didn’t know it was about aliens. I mean really, WITCH mountain?! There’s not a million other mountain names they could have used? Marketing must have had a hell of a time trying to sort that one out.
Dodgy mountain names aside this isn’t too bad a family adventure movie. But its not great either. I’m not sure why, there’s nothing wrong with it really. The kids are nice enough and they don’t overdo the fact that they are aliens. The plot motivations make enough sense. And I happen to think The Rock is a decent actor. He has a few flubs here and there with this, but pretty much everyone has a little stumble. It’s hardly Shakespeare.
The government types aren’t completely bumbling, but they aren’t as awesome as they should be. And while this does revolve around an UFO convention in Vegas I’m not offended in the least by the fact that most of the people focused on are weirdos. It’s an UFO convention, not a sci fi con. Most of those people ARE weirdos.
Spell checker is telling me its weirdoes. Don’t think so. Feels weird typing AN UFO as well but its correct!
Anywho, you could do worse with the older kids than watch this on a rainy afternoon. Its not going to win any awards for best family movie ever but its not really a stinker either.
Oh and our Puffy Faced Hero from Infestation is in this as one of the government guys. It wasn’t just that film, the guys a bit shit.
Next up: Star Wars: The Clone Wars
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