Saturday, December 01, 2018

Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)

Second viewing; first viewed between 1983 and 1986

Two orphan kids endowed with telepathic and telekinetic powers are taken in custody by a man passing off as their uncle. This man works for a millionaire who wants to exploit the kids' powers for monetary gain. The kids escape and are helped by a solitary man driving a motor home.

Silly yet entertaining adventure for younger audiences. Although I always feel a little cheated by characters who use unrealistic powers to escape their predicaments, this film is so well made and moves at such an engaging pace that it is easy to overlook this aspect of it. There is not much to be said about the plot or the characters. This is, for better or worse, basically an action movie without further pretensions.

Rating: 57 (down from 63)

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